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Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy is the Emmy-winning star of TV's Mike & Molly and the Oscar-nominated scene stealer from the 2011 movie Bridesmaids. A native of rural Illinois, McCarthy spent the 1990s in New…

Lenny Bruce

Name at birth: Leonard Alfred SchneiderAn American counterculture icon from the 1960s, Lenny Bruce's obscenity-laced social satire paved the way for modern stand-up comedians ranging from George…

Garry Shandling Biography

Garry Shandlingcomedian, talk show host, actorBorn: 11/29/1949Birthplace: Chicago Shandling successfully parlayed his personal life into fodder for his stand-up comedy routine, which in turn appeared…

Dave Chappelle

Cable TV star Dave Chappelle is the standup comedian known for his cutting-edge humor, often racially-charged and sometimes raunchy, and for his hit TV series Chappelle's Show. Chappelle started…

Eric Bana

Name at birth: Eric BanadinovichEric Bana was a comedy star in Australia before making the big leap to Hollywood films such as Black Hawk Down (2001) and Ang Lee's The Hulk (2003). He went from…

Norm Macdonald

Most people know comedian Norm Macdonald because of his five years on Saturday Night Live, which included three seasons as the anchor of the segment "Weekend Update." Macdonald started out doing…

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg is the writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live whose videos "Lazy Sunday" and "D--- in a Box" made him an Internet celebrity and budding movie star. Samberg grew up in California,…

Jimmy Fallon

Comedian Jimmy Fallon was a regular on TV's Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2004, and now he's the host of the NBC's legendary talk show The Tonight Show. A native New Yorker, Jimmy Fallon got into…

Phyllis Diller

Name at birth: Phyllis Ada DriverPhyllis Diller was the stand-up comedian known for her wild hair, raucous laugh, and silly one-liners about her looks and her fictional life as a homemaker. She is…

Drew Carey Biography

Drew Carey actorBorn: 5/23/1958Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Actor best known for his role on the eponymous sitcom, The Drew Carey Show (1995–present). Carey's endearing portrayal of a bored…