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Stephen Fry (born 1957)
actor, comedian, television presenter, autobiographer, director, television actor, stage actor, film actor, journalist, film director, improviser, performing artist, narrator
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
painter, playwright, film director, poet, actor, illustrator, librettist, voice actor, postage stamp designer, designer, photographer, composer, jewelry designer, ceramicist, director
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Spike Milligan (1918-2002)
comedian, journalist, stage actor, film actor, poet, actor, musician, television actor, playwright
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975)
film director, translator, actor, poet, journalist, playwright, film actor, film critic, director
Masashi Sada (born 1952)
singer, actor, businessperson, film director, visiting professor, radio personality
Trevor Noah (born 1984)
actor, television presenter, film producer, disc jockey, presenter, film actor, stand-up comedian, television actor, television producer, philanthropist, podcaster, television maker, satirist, autobiographer
Tony Hendra (1941-2021)
satirist, actor, stage actor, television actor
Shintarō Ishihara (1932-2022)
politician, explorer, actor, journalist, playwright, film director, lyricist, critic, film actor