Robin Harris
Robin Hughes Harris (August 30, 1953 – March 18, 1990) was an African-American comedian and actor, best known for his recurring comic sketch about Bébé's Kids.
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Lenny Henry
Lenworth George Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958), better known as Lenny Henry, is an English entertainer. Early life
Henry was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, the son of parents who migrated to England from Jamaica in the 1950s. He studied at Sledmere Primary School, Bluecoat Secondary Modern School, WR Tewson School, and Preston college. He graduated with a degree in English literature from the Open University on April 28, 2007.
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Phil Butler
Phil Butler is a British stand-up comedian who has been performing stand-up for over 21 years (since the age of 18 in 1988). He is currently producing and hosting a Podcast called ‘THE GREEN ROOM’ which is recorded backstage on the comedy circuit with interviews and clips of the show. It’s a free podcast available at www.thegreenroompodcast.com on all popular podcast sites, at www.philbutler.co.uk or on itunes.
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Robert Newman
Rob Newman (born July 7, 1964) is a half Greek-Cypriot British stand-up comedian, author and political activist. In 1993 he was the first comedian to sell out the 12,000-seat Wembley Arena in London with his then comedy partner David Baddiel. Newman's first speaking appearance was with Third World First (now known as People and Planet), the student political organisation. He began his comedy career as an impressionist in the late 1980s before gaining fame in the early 1990s when he appeared alongside Baddiel...
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Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas is a politically motivated stand up comedian. With a sharp wit and abrasive satire he never fails to amuse. Mark has been a performer since 1985, he has toured the UK and abroad, has made seven series of his own show for Channel 4, worked as a comic, an activist and a writer. He still just about has a regular column in the New Statesman magazine.
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Eddie Griffin
Early life Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Doris Thomas and Eddie Griffin, Sr. He has two siblings, Luther and Wilbert. He attended Lincoln College Preparatory Academy High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was voted class clown three years in a row. After marrying at age sixteen, he divorced a year later. Griffin has one child, Eddie Jr., born in 1986. He first got a taste of comedy when he was a busboy at Stanford and Son's comedy club. He later performed during the open mic night and quickly became recognized as a comedian.
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Russell Peters
Russell Dominic Peters[1] (born 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comic of Indian descent, specifically Anglo-Indian, from Brampton, Ontario. His parents are originally from Bombay and Kolkata, India. [2] Russell Peters focuses primarily on his cultural background, Arab, Caribbean, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, and other South and Southeast Asian communities that remain invisible to the mainstream media.
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Jeff Joseph
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Eric Idle
Eric Idle is the composer of most Monty Python songs (along with Neil Innes) such as the Python anthem "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (which is also played after Iron Maiden's shows). His outstanding linguistic ability have earned him the name "Master of the One-Liner". During his time at Cambridge, Eric served as the president of the famous Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club. Before Monty Python's Flying Circus...
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Dara O'Briain
Dara Ó Briain, is an award winning Irish comedian and television presenter. Ó Briain is the most successful Irish comedian to have hit the UK since the turn of the century He has toured extensively across Ireland and England, and hosted and appeared on a number of successful panel shows including The Panel, Don't Feed the Gondolas, Mock the Week and QI. Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_%C3%93_Briain)
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