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15. Rodney Dangerfield
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American comedian and screenwriter born on 22 November 1921 in Suffolk, Long Island, New York, US. He made his debut and rose to fame by appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show at 46 years old. He died on 5 October 2004 in Los Angeles, US.
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Date of Birth:
- 22 November 1921
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13. Jim Varney
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James Albert Varney Jr. was an American actor and comedian born on 15 June 1949 in Lexington, Kentucky. He made his acting debut on the TV series Pop! Goes the Country (1974). He's best known for playing the comedic character Ernest P. Worrell in a number of films, including...Read more Ernest Goes to Camp (1987). His other notable roles include Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999), and Jed Clampett in a film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). He died of lung cancer on 10 February 2000 in White House, Tennessee.
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Birth Country:
- US
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- Died on:
- 10 February 2000
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12. Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She was born on September 1, 1939, in Detroit Michigan. Her family moved to Paducah, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Tomlin graduated from high school in 1957, then enrolled at Wayne State University, back...Read more in Detroit. She started as a stand-up comedian in Detroit and New York City, before getting television roles playing idiosyncratic, comedic characters like Ernestine, a snappy telephone operator on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” in 1967. Tomlin made her mark on the silver screen as well. Some of her notable films include “Nashville” (1975), “Nine to Five ” (1980), “All of Me” (1984), “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1993), “Orange County” (2002) and “I Heart Huckabees” (2004). Tomlin played Ms. Frizzle on “The Magic School Bus,” based on the beloved children’s book series; Deborah Fiderer on “The West Wing,” and one half of a middle-aged singing duo with Meryl Streep in “A Prairie Home Companion” (2006). Tomlin has won one Oscar (for “Nashville”), four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award for one-woman Broadway play “The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” written by her long-time life partner, Jane Wagner, a Grammy for her comedy album “This Is A Recording,” and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2003, just to name a few. Though she never hid her sexuality, Tomlin officially came out to the media in 2001.
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Date of Birth:
- 1 September 1939
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11. Rick Moranis
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Canadian actor born on 18 April 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His most notable works include Parenthood (1989), Spaceballs (1987), Ghostbusters (1984), and Little Shop of Horrors (1986). In 1997, he took a 20-year long hiatus from acting to care for his 2 children after the...Read more death of his wife.
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- Nationality:
- Canada
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10. Billy Crystal
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Billy Crystal is a legendary comedy actor, writer, producer and film director. He was born in New York City on March 14, 1948. He's best known for his roles in "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "City Slickers" (1991), "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), "Analyze This" (1999), and...Read more "Monsters, Inc." (2001). Second only to the even more legendary Bob Hope, Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards a whopping nine times, setting the bar high with energetic dance numbers and musical riffs with his many famous, and very funny comedian friends. Crystal joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" after hosting the show in 1984. In 1985, he released the stand-up album "Mahvelous!" based on his most famous sketch on the show, Fernando Lamas. The album peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, and No. 17 in Canada. The actor has been married to his wife, Janice Crystal, since 1970.
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Birth Country:
- US
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9. Martin Short
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Canadian-American actor who was born on March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His brother died when he was 12, and both his parents died by the time he was 20. He studied at Westdale High School and McMaster University. He earned two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony...Read more Award. He worked in many animated films, including Frankenweenie (2012). He is known for Innerspace (1987), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) and Inherent Vice (2014).
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- Nationality:
- Canada
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8. John Candy
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- Nationality:
- Canada
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- Date of Birth:
- 31 October 1950
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7. Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1956 in Concord, California. His childhood was turbulent and his family often moved from one city to another. His parents separated when he was young. Tom Hanks did not have any acting experience when he was a student at the university, so all he did...Read more was apply to act in one of the plays, and he was accepted and began his artistic career. The director of this play invited him to go to Cleveland, and that was the beginning from there. He starred in several notable films, such as Philadelphia, which got him an Oscar in 1993. Then he won the same award the following year for the movie Forrest Gump. He starred in Cast Away (2000) and Sully (2016).
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Birth Country:
- US
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6. Chevy Chase
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American writer, comedian, and actor, born on October 8, 1943 in Manhattan. He was born into a prominent New York family. He worked on a large number of odd jobs before transitioning to comedy with National Lampoon magazine. He quickly became a key cast member of the inaugural...Read more season of Saturday Night Live. Among his works are as Caddyshack (1980), Fletch (1985) and The Three Friends (Three Amigos) (1986). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988), and for a brief period hosted his evening talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. Since 2009, he has appeared as Pierce Hawthorne on NBC in the sitcom Community.
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- Nationality:
- US
