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James Murray (comedian)
James "Murr" Murray (born 1976, per IMDb), Staten Island comedian, Tenderloins member, Impractical Jokers star, author of the Awakened trilogy, and president of Impractical Productions.
Janelle James
Janelle James (born 1979, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for Principal Ava Coleman on Abbott Elementary, Emmy-nominated 2022–2026, NAACP Image Award winner, and Netflix's Strip Law.
Jeff B. Davis
Jeff B. Davis (Jeffrey Bryan Davis, born 1973, Los Angeles) is an American actor, comedian, and singer, a recurring guest on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, star of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and Improv-A-Ganza, Harmontown podcast comptroller, and Whose Live Anyway? touring improviser, known for Walken and Goldblum impressions.
Jen Kirkman
Jen Kirkman, American stand-up comedian, TV writer, and podcaster from Needham, Massachusetts; Chelsea Lately panelist, Drunk History narrator, two Netflix specials, two memoirs, and host of the ADHD/AuDHD podcast You Are a LOT.
Jessi Klein
Jessi Klein (born 1975, New York City) is an American comedian, TV writer, and Emmy-winning author; distinct from singer Jess Klein, sociologist Jessie Klein, and journalist Jessica Klein. Known as head writer of Inside Amy Schumer, voice of Jessi Glaser on Big Mouth, and author of You'll Grow Out of It and I'll Show Myself Out.
Jessica Chaffin
Jessica Chaffin (born 1974, Newton, Massachusetts), American actress, comedian, writer, producer; half of Ronna and Beverly with Jamie Denbo; known for The Heat, Spy, Big Mouth, and Hacks Emmy-nominated producing.
Jo Koy
Jo Koy (Joseph Glenn Herbert), Filipino American stand-up comedian from Tacoma and Las Vegas; Netflix specials, Easter Sunday, and panned 2024 Golden Globes host.
Joe Gatto
Joe Gatto (Joseph Anthony Gatto Jr., born 1976, Staten Island) is an American comedian and producer, founding member of The Tenderloins and original star of Impractical Jokers (2011-2021, about 300 episodes), now a solo stand-up comedian, Two Cool Moms podcast co-host, and operator of the Gatto Pups and Friends animal rescue.
John Hodgman
John Hodgman (born 1971, Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American humorist, author of the fake-facts trilogy starting with The Areas of My Expertise, the PC in Apple's Get a Mac ads, a Daily Show correspondent, and host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast.
Jonathan Mangum
Jonathan Mangum (born 1971) is an American improvisational comedian, actor, and announcer, co-host of Let's Make a Deal since 2009 and a rotating fourth-chair performer on the CW Whose Line Is It Anyway? revival.
Jorma Taccone
Jorma Taccone (born 1977, Berkeley, California) is an American comedy writer, actor, and director, one third of The Lonely Island with Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. He created SNL Digital Shorts, won a 2007 Emmy for "Dick in a Box," and directed MacGruber, Popstar, and Over Your Dead Body.
Josh Blue
Josh Blue (born 1978) is an American stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing season 4 (2006) and third place on America's Got Talent 2021, known for cerebral palsy humor and 2004 Paralympic soccer.
Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff (born 1970, Petaluma, California) is an American comedian, writer, and podcast host, co-host of My Favorite Murder with Georgia Hardstark, former Ellen head writer, Mr. Show cast member, and CEO of Exactly Right Media.
Katt Williams
Katt Williams, stage name of Micah Williams, is an American stand-up comedian and actor from Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio; Emmy winner for Atlanta, breakout Money Mike in Friday After Next, Netflix specials Woke Foke and The Last Report.
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart, born in Philadelphia in 1979, is an American stand-up comedian and actor whose films have earned more than $4 billion at the box office.
Kyle Dunnigan
Kyle Dunnigan (born 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and comedy writer known for celebrity impressions and his Emmy-winning work on Inside Amy Schumer.
Kyle Kinane
Kyle Kinane, American stand-up comedian from Addison, Illinois, Columbia College Chicago graduate (BA '02), known for Death of the Party (2010), Whiskey Icarus, Loose in Chicago, Dirt Nap, and as the voice of Comedy Central promos since 2011.
Lil Duval
Lil Duval (Roland Powell, born 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and rapper from Jacksonville, Florida. Known for MTV2's Guy Code, Ain't That America, and the 2018 number-one R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay hit "Smile (Living My Best Life)" with Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy.
Liz Cackowski
Liz Cackowski (born 1977) is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress, an SNL writer 2003–2006, Community and The Last Man on Earth writer, co-writer of Wine Country, and wife of Akiva Schaffer.
Loni Love
Loni Love, born 1971 in Detroit, is an American comedian, actress, and TV host who co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real, winning a 2018 Daytime Emmy, after a decade working as an electrical engineer.
Marc Evan Jackson
Marc Evan Jackson (born 1970, Buffalo, New York) is an American comedic actor and improviser known as Kevin on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Shawn on The Good Place, and Trevor Nelsson on Parks and Recreation, and co-founder of the Detroit Creativity Project.
Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford, American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice performer born 1970, known for multi-voice character comedy about mental illness, the Netflix series Lady Dynamite, the memoir Sure, I'll Join Your Cult, and the 2026 documentary Paralyzed by Hope.
Matt Gourley
Matt Gourley (Matthew James Gourley, born 1973, Whittier, California), American actor, comedian, podcaster. Co-creator of Superego (2006) and producer/co-host of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend; also James Bonding, With Gourley and Rust, Drunk History, Volkswagen spokesman 2012-2016.
Maz Jobrani (مازیار جبرانی)
Maz Jobrani, also known as Maziyar Jobrani, is an Iranian-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his solo specials and challenging stereotypes about Middle Eastern culture.
Michael Blackson
Michael Blackson (Jafari Ferguson, born 1972) is a Ghanaian-born American stand-up comedian and actor, the self-styled African King of Comedy, known for Next Friday, Wild 'N Out, his 2023 BET+ sitcom, and his tuition-free academy in Ghana.
Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black (born 1971), American actor, comedian, and writer; co-founder of MTV's The State, member of Stella, star of Ed and Wet Hot American Summer, author of 11 books and several podcasts.
Michelle Buteau
Michelle Buteau, American stand-up comedian, actress, and host from New Jersey; Netflix specials Welcome to Buteaupia and A Buteau-ful Mind, host of The Circle, creator and star of Survival of the Thickest.
Mike Epps
Mike Epps (Michael Elliot Epps, born 1970) is an Indianapolis-born stand-up comedian and actor known for Def Comedy Jam, the Friday sequels, The Hangover, The Upshaws, and five Netflix specials.
Mike O'Brien (actor)
Mike O'Brien (Michael Patrick O'Brien, born 1976, Blissfield, Michigan), American comedian, SNL writer 2009-2016 and featured player 2013-14, creator of A.P. Bio and the 7 Minutes in Heaven web series.
Moshe Kasher
Moshe Kasher (born 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author from Oakland, host of Comedy Central's Problematic, Netflix's Live in Oakland and The Honeymoon Stand Up Special, the Endless Honeymoon Podcast with wife Natasha Leggero, and memoirs Kasher in the Rye and Subculture Vulture.