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Billy Crystal (born 1948)
television actor, film actor, film director, baseball player, voice actor, television director, film producer, singer, television presenter, stage actor, comedian, director, presenter, television producer, stand-up comedian
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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
Eric Idle (born 1943)
film actor, actor, comedian, playwright, guitarist, lyricist, film director, television actor
John Leguizamo (born 1960)
comedian, voice actor, playwright, painter, stage actor, television actor, film actor, film producer, film director, television presenter, actor
Spike Milligan (1918-2002)
comedian, journalist, stage actor, film actor, poet, actor, musician, television actor, playwright
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
John Belushi (1949-1982)
comedian, television actor, film actor, musician, voice actor
Takeshi Kitano (born 1947)
film director, actor, television presenter, comedian, producer, painter, director