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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.
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters (Jonathan Harshman Winters III, 1925-2013) was an American improvisational comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist from Ohio radio to NBC's The Jonathan Winters Show, creator of Maude Frickert, 1991 Emmy and 1999 Mark Twain Prize winner.
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.
Josh Johnson (comedian)
Josh Johnson, American stand-up comedian and Emmy-nominated writer from Alexandria, Louisiana; Daily Show rotating host since 2025; weekly YouTube hours; HBO special Symphony (2026).
Josh Wolf (comedian)
Josh Wolf (comedian), also Joshua Wolf, American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Boston/Amherst, Massachusetts; Chelsea Lately roundtable regular, host of The Josh Wolf Show, author of It Takes Balls; birth year disputed (1969 vs 1974).
Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander, American stand-up comedian and actor from Gaithersburg, Maryland; "The World Champion" trucker-hat persona; Frank Rossitano on 30 Rock (2006–2013); American Splendor Spirit Award nominee; author of How to Beat Up Anybody.
Judy Gold
Judy Gold (born 1962, Newark, NJ) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for HBO, Comedy Central, and LOGO specials, three Off-Broadway solo shows including 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, two Emmys, and recent Hulu and Paramount+ roles.
Judy Tenuta
Judy Tenuta (Judy Lynn Tenuta, 1949-2022), American stand-up comedian, the accordion-playing "Love Goddess" and "Aphrodite of the Accordion"; founded the parody religion Judyism, won the 1988 American Comedy Award for best female comedy club performer, and received two Grammy nominations.
Kam Patterson
Kam Patterson (Kameron Patterson), born 1999 in Orlando, Florida, is an American stand-up comedian and actor, a Kill Tony podcast regular and Comedy Mothership performer who joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player in season 51 (2025).
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.
Karlous Miller
Karlous Miller (born 1983, Oxford, Mississippi) is an American comedian, actor, and rapper; Wild 'N Out cast member since Season 5 (2013) and co-creator of The 85 South Show podcast with DC Young Fly and Chico Bean, the Netflix special Ghetto Legends (2023), and the streaming platform Channel Eighty Five.
Kathleen Madigan
Kathleen Madigan (born 1965, St. Louis) is an American stand-up comedian, Last Comic Standing semifinalist, winner of the 1996 American Comedy Award, creator of Madigan's Pubcast, with specials including Bothering Jesus, Hunting Bigfoot, and The Family Thread.
Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin (Kathleen Mary Griffin, born 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, two-time Emmy winner for My Life on the D-List, 2014 Grammy winner, Guinness record holder for televised stand-up specials, derailed by the 2017 Trump-head photo and touring again.
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.
Kelsey Cook
Kelsey Cook (born 1989), American stand-up comedian from Spokane, Washington; specials The Hustler, Mark Your Territory, and Netflix's Happy Hour; co-host of Self-Helpless and Pretend Problems podcasts; World Champion foosball player.
Kenny Kramer
Kenny Kramer, American comedian and entrepreneur, Larry David's neighbor at Manhattan Plaza and inspiration for Seinfeld's Cosmo Kramer; ran the Kramer Reality Tour and ran twice for NYC mayor.
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.
Kevin Meaney
Kevin Meaney (Kevin Gerard Meaney, 1956–2016) was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for "That's not right," his mother impression, HBO's 1986 special, CBS's Uncle Buck, and Broadway's Hairspray.
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon (born 1953, Bridgeport, Connecticut), American comedian and actor; SNL cast member 1986–1995 and Weekend Update anchor 1991–1994; also Doug Wilson on Weeds, host of Hiking with Kevin, and author of I Exaggerate.
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.
Larry Miller (comedian)
Larry Miller (born 1953, Valley Stream, NY) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, the toadying store manager in Pretty Woman, Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor, and a Christopher Guest ensemble regular.
Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore, American comedian, writer, producer, and host, creator of The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs, Daily Show's senior black correspondent, host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show (2015-16) and the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner, co-creator of Insecure and Black-ish producer.
Laura Kightlinger
Laura Kightlinger is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for a deadpan style, for writing on Roseanne and Will & Grace, and for creating the IFC series The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.
Lauren Lapkus
Lauren Lapkus (Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus, born 1985), American actress and improviser from Evanston, Illinois; Susan Fischer on Orange Is the New Black, Denise in Big Bang Theory spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, and host of Threedom, Newcomers, and With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.
Lavell Crawford
Lavell Maurice Crawford, born 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American stand-up comedian and actor, runner-up on Last Comic Standing season 5 and known for playing Huell Babineaux on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider, 1925–1966), American stand-up comedian and satirist whose freestyle material on sex, religion, and race led to obscenity arrests, a 1964 conviction, and a 2003 posthumous pardon, making him a free-speech landmark.
Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke, American stand-up comedian and actor born 1953 in Boston, rose from hosting open mikes at Cambridge's Ding Ho to TV roles as Uncle Teddy on Rescue Me, Officer Adam Hampton on The John Larroquette Show, and his own CBS sitcom Lenny.
Leonarda Jonie
Leonarda Jonie (born Leonarda Gjoni), Montenegrin-American stand-up comedian based in Austin, Texas, formerly of the Bronx; anti-woke free-speech comic, Fordham graduate, actress in Jersey Shore Massacre, banned from Comedy Mothership.