Search
Search results
Displaying 1 - 10
DeGeneres, Ellen Lee
(Encyclopedia) DeGeneres, Ellen Lee, 1958- , American actor and talk-show host, b. Metairie, La. DeGeneres’s parents split in 1974, and she…Martin, Steve
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Steve, 1945–, American comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy writer in the late 1960s for…Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer is the creator and star of Inside Amy Schumer, a Comedy Central sketch show that highlighted her brash and often raunchy sense of humor and unabashed personal tales of carnality. Amy…Tim Allen
Name at birth: Timothy Allen DickTim Allen is a Detroit comedian who made it big in the 1990s with his own sitcom, Home Improvement. In the movies, he's best known for playing Santa in The Santa…Comedians Quiz
/* /*]]>*/ Stand-up comedy has been around since the 19th century. It was previously started by monologists who would simply give long, and sometimes funny, monologues. Comedy has since evolved.…Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence took his stand-up comedy act and turned it into the hit TV show Martin from 1992-1997. In addition to the title role, Lawrence portrayed several different characters. The series…Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld was already a success as a stand-up comedian when he and Larry David created the hit TV sitcom Seinfeld in 1990. In the show, Seinfeld played a fictional version of himself: a single…Bill Maher
Bill Maher is a stand-up comedian and a self-made political savant on the TV shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher. He grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Cornell University in…Ray Romano
A dark-haired average Joe with a New York accent, Ray Romano starred in the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005). After building a career on the stand-up comedy stage, Romano…Sam Kinison
1980s comedian Sam Kinison sold out concert halls and earned raves from other comics with an over-the-edge stage act of absurdly angry rants punctuated by loud screams. Raised in Illinois in the…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
