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Mitch Hedberg

American stand-up comedian celebrated for surreal one-liners and a laid-back delivery style; he died in 2005 at age 37 a...

Legend American Standup Surreal

8.8 Great

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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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Rodney Dangerfield

American stand-up comedian known for his self-deprecating 'I don't get no respect' persona, who found mainstream fame af...

Classic American Standup Self Deprecating

8.4 Great

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Steven Wright

American stand-up comedian known for his slow deadpan delivery and surreal one-liners; he won an Academy Award for the 1...

American Standup Surreal Deadpan

8.2 Great

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Dave Attell

Dave Attell is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known as the host of the Comedy Central travelogue series In...

American Standup Dark Raunchy

8.2 Great

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Mark Normand

Mark Normand is an American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, joke-heavy style, his popular "Tuesdays with Stories"...

American Standup Wordplay Rising

8.0 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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Anthony Jeselnik

Anthony Jeselnik is an American stand-up comedian and writer known for his dark, deadpan humor and hosting the short-liv...

American Standup Dark Roast

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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Demitri Martin

American comedian known for one-liners, visual aids, and wordplay who starred in his own Comedy Central series Important...

American Visual Standup Quirky

7.5 Good

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Jimmy Carr

British-Irish comedian known for dark, deadpan one-liners and a long run as host and panelist on the UK panel show 8 Out...

Standup Dark British Edgy

7.2 Good

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Harry Hill

British comedian known for surreal observational humor and his long-running ITV series Harry Hill's TV Burp (2001–2012),...

TV Standup British Surreal

7.2 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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Milton Jones

British stand-up comedian known for absurdist one-liners and a dishevelled stage persona, with a long-running comedy ser...

Standup British Surreal Christian

7.0 Good