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| x Jim Wise |
Jim Wise is an actor.
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| x Cecily Adams |
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Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was an American actress, casting director, and lyricist.
Adams was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis. She grew up in Silver...
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| x Joey Arias |
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Joey Arias is a New York City based performance artist, cabaret singer, and drag artist.
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was six when he moved with his family to Los Angeles. After singing with the rock band "Purlie" on Capitol Records and...
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| x Patrick Bristow |
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Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor and comedian.
Perhaps best known for his television role as Peter, the gay best friend of Ellen Morgan on the series Ellen, Patrick Bristow is currently a cast member of the Independent...
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| x John Cervenka |
John Cervenka (Born September 30, 1959) is an American businessman and entertainment personality. Currently, a Financial Advisor with the Wall Street firm, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Cervenka co-leads a team that manages the investments of a...
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| x Jennifer Coolidge |
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Jennifer Coolidge is an actor.
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| x Mikey Day |
Michael William "Mikey" Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and improvisational performer.
Day was born in Orange County, California. He graduated from El Modena High School in Orange, California as an honors...
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| x Christian Duguay |
Christian Duguay (born January 3, 1970) is an American comic actor. Duguay is most notable as one of the recurring cast of sketch comedy series MADtv.
Christian Duguay was born on January 3, 1970 in Stanford, California. He grew up in Carefree,...
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| x Will Ferrell |
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John William "Will" Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the mid 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has...
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| x Will Forte |
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Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970), is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber,...
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| x Daniele Gaither |
Daniele Gaither (born September 6, 1970) is an American comic actress. Gaither is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.
Daniele Gaither was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a child, Gaither...
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| x Ana Gasteyer |
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Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known as a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002. She currently co-stars on the ABC sitcom...
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| x Adam Carolla |
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Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness...
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| x Kathy Griffin |
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Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, model, writer and producer. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute...
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| x Rachael Harris |
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Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian.
Harris was born in Worthington, Ohio. She graduated from Worthington High School. She went on to graduate from Otterbein College, in 1989, majoring in theatre.
Harris...
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| x Cheryl Hines |
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Cheryl Ruth Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress, comedian, producer and director, known for her role as Larry David's wife Cheryl on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards. She is currently...
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| x Alex Kapp Horner |
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Alex Kapp Horner (born Alexandra Kapp; December 5, 1969) is an American actress whose most notable role was as Lindsay on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Horner grew up in New York City and graduated from Dartmouth College with a...
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| x Chris Kattan |
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Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan (pronounced /kəˈtæn/; born October 19, 1970) is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.
Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King, was an actor and voice...
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| x Lisa Kudrow |
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Lisa Valerie Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress. She gained worldwide recognition in the '90s for portraying Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends, for which she received many accolades including an Emmy Award and two Screen...
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| x Jon Lovitz |
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Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990.
Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California to Jewish...
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| x Phil LaMarr |
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Phillip "Phil" LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his small, but memorable role as Marvin in Pulp Fiction. He has an...
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| x Steve Little |
Steve Little is an American comic actor who currently acts on the shows Eastbound & Down and Adventure Time.
Little is an actor best known for his role as Stevie Janowski in the HBO series Eastbound & Down. Little is a member of The Groundlings, an...
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| x Tress MacNeille |
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Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Disney's House of Mouse, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rugrats,...
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| x Tim Bagley |
Timothy Hugh "Tim" Bagley is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television programs. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on the TV series Will & Grace, Monk and $h*! My Dad Says.
Bagley was born in...
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| x Edie McClurg |
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Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American character actress. She is known for her perky North Central dialect (or Upper Midwest accent), common to persons from Middle America.
McClurg began her career with a role in the 1976 Brian De Palma...
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| x Michael McDonald |
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Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer, and comedian. He is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. McDonald joined the show during the fourth season (1998) and...
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| x Wendi McLendon-Covey |
Wendi McLendon-Covey (born October 10, 1969) is an American actress, writer, producer and comedian. She is known for roles on television shows, such as Reno 911! (2003-2008) and Rules of Engagement (2010-2012). She is also known for her role in the...
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| x Pat Morita |
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (森田 沢之 Morita Noriyuki) (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid...
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| x Laraine Newman |
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedienne, actress, and writer, and was part of the original Saturday Night Live cast.
Newman was born on March 2, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, the granddaughter of a Jewish cattle rancher...
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| x Cheri Oteri |
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Cheri Oteri (born Cheryl Ann O'Teari September 19, 1962) is an American comic actress, best known for her roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000.
Oteri was born Cheryl Ann Oteri in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She grew up with...
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| x Chris Parnell |
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Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and for his role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell...
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| x Michael Hitchcock |
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Michael Hitchcock (born July 28, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television producer.
In 2011, Hitchcock became a writer and consulting producer for season 3 of the FOX television series Glee, where he had guest starred in...
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| x Cassandra Peterson |
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Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing...
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| x Paul Reubens |
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Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, film producer, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as...
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| x Maya Rudolph |
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Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, comedienne and singer who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2007, and has appeared in films such as Away We Go, Bridesmaids, Grown Ups, A Prairie Home Companion...
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| x Kevin Ruf |
Kevin Ruf (born December 7, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He recently starred in the Comedy Central show Halfway Home as Kenny Carlyle, the house supervisor of a halfway house. He was the newsman in That Was The Week That Was on ABC's...
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| x Mindy Sterling |
Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 30 years, she only began to garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil (Mike...
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| x Julia Sweeney |
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Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian and author best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for her autobiographical solo shows.
Sweeney was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Jeri, a...
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| x Kristen Wiig |
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Kristen Carroll Wiig (pronounced /ˈwiːɡ/; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedienne, and writer. She is best known for her work as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. Wiig was a member...
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| x John Belushi |
John Adam Belushi ( /bəˈluːʃi/; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and starring alongside Dan Aykroyd in...
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| x Harold Ramis |
Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he also...
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The Second City | 1969 | ||
| x Del Close |
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Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an actor, improviser, writer, and teacher. Considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater, Close had a prolific career, appearing in a number of films and television shows. He...
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The Second City | 1961 | |
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| x Alan Arkin |
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In...
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| x Jack Burns |
Jack Burns (born November 15, 1933) is an American comedian and voice actor.
In 1959, he began his career as a comedy team with George Carlin when both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas. After successful performances at Fort...
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The Second City | 1963 | ||
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| x Joan Rivers |
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Joan Alexandra Molinsky, publicly known as Joan Rivers, (born June 8, 1933) is an American television personality, comedian, and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous...
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The Second City | 1961 | |
| x Robert Klein |
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Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer and actor.
Klein was born in The Bronx, the son of Frieda (née Moskowitz) and Benjamin Klein, and was raised in a "prototypical 1950s Bronx Jewish" environment. After...
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The Second City | 1965 | |
| x Peter Boyle |
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Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974)....
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The Second City | 1967 | |
| x Fred Willard |
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Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, and voice over actor, best known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for...
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The Second City | 1965 | |
| x Brian Doyle-Murray |
Brian Doyle-Murray (born Brian Murray, October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist. He is the older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films, including Caddyshack,...
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The Second City | 1969 | ||
| x Joe Flaherty |
Joe Flaherty (born June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks.
Flaherty was born Joseph O'Flaherty in...
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The Second City | 1969 | ||
| x Tim O'Malley |
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Tim O'Malley (born June 26, 1957) is an American actor and playwright, director living in Chicago. He is a Core Faculty Member at The Second City Training Center. He is most recognizable as Patrick, the bartender in Return to Me.
O'Malley started in...
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The Second City | 1990 | |
| x Bob Odenkirk |
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Robert "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known for his award winning appearances in Breaking Bad and The Larry Sanders Show and as co-creator and co-star of the HBO...
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The Second City | 1990 | |
| x George Wendt |
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George Robert Wendt III (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.
Wendt was born in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, the son of Loretta M. (née Howard) and...
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The Second City | 1975 | |
| x Dan Bakkedahl |
Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American improvisational actor, comedian and teacher from Chicago's Second City. Born in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Stuart, Florida, he attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota before...
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The Second City | 2003 | ||
| x Tina Fey |
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey ( /ˈfeɪ/; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean...
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The Second City | 1996 | |
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| x Amy Sedaris |
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Amy Louise Sedaris (/ˌeɪ.miːsəˈdɛr.əs/) (born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, author, and comedian. She is known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly...
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The Second City | 1992 | |
| x Steve Carell |
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Steven John "Steve" Carell ( /kəˈrɛl/; born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late...
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The Second City | 1991 | |
| x Paul Dinello |
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Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy...
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The Second City | 1992 | |
| x John Candy |
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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films...
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The Second City | 1973 | |
| x Stephen Colbert |
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( /koʊlˈbɛər/ or /ˈkoʊlbərt/; born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert...
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The Second City | 1993 | |
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