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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress and comedian best known for playing Elaine Benes on NBC's Seinfeld (1989–1998) and Selina Meyer on HBO's Veep (2012–2019), both landmark American television comedies. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985 and later starred in The Ne...
Andrés Pérez Araya was a Chilean actor, director, and theatrical figure. He is best recognized for conceiving and directing the play "La Negra Ester," which premiered in 1988. The production utilized a distinctive staging style and became a significant cultural phenomenon in Chile. His work focused...
Phil Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and graphic designer who gained fame as a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1994. Known for his versatile impressions and reliable performances, he earned the nickname "The Glue" for holding the cast togethe...
Ronnie Barker was a British comedian and actor known for his work in television sitcoms and sketch comedy. He is best known for starring as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the BBC sitcom "Porridge" and co-hosting "The Two Ronnies" with Ronnie Corbett. His career, which spanned several decades, earned him...
Bill Hader is an American comedian, actor, and writer who first gained national attention as a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" from 2005 to 2013. He is widely recognized for his versatile celebrity impressions and the recurring character Stefon. Following his tenure on SNL, he co-created...
Matthew McConaughey narrated the audiobook version of his 2020 memoir, Greenlights. The actor spent extensive hours in the recording studio to produce the audio edition, utilizing an intimate, conversational delivery. In the book and its corresponding narration, McConaughey shares stories from his l...
Boleslav Polivka is a Czech actor, mime, and clown born in 1949 in Vsetin, Czechoslovakia, recognized for blending pantomime, improvisation, and absurdist comedy on stage and screen. He performed extensively with the Theatre on a String (Divadlo na provazku) in Brno and has appeared in numerous Czec...
Bernard Bragg (1924–2018) was an American deaf actor, mime, and director who helped establish deaf theatre as a recognized art form in the United States. He studied under Marcel Marceau in Paris in 1956 and later co-founded the National Theatre of the Deaf in 1967, the first professional theatre com...
Madeline Kahn (1942–1999) was an American actress and comedian recognized for her roles in several prominent film comedies of the 1970s. She appeared in Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974) as Lili von Shtüpp and Young Frankenstein (1974) as Elizabeth, earning Academy Award nominations for both perfo...
Lucky Man: A Memoir is a 2002 autobiography by Canadian-American actor Michael J. Fox, recounting his career in film and television and his experience living with Parkinson's disease, which he was diagnosed with in 1991 at age 29. The memoir describes his rise to fame through roles in the Family Tie...
Don Knotts was an American comedian and actor best known for his role as the nervous Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. This performance earned him five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Later in his career, he became a prominent comedic actor in f...
Keegan-Michael Key is an American comedian and actor who co-created and starred in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) alongside Jordan Peele. The critically acclaimed show earned a Peabody Award and multiple Emmy nominations for its character-driven sketch comedy. Before this s...
Tim Conway was an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his improvisational work on the CBS sketch comedy program "The Carol Burnett Show." He joined the show as a regular cast member in 1975 after making frequent guest appearances and became famous for his ability to break character a...
Toast of London is a comedy series focusing on Steven Toast, a flamboyant and unsuccessful theatrical agent in London’s West End. Created by Matt Berry and Arthur Mathews, the show gained recognition for its absurdist humor and Berry's distinctive performance. It primarily appeals to viewers who enj...
Kristen Wiig is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. She co-wrote and starred in the comedy film Bridesmaids (2011). Her film career has included roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Ghostbusters (2016), and Downsizi...
The Princess Diarist is a memoir published in 2016 by the American actress and author Carrie Fisher. The book provides an intimate look at her experiences during the 1977 filming of the original Star Wars movie, including a previously undisclosed affair. It incorporates excerpts from her personal di...
Released in 2014, "Choose Your Own Autobiography" is a memoir by American actor Neil Patrick Harris that mimics the format of the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" gamebooks. Written entirely in the second person, the book allows readers to navigate Harris's life and career decisions, from his ear...
Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016) was a Scottish comedian, actor, and writer best known as one half of The Two Ronnies, a BBC television sketch comedy show he co-starred in with Ronnie Barker from 1971 to 1987. Standing approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall, he often incorporated his height into his comedy perf...
Harvey Korman (1927–2008) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work as a regular cast member on The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1977. On the show, he was known for his ability to break character and laugh during sketches, particularly in scenes with Tim Conway. He won four Prime...
Dana Carvey is an American comedian and actor who was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1993. He became known for his impersonations of political figures such as George H. W. Bush and Ross Perot, as well as recurring characters including the Church Lady, Garth Algar, and Hans o...
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer who gained prominence as a stand-up comedian before becoming a film and television star. He hosted the Academy Awards ceremony nine times between 1990 and 2012, and is known for his roles in films including When Harry Met Sally (1989...
Don Adams was an American actor and comedian best recognized for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the sitcom Get Smart. The series, created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, aired from 1965 to 1970 and satirized the spy genre popular at the time. Later in his care...
Dudley Moore (1935–2002) was a British comedian, actor, and musician who first gained prominence as part of the comedy partnership Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, whose stage revue Beyond the Fringe helped reshape British satire in the early 1960s. He later transitioned to a Hollywood film career, star...
Steven Banks is an American actor, writer, musician, and mime who performed as Billy the Mime in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats.
Volodymyr Zelensky is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as President of Ukraine since 2019. Prior to politics, he was a comedian and actor, notably starring in the television series Servant of the People, in which he played a president. Following Russia's full-scale invasi...
Val is a 2021 documentary about American actor Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. The film draws extensively from home movies, audition recordings, backstage material, and other footage Kilmer recorded across several decades, covering his childhood, family life, acting career, and exper...
Mindy Kaling is an American comedian, actress, and writer who gained prominence as a writer and cast member on the NBC sitcom "The Office," where she portrayed Kelly Kapoor. She later created, produced, and starred in the comedy series "The Mindy Project," which ran from 2012 to 2017 on Fox and Hulu...
"GameFace" is a British sitcom created by, written by, and starring comedian Roisin Conaty, premiering its first full series on E4 in 2017. The show follows Marcella, a struggling, financially unstable actress navigating life, dating, and her recovery journey in London. Alongside her acting ambition...
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and television personality who gained widespread recognition as the host of "The Arsenio Hall Show." Airing from 1989 to 1994, and revived for a second run from 2013 to 2014, his late-night program was notable for appealing to a younger demographic and pr...
