Global Talent Directory

Comedians Directory

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1900 comedians

Aparna Nancherla

Aparna Nancherla, an American comic and actress, has appeared repeatedly on shows such as BoJack Horseman and Corporate. She has contributed writing to Late Night with Seth Meyers and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Her first comedy album, Just Putting It Out There, arrived on July 8 2016 on Tig Notaro’s Bentzen Ball Records. The memoir Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Imposter Syndrome was released by Penguin Random House on September 19 2023.

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Carl Tart

Carl Tart works in the United States as an actor, improviser, writer and comedian. He first rose to visibility as a featured player on Fox’s 2016 sketch series Party Over Here, contributed writing to the 2016 revival of Mad TV, and became a regular guest on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. Tart later landed a starring part on NBC’s sitcom Grand Crew. At the launch of Saturday Night Live’s 50th season in 2024, he was brought on board as a writer.

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D.C. Young Fly

John Richard Whitfield, who performs under the name D.C. Young Fly, works as an American comedian, television host, vocalist, and actor. He launched his acting pursuits in 2014 and rose to visibility when he joined the regular ensemble of the improvisational comedy show Wild ’n Out, a role he has held since 2015. In 2016, he made an appearance on DigitalLivesMatter. Whitfield also took on the lead character, Spooky, in the series Outlaw Posse.

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George LeMaire

George LeMaire was an American vaudeville comic who acted in several motion pictures and took on directing and producing duties for Pathé. Recognized as an experienced straight man, he teamed up in comedy acts with Eddie Cantor, Joe Phillips and Louis Simon.

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Kimrie Lewis-Davis

Kimrie Denise Lewis is an American actress, director and writer who is most recognized for portraying Poppy Banks on the ABC sitcom Single Parents and Mika on NBC’s comedy Kenan. She also recurring‑ly appeared as reporter Ashley Davidson on Scandal.

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Michelle Wolf

Michelle Wolf is an American comedian, writer, producer and television host. She contributed as a writer and on‑air talent for both Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In 2018 she served as the featured performer at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Wolf later anchored the Netflix comedy talk series The Break with Michelle Wolf and delivered the 2019 stand‑up special Joke Show.

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Nik Dodani

Nik Dodani, an American actor, writer and comedian, gained recognition for playing Zahid on Netflix’s comedy‑drama Atypical and for his turn as Pat Patel in the revived CBS sitcom Murphy Brown.

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Sam Richardson

Sam Richardson, an American performer and comic, gained recognition for co‑leading the Comedy Central sitcom Detroiters (2017‑2018) with Tim Robinson, portraying Richard Splett on HBO’s political satire Veep (2012‑2019), and appearing in a range of roles on Netflix’s sketch series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019‑2023). He also played Aniq Adjaye in Apple TV+’s The Afterparty (2022‑2023) and voiced Norville Rogers in Max’s animated show Velma (2023‑2024). His turn as Edwin Akufo on Ted Lasso earned him Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in both 2022 and 2023, winning the award in 2023.

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Trixie Mattel

Brian Michael Firkus, who performs under the moniker Trixie Mattel, hails from Marinette County, Wisconsin, and works as a drag queen, television figure, singer‑songwriter, DJ, and business owner. Her look draws heavily on an over‑the‑top 1960s aesthetic, marked by signature eye makeup, while her music fuses humor with acoustic pop and folk‑country sounds, and she plays both guitar and autoharp. In 2015 she entered the seventh installment of RuPaul’s Drag Race, later returning to claim victory in the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Mattel has also turned up as a guest across multiple Drag Race spin‑offs and served as a judge on the Queen of the Universe series from 2021 through 2023.

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Upchurch

Ryan Edward Upchurch, who performs under the name Upchurch, originates from Cheatham County on the edge of Nashville and works as an American rapper, singer‑songwriter, and comedian. He first gained attention chiefly through comedic videos posted on a variety of online platforms, attracting a sizable audience. Merchandise bearing the line from his song “raise hell and eat cornbread” has been sold under his brand. Initially described as a “country rapper,” he has since branched out into numerous styles, including southern rock.

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Violet Benson

Violet Benson, performing under the name Daddy Issues, is a Russian‑American comedian most famous for creating and managing the Instagram page “Daddy Issues.”

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Zahra Noorbakhsh

Zahra Noorbakhsh, an Iranian‑American comedian, writer and actor, also co‑hosts the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast. The New Yorker hailed her solo performance All Atheists Are Muslim as a standout of the New York International Fringe Festival. She contributed to the New York Times anthology Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women and pens a monthly column called “My Infidel Husband.” Noorbakhsh was a featured comic at New York City’s inaugural Muslim Funny Fest.

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