Big fan of British humor? How about Irish? Well, you're in luck. Here you'll find a list of the top UK comedians around, featuring hilarious English stand up comedians and even some actors. Who's your favorite comedian from the UK? Are they on the list below? If not, be sure to add the top British and Irish comedians so they can be ranked alongside every one else here. If you're simply looking for some new comedians to check out, you'll surely find some funny people on the list below. Check it out and get voting!
Sean Lock is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian, and won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for ...more
Lee Gordon McKillop, known as Lee Mack is an English stand-up comedian and actor best known for writing and starring in the sitcom Not Going Out playing the main character, also called Lee. ...more
Greg Davies is a British stand-up comedian and actor known for his roles as Greg in We Are Klang, Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners and Ken Thompson in Cuckoo as well as for his guest appearances ...more
Jon Joel Richardson is an English comedian. He is known for his appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats and his work as co-host with Russell Howard on BBC 6 Music.
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan is a British stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared on Mock the Week, Holby City, Soccer AM, Russell Howard's Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff and Virtually ...more
Kevin Andrew Bridges is a Scottish stand-up comedian. He has appeared on many comedy television shows including Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You and has performed at Live at the ...more
James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr is an English stand-up comedian, television host and actor, known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and use of edgy one-liners. ...more
Joe Lycett is a British comedian. He has appeared on TV shows including Live At The Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 out of 10 Cats and as the announcer on Saturday BBC One show Epic Win.
Rhodri "Rhod" Paul Gilbert is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy. Gilbert appears on ...more
Francis Martin Patrick "Frankie" Boyle is a Scottish comedian and writer, well known for his pessimistic and often controversial sense of humour. He was a permanent panellist on the ...more
Michael "Micky" Flanagan is an English comedian. Flanagan has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured Britain with stand-up shows. He presented Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? ...more
Dara Ó Briain is an Irish comedian and television presenter, noted for hosting topical panel shows such as The Panel, Mock the Week, Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums and The ...more
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and for his ...more
Russell Joseph Howard is an English comedian and presenter best known for his TV show Russell Howard's Good News and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock the Week. He won "Best ...more
William "Billy" Connolly, CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin". ...more
Rob Beckett is a British stand-up comedian and actor, best known as a co-host on the ITV2 spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, a role which he took up in 2012.
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall is an English comedian, television presenter and actor. He is a former host of the E4 show Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2008, Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth in ...more
Peter John Kay is an English comedian. His last stand-up comedy tour was officially inaugurated into the Guinness World Records as the most successful of all time, playing to over 1.2 million ...more
Michael Hazen James McIntyre is an English comedian, actor and presenter. In 2012, he was reported to be the highest-grossing comedian in the world. In addition to stand-up, McIntyre has hosted ...more
Miles Jupp is an English comedian and actor, best known for his role as the hapless inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory and Nigel in the sitcom Rev.
James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sarcasm and deadpan humour. He is well known in the United Kingdom for writing and ...more
Sarah Jane Millican is an English comedienne. Millican won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most ...more
