Melvin Kaminsky, known professionally as Mel Brooks, is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies.
John Candy
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City.
Wayne Knight
Wayne Elliot Knight is an American actor, comedian and former private investigator. In television, he is known for playing Newman in Seinfeld and Officer Don Orville in 3rd Rock from the Sun. His other television roles include Mr. Blik in Catscratch and Haskell Lutz in The Exes.
Dustin Diamond
Dustin Neil Diamond was an American actor, director, stand-up comedian, musician, and occasional professional wrestler, best known for his role as Samuel “Screech” Powers throughout the Saved by the Bell franchise.
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen OC was a Canadian actor, comedian and producer. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.
Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. Born into a prominent family, he had a variety of jobs before moving into comedy and started acting with National Lampoon.
Liza Koshy
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy is an American actress, television host, comedian and YouTuber. She began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel. Among her acting roles have been Aday Walker in Tyler Perry’s horror comedy film Boo!
Maya Rudolph
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She first gained prominence in the 1990s as a member of the alternative rock band The Rentals before joining The Groundlings improv troupe later in the decade.
B. J. Novak
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office, in which he also played Ryan Howard.
Justin Long
Justin Jacob Long is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director known for roles in such films as Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Accepted, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Live Free or Die Hard, He’s Just Not That Into You, Drag Me to Hell, Alpha and Omega, Tusk, Comet, and The Lookalike.
Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Hahn is an American actress, comedian, model, singer, and producer. She began her career on television, starring as grief counselor Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series Crossing Jordan.
Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony Vaughn is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film Swingers.
