Best Mime

Partha Pratim Majumder is a Bangladeshi mime artist, born in 1954, who trained with Marcel Marceau and received the Ekushey Padak in 2010.

Lindsay Kemp was a British dancer, actor, and mime, best known for his 1974 show Flowers and as a mentor to David Bowie and Kate Bush.

Karen Montanaro is an American mime and dancer who toured with Tony Montanaro and co-wrote Mime Spoken Here, a 1995 performer workshop book.

Blue Man Group is an American performance-art company founded in New York City in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton.

Daniel Stein is an American corporeal mime and physical-theatre teacher, born in 1952, who taught at Juilliard, Brown, and UC Santa Barbara.

Niranjan Goswami is an Indian mime artist and stage director who founded Indian Mime Theatre in 1976 and received the Padma Shri in 2009.

Tony Montanaro was an American mime who founded Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, Maine, in 1972 after studying with Marceau and Decroux.

Samy Molcho is an Israeli-born mime and body-language teacher who began solo mime in Tel Aviv in 1960 and later taught in Vienna.

Adam Darius was an American dancer and mime who premiered his expressive mime style in 1967 and performed in more than 80 countries.

Carlos Martínez is a Spanish mime actor, born in Asturias in 1955, who published mime manuals and received the World Mime Organisation Award in 2018.

Kari Margolis is an American physical-theatre artist who co-founded Margolis Brown Adaptors Company in New York City in 1984.

Samuel Avital is a Moroccan-born mime who studied with Decroux, Marceau, and Barrault, then founded Le Centre du Silence in Boulder in 1971.

Shields and Yarnell were an American mime and comedy duo formed in 1972, known for robot routines and their 1977-1978 CBS variety show.

Pablo Zibes is an Argentine mime and actor, born in Buenos Aires in 1971, known in Germany for street mime, walk acts, and living-statue work.

Jesús Puebla is a Spanish mime performer associated with pantomime and physical theatre; detailed public biographical information is limited.