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Garrison Keillor (born 1942)
radio personality, voice actor, comedian, television producer, humorist, singer
- University of Minnesota
Steve Martin (born 1945)
television actor, film actor, comedian, street artist, film producer, musician, banjoist, playwright, voice actor, performing artist, art collector
- University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Long Beach
Denis Leary (born 1957)
comedian, composer, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, showrunner, television producer, actor, film director
- Emerson College
Gene Wilder (1933-2016)
actor, film director, comedian, television actor, film producer, stage actor, diarist, director
- University of Iowa, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Penn Jillette (born 1955)
radio personality, actor, circus performer, jongleur, television actor, podcaster, comedian, musician, magician, illusionist, film actor, film director
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
Michael Moore (born 1954)
film director, television presenter, journalist, comedian, autobiographer, film actor, peace activist, film producer
- University of Michigan–Flint, University of Michigan–Dearborn
Henry Winkler (born 1945)
actor, film producer, film director, television actor, film actor, voice actor, stage actor, television producer, comedian
- Emerson College, Yale School of Drama
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
actor, film director, television presenter, playwright, film producer, autobiographer, comedian, television actor
- Westminster School