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Bill Hicks

Bill Hicks was a prominent American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, often unsettling critiques of contemporary so...

Legend American Standup Dark

9.0 Excellent

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Stewart Lee

British stand-up comedian and writer who co-created the stage musical Jerry Springer: The Opera (2003) and is known for...

Standup British Political Alternative

8.8 Great

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Sean Lock

British comedian known for absurdist humor and lateral thinking, who served as a long-running team captain on 8 Out of 1...

Standup Dark British Observational

8.7 Great

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Ricky Gervais

British comedian who co-created the original UK version of The Office in 2001, a mockumentary that won two BAFTAs and sp...

Standup Dark British Edgy

8.5 Great

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Eddie Izzard

British stand-up comedian known for surrealist, history-based humor and for performing entire stand-up shows in French a...

Standup Historical British Surreal

8.5 Great

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Bill Bailey

British comedian and multi-instrumentalist known for blending music with surreal comedy, and for playing Manny Bianco in...

Standup British Surreal Musical

8.5 Great

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Noel Fielding

British comedian and artist who co-created the surreal BBC series The Mighty Boosh (2003–2007) and became co-host of The...

TV Standup Goth British

8.0 Great

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Bassem Youssef

Egyptian comedian and cardiac surgeon who created Al-Bernameg (2011–2014), a Daily Show-style political satire programme...

Global Satire Standup Political

8.0 Great

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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg is an American actor, comedian, and television host notable for being one of the few entertainers to hav...

Character American Female Standup

8.0 Great

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Peter Kay

British comedian from Bolton who created the sitcom Phoenix Nights (2001) and became one of the UK's highest-selling sta...

Northern Standup British Nostalgic

7.8 Good

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Greg Davies

British comedian and actor who created the BBC sitcom Cuckoo (2012) and has hosted the comedy panel show Taskmaster sinc...

Storytelling TV Standup British

7.8 Good

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Jack Dee

British comedian known for his deadpan, misanthropic stage persona, who won the first series of Celebrity Big Brother in...

TV Standup British Deadpan

7.8 Good

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Mark Thomas

British political comedian and activist known for blending stand-up with investigative journalism, notably on Channel 4'...

Activist Standup British Political

7.2 Good

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Lee Mack

British comedian who co-created and stars in the BBC sitcom Not Going Out (2006), one of the UK's longest-running sitcom...

TV Northern Standup British

7.0 Good

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Gary Delaney

British stand-up comedian known for tightly crafted one-liners and wordplay, with frequent appearances on UK panel shows...

Standup British Wordplay Panel Show

7.0 Good

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Jeremy Hardy

British left-wing comedian and radio panelist (1961–2019) best known for regular appearances on BBC Radio 4's The News Q...

Radio Standup British Political

7.0 Good

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Rob Beckett

British stand-up comedian known for working-class London observational humor and self-deprecating material, with regular...

Standup British Observational Working Class

6.8 Fair

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Shappi Khorsandi

British-Iranian comedian born in Tehran who moved to the UK following Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and later authored...

Female Standup British Political

6.8 Fair

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Wil Anderson

Wil Anderson is an Australian comedian and podcaster, a former host of the ABC TV show The Glass House and creator of th...

Podcast Australian Standup Political

6.5 Fair

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Russell Brand

British comedian and actor known for his flamboyant persona and hosting Big Brother's Big Mouth; he reached Hollywood au...

Standup British Political Spiritual

6.3 Fair