Sitcom Comedians
See also: British sitcom- Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), (Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Bean)
- Richard Ayoade (born 1977), (Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The IT Crowd)
- Bill Bailey (born 1964), (Spaced, Black Books)
- Ronnie Barker (1929–2005), (Porridge, Open All Hours)
- Michael Joyce, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 out of 10 Cats
- Chris Barrie (born 1960), (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire)
- Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979), (Porridge, Rising Damp)
- Matt Berry (born 1974), (Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh)
- James Bolam (born 1938), (The Likely Lads, Only When I Laugh)
- Richard Briers (born 1934), (The Good Life), (Ever Decreasing Circles)
- Kathy Burke (born 1964), (Gimme Gimme Gimme)
- Patrick Cargill (1918–1996), (Father, Dear Father)
- John Challis (born 1942), (Only Fools and Horses, The Green Green Grass)
- Craig Charles (born 1964), (Red Dwarf)
- John Cleese (born 1939), (Fawlty Towers)
- Ronnie Corbett (born 1930), (Sorry!)
- Michael Crawford (born 1942), (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em)
- Windsor Davies (born 1930), (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Never the Twain)
- Julia Davis (born 1966), (Nighty Night)
- Richard Dawson (1932–2012), (Hogan's Heroes)
- Angus Deayton (born 1956), (Nighty Night, One Foot in the Grave)
- James Dreyfus (born 1968), (The Thin Blue Line, My Hero, Gimme Gimme Gimme)
- Paul Eddington (1927–1995), (The Good Life, Yes Minister)
- Adrian Edmondson (born 1957), (The Young Ones, Bottom)
- Jimmy Edwards (1920–1988), (Whack-O!)
- Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973), (The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd)
- Jane Freeman (born 1930s), (Last of the Summer Wine)
- Martin Freeman (born 1971), (The Office, Hardware)
- Dawn French (born 1957), (The Vicar of Dibley)
- Nick Frost (born 1972), (Spaced, Hyperdrive)
- Robert Fyfe (born 1925), (Last of the Summer Wine) aka Hooeerr Kins
- Ricky Gervais (born 1961), (The Office, Extras)
- Tamsin Greig (born 1967), (Black Books, Green Wing)
- Deryck Guyler (1914–1999) (Please Sir!, Sykes)
- Miranda Hart (born 1972) (Miranda)
- Tony Hancock (1924–68), (Hancock's Half Hour)
- Jane Horrocks (born 1964), (Absolutely Fabulous)
- Karl Howman (born 1952), (Brush Strokes)
- John Inman (1935–2007), (Are You Being Served)
- David Jason (born 1940), (Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours)
- Danny John-Jules (born 1960) (Red Dwarf)
- Peter Kay (born 1973) (Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere)
- Gorden Kaye (born 1941), ('Allo 'Allo!)
- Penelope Keith (born 1940), (To the Manor Born)
- John Le Mesurier (1912–1983), (Dad's Army)
- Robert Lindsay (born 1949), (Citizen Smith, Nightingales, My Family)
- Robert Llewellyn (born 1956), (Red Dwarf)
- Roger Lloyd-Pack (born 1944), (Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley)
- Arthur Lowe (1915–1982), (Dad's Army, Bless Me Father)
- Joanna Lumley (born 1947), (Absolutely Fabulous)
- Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 1961), (Only Fools and Horses, Butterflies, Goodnight Sweetheart)
- Rik Mayall (born 1958), (The Young Ones, Bottom, The New Statesman)
- Stephen Merchant (born 1974) (The Office, Extras)
- David Mitchell (born 1974) (Peep Show)
- Warren Mitchell (born 1926), (Till Death Us Do Part)
- Dermot Morgan, (born in Ireland 1952–1998), (Father Ted)(Irish)
- Brian Murphy (born 1933), (Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine)
- Al Murray (born 1968), (Time Gentlemen Please)
- Paul Nicholas (born 1945), (Just Good Friends)
- Ardal O'Hanlon (born in Ireland 1965), (Father Ted, My Hero) (Irish)
- Bill Owen (1914–99), (Last of the Summer Wine)
- Geoffrey Palmer (born 1927), (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies, As Time Goes By)
- Simon Pegg (born 1970), (Spaced)
- Bill Pertwee (born 1926), (Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum)
- Tony Robinson (born 1946), (Blackadder)
- Leonard Rossiter (1926–84), (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rising Damp)
- Andrew Sachs (born 1930) (Fawlty Towers)
- Peter Sallis (born 1921) (Last of the Summer Wine)
- Jennifer Saunders (born 1958) (Absolutely Fabulous)
- Julia Sawalha (born 1968), (Absolutely Fabulous)
- Eric Sykes (born 1923), (Sykes)
- Reg Varney (born 1916), (The Rag Trade, On the Buses)
- Gary Waldhorn (born 1943), (Brush Strokes, The Vicar of Dibley)
- Rudolph Walker (born 1939), (Love Thy Neighbour, The Thin Blue Line)
- Robert Webb (born 1972) (Peep Show, The Smoking Room)
- June Whitfield (born 1925), (Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous)
- Brian Wilde (born 1921), (Last of the Summer Wine, Porridge)
- Richard Wilson (born 1936), (Only When I Laugh, One Foot in the Grave)
- Sir Norman Wisdom (1915–2010 ) (Wit and Wisdom)
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“Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)