My Top Favorite Comedic Actors and Actresses of All Time
by jd-47030 | created - 6 months ago | updated - 6 months ago | PublicThis is a list of those I know who have been great with comedy. The list is sorted by earliest to latest actors and actresses and also by adult and child actors and actresses of the times.
1. Stan Laurel
Actor | Saps at Sea
Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was Charles ...
The only example of comedic talents I can name with this one is the character of his own name.
2. Oliver Hardy
Actor | Saps at Sea
Although his parents were never in show business, as a young boy Oliver Hardy was a gifted singer and, by age eight, was performing with minstrel shows. In 1910 he ran a movie theatre, which he preferred to studying law. In 1913 he became a comedy actor with the Lubin Company in Florida and began ...
The only example of comedic talents I can name with this one is the character of his own name.
3. Cary Grant
Actor | North by Northwest
Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I."
Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in ...
A couple of examples I can give of his comedic talent is his character in Arsenic and Old Lace, and his character in Father Goose.
4. Mary Wickes
Actress | White Christmas
From the grand old school of wisecracking, loud and lanky Mary Wickes had few peers while forging a career as a salty scene-stealer. Her abrupt, tell-it-like-it-is demeanor made her a consistent audience favorite on every medium for over six decades. She was particularly adroit in film parts that ...
A few examples of her comedic talents I can think of is her character in a couple of Doris Day films, her character in the two Sister Act films, her character in The Trouble with Angels, and her character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
5. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
A couple of examples of his comedic talents is his character in You've Got Mail, and his character in the Toy Story franchise.
6. Tim Allen
Actor | Toy Story
Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old...
Examples of his comedic talent would make a fairly long list, but a few examples I can give is his character in the Home Improvement TV Show, his character in The Santa Clause films, his character in Galaxy Quest, his character in Christmas with the Kranks, and even his character in the Toy Story franchise.
7. Patricia Richardson
Actress | Home Improvement
Whiskey-voiced Patricia Richardson is best known as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement (1991). For her work, she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and four Emmy Awards. She also starred in two other comedies: Eisenhower & Lutz (1988) with Scott Bakula, and FM (1989) with Robert Hays. After ...
One example of her comedic talents is her character in the Home Improvement TV Show.
8. Richard Karn
Actor | Home Improvement
Richard Karn was born on February 17, 1956, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Gene and Louise Wilson. He has a sister named Sue. His birth name was Richard Karn Wilson, but he shortened it to Richard Karn because there was already a Richard Wilson registered with the Screen Actors Guild. He did ...
A couple of examples of his comedic talents is his character in the Home Improvement TV Show and his character in the film Picture Perfect.
9. Steve Martin
Writer | Roxanne
Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic ...
There are many examples of his comedic talents I could think of. Pretty much anything I've ever seen him in. But my favorite of what he's in would be the Father of the Bride films.
10. Diane Keaton
Actress | Annie Hall
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. She studied Drama at Santa Ana College, before dropping out in favor of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New ...
One example of her comedic talents I can think of is her character in the Father of the Bride films.
11. Martin Short
Actor | Innerspace
Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the ...
Examples of his comedic talents would fill a list, but one of them would be his character in the Father of the Bride films.
12. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
Several examples of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, his character in Without a Clue, and his character in Secondhand Lions.
13. Kathy Najimy
Actress | Hocus Pocus
Kathy Najimy was born and raised in San Diego, California. She is the daughter of Samia (Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker, both of Lebanese ancestry. Kathy attended Crawford High School, and began her film career in the early 1990s, with several minor roles. Kathy got her breakthrough ...
One example of her comedic talents I can think of is her character in the Sister Act films.
14. Whoopi Goldberg
Actress | Ghost
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...
One example of her comedic talents is her character in the Sister Act films.
15. Eddie Murphy
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...
Several examples of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in Mulan, his character in the Shrek films, and his character in Daddy Day Care.
16. Rick Moranis
Actor | Parenthood
Rick began his career as a radio DJ while he was still at high school which led to him writing, producing and being on air in his own show. He joined the Canadian TV series, SCTV (1976), winning an Emmy for writing and portraying the character, Bob McKenzie, which became the basis for the film, ...
Several examples of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in Spaceballs, his character in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids films, and his character in Little Giants.
17. Phil Hartman
Actor | NewsRadio
Phil Hartman was born Philip Edward Hartmann on September 24, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. His surname was originally "Hartmann", but he later dropped the second "n". He was one of eight children of Doris Marguerite (Wardell) and Rupert Loebig Hartmann, a salesman. He was of German, Irish, ...
Though this is the only one in this list that I am not as big of a fan of as I am all the others in it, a couple of examples of his comedic talents I can think of is a character called Lionel Hutz that he voiced in The Simpsons, and his character in Jingle All the Way.
18. Alan Thicke
Soundtrack | Growing Pains
Alan Thicke was born on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Growing Pains (1985), Raising Helen (2004) and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009). He was married to Tanya Callau, Gina Marie Tolleson and Gloria Loring. He died on December 13, 2016 ...
Though I have never seen the TV Show that he was most famous for, one example of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in the Not Quite Human trilogy.
19. Andy Griffith
Actor | The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith is best known for his starring roles in two very popular television series, The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and Matlock (1986). Griffith earned a degree in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the 1950s, he became a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and ...
There are a number of examples I could come up with on him.
20. Don Knotts
Actor | The Andy Griffith Show
Don Knotts, the legendary television character actor, was born Jesse Donald Knotts on July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to William Jesse Knotts and the former Elsie Luzetta Moore. He was the youngest of four sons in a family that had been in America since the 17th century.
His first stint ...
The list is long of examples of comedic talents that I can think of with him.
21. Tim Conway
Actor | The Carol Burnett Show
Funny man Tim Conway was born on December 15th, 1933 in Willoughby, Ohio, to Sophia (Murgoiu) and Daniel Conway, a pony groomer. He was a fraternity man at Bowling Green State University, served in the army, and started his career working for a radio station.
Conway got into comedy when he started ...
The list is long of examples of comedic talents that I can think of with him but his two best characters in my opinion were in The Apple Dumpling Gang films and Private Eyes.
22. Carol Burnett
Soundtrack | The Carol Burnett Show
The entertainment world has enjoyed a six-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that...
The only example of her comedic talent I can think of is most if not all of her characters from her show of her name.
23. Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress | Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading...
A couple of examples of comedic talents I can think of with this one is her character in the re-make of Freaky Friday, and her character in Christmas with the Kranks.
24. Dick Van Dyke
Actor | Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...
There are many examples of his comedic talents I can think of, but a couple were his character from Mary Poppins, and his character from his show of his name.
25. Mickey Rooney
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. He made his first film appearance in 1926. The following year, he played the lead character in the first Mickey McGuire short film. ...
One example of comedic talents with him I could give is his character in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. But he was great for every known roll he acted.
26. Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Actress | Father of the Bride
Kimberly Payne Williams-Paisley is an American actress known for her co-starring roles on According to Jim and Nashville, as well as her breakthrough performance in Father of the Bride (1991), for which she was nominated for several awards, and its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II (1995). ...
A couple of examples of her comedic talents I can think of is her character in the Father of the Bride films, and her character in The 10th Kingdom Miniseries.
27. John Larroquette
Actor | Night Court
John Bernard Larroquette, is an all-around American actor known for his roles in both drama and comedy. He became well-known as Deputy District Attorney Dan Fielding in the NBC sitcom "Night Court" (1984-1992; 2023-present), a role that earned him four straight Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor...
A couple of examples of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in Richie Rich, and his character in The 10th Kingdom Miniseries.
28. Jim Varney
Actor | Ernest Goes to Camp
James Albert Varney, Jr. was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nancy Louise (Howard) and James Albert Varney, Sr. He became interested in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky. At age 15 he played Ebeneezer ...
Anyone can probably guess the biggest example of his comedic talents.
29. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
The list of examples of comedic talents is long with him.
30. Charles Grodin
Actor | Midnight Run
Deadpan comedian Charles Sydney Grodin (originally Grodinsky) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Russian/Polish ancestry and raised in a Jewish orthodox home. He attended the University of Miami but dropped out, opting instead for the life of a struggling actor. The movie A Place in the Sun (...
One example of comedic talents and about the only one I can give with him is his character in the Beethoven films. I would say those were his best of any of them.
31. Bonnie Hunt
Actress | Jumanji
Bonnie Lynn Hunt is an American actress and comedienne who is known for her work in Rain Man, Beethoven, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile and Cheaper by the Dozen. She voiced in the Disney films A Bug's Life, Zootopia, Monsters, Inc, Toy Story 3 and Cars. She was married to John Murphy but ...
A few examples I could give of her comedic talents is her character from the Beethoven films, her character from the Cheaper by the Dozen films, and her various Pixar voices.
32. Kirstie Alley
Actress | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Kirstie Louise Alley was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987-1993), receiving an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 for the role. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe ...
A couple of examples I could give of her comedic talents would be her character in the film Look Who's Talking Now, and her character in the film It Takes Two.
33. Steve Guttenberg
Actor | Short Circuit
Steve Guttenberg was born on August 24, 1958 to Ann Newman and Stanley Guttenberg in Boropark, Brooklyn.The family moved from Brooklyn, to Queens, and then to N. Massapequa, where Steve graduated Plainedge High School in 1976. He studied acting both on Long Island and in N.Y.City, moving to L.A. to...
A couple of examples of comedic talents I can name is his character in the Three Men ... films, and his character in It Takes Two.
34. Tom Selleck
Actor | Blue Bloods
Thomas William Selleck is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator "Thomas Magnum" on the 1980s television series, Magnum, P.I. (1980).
Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Martha (Jagger), a homemaker, and Robert Dean Selleck, a...
I have no idea how much comedy was a main genre that he based his acting career on, but one example of his comedic talents that I can give would be his character in the Three Men ... films.
35. Mel Brooks
Actor | Spaceballs
Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ...
There is a long list of examples I could name with this one.
36. Dom DeLuise
Actor | The Cannonball Run
As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...
One example of comedic talents I can think of with this one is his character in The Twelve Chairs.
37. Rowan Atkinson
Actor | Johnny English
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on 6 January, 1955, in Consett, Co. Durham, UK, to Ella May (Bainbridge) and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees ...
There is a long list of examples of comedic talents I could name with this one but his main one is Mr. Bean.
38. Leslie Nielsen
Actor | Airplane!
Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. His father, Ingvard Eversen Nielsen, was a Danish-born Mountie and a strict disciplinarian. Leslie studied at the Academy of ...
There is a long list of examples of comedic talents I could name with this one.
39. Christopher Lloyd
Actor | Back to the Future
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978), Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future ...
Examples of his comedic talents would fill a list, but one of them would be his character in the Back to the Future trilogy.
40. Jack Lemmon
Actor | The Apartment
Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company. His ancestry included Irish (from his paternal grandmother) and English. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers ...
One example of comedic talents I can think of with him is his character in The Odd Couple films. But I could fill a list of examples from anything he was ever in with Walter Matthau.
41. Walter Matthau
Actor | The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
He was born Walter Jake Matthow in New York City, New York...
A couple of examples of his comedic talents I can think of is his character in The Odd Couple films, and his character in Dennis the Menace. He in my opinion did the best portrayal of a George Wilson over anyone else.
42. Joan Plowright
Actress | The Spiderwick Chronicles
Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, is one of the most distinguished actors of her generation. She may be best remembered as the third wife and widow of Laurence Olivier, generally considered the greatest anglophone actor of the 20th Century, but she had a distinguished career of her own...
Even though I doubt that comedy was the main genre that she based her acting career off of, a couple of examples of her comedic talents I could give would be her character in Dennis the Menace, and her character in the 1990's live-action re-make of 101 Dalmatians. But I would say her character in Dennis the Menace tops any examples of her comedic talents. She in my opinion did the best portrayal of a Martha Wilson over anyone else.
43. Owen Wilson
Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums
Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and ...
Several examples I can give of his comedic talents would be his character in the Jackie Chan Shanghai films but most Shanghai Knights, his character as a cameo in the Jackie Chan version of Around the World in 80 Days, and his character in the Night at the Museum films and especially the first one.
44. Jackie Chan
Actor | Ngo si seoi
Hong Kong's cheeky, lovable and best-known film star, Jackie Chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in Hong Kong's manic martial arts cinema industry.
Jackie was born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, on Hong Kong's famous ...
Any examples I could give of his comedic talents would be numerous.
45. Lee Evans
Actor | Le Cinquième Élément
In 2014 Whilst being interviewed by Jonathon Ross on his show, he announced his immediate retirement from Stand Up and Touring after the premature death of his manager from a heart attack. He is now determined to spend more time with his wife Heather and daughter Molly, or Little Mo as he calls her.
A couple of examples I could give of his comedic talents would be his character in MouseHunt, and his character in The Medallion.
46. Nathan Lane
Actor | The Producers
Nathan Lane is an American actor and singer from New Jersey who is known for playing Timon from The Lion King, Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II from Teacher's Pet, Max Bialystock from The Producers, Snowball from Stuart Little, Hamegg from Astro Boy and Ernie Smuntz from Mouse Hunt. He is married ...
Several examples of his comedic talents I could give would be his character in MouseHunt, his character in The Lion King films, and his character in the Stuart Little films.
47. Lisa Ann Walter
Actress | The Parent Trap
Lisa Ann Walter was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Parent Trap (1998), Bruce Almighty (2003) and Shall We Dance? (2004). She was previously married to Sam Baum.
One example I could give of her comedic talents would be her character in the re-make of The Parent Trap.
48. Mother Love
Actress | Volcano
Mother Love was born on December 29, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Volcano (1997), Mr. Nanny (1993) and Kazaam (1996). She has been married to Kennedy Rogers since October 8, 1972. They have one child.
One example I could give of her comedic talents is her character from Mr. Nanny.
49. April Winchell
Actress | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
April Terri Winchell is a Jewish-American voice actress from New York City. She is the daughter of Paul Winchell. She voiced in many cartoons and video games such as Clarabelle Cow, Wander Over Yonder, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Antz, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Epic ...
Even though there is a good list of examples on this, one example I could give of her comedic talents would be her main character in the Goof Troop TV Series.
50. Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor | Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...
A couple of examples of comedic talents I could give on him would be his character in Rat Race, and his character in Snow Dogs.
51. Patricia Hamilton
Actress | Road to Avonlea
Patricia Hamilton was born on April 27, 1937 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Avonlea (1990), My Bloody Valentine (1981) and Anne of Green Gables (1985). She was married to Leslie Carlson. She died on April 30, 2023 in Canada.
I don't know much that comedy was a main genre that she based her acting career off of, but one example I could give on her comedic talents would be her character in the Anne of Green Gables films and the Avonlea TV shows.
52. Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Actor | Second Childhood
Carl Switzer was an American child actor, singer, dog breeder, and hunting guide from Paris, Illinois. He became famous for portraying Alfalfa in the film series "Our Gang" during the 1930s. His character was one of the most memorable characters ever portrayed in the series. Later in his career, ...
The main example I could give of his comedic talents is Alfalfa in all of the Our Gang comedy shorts.
53. Kyle Howard
Actor | Orange County
Kyle grew up in Loveland, Colorado. Kyle's first job was in a dinner theater in nearby Fort Collins; where he worked during the ages of 13-14 years old. During the summer, Kyle acted in many plays at the Carousel Dinner Theatre. He has appeared in "The Sound of Music", "The Best Christmas Pageant ...
Of the few films I have seen with him, a couple of examples of his comedic talents include his character in The Paper Brigade, and his character in Baby Geniuses.
54. Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Actor | The Lion King
Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Claudine (Gonsalves) and Stephen Weiss. He has an older brother, Joel, and has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, he liked the music group Boyz II Men, and his ...
Several examples of his comedic talents I can give is his character in the Home Improvement TV Show, his character in the film Tom and Huck, and his character in the film Wild America.
55. Bug Hall
Actor | The Little Rascals
Bug Hall was born on February 4, 1985 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Little Rascals (1994), Baby Driver (2017) and The Stupids (1996). He has been married to Jill DeGroff since February 11, 2017. They have one child.
Several examples I could give of his comedic talents would be his character in The Little Rascals film, his character in The Big Green, and his character in the last film of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise.
56. Mason Gamble
Actor | Dennis the Menace
Mason began his film-acting career at age six when director Harold Ramis cast him in Groundhog Day (1993). Three months later, Mason won the title role in the hit comedy, Dennis the Menace (1993). He was chosen from twenty thousand other hopefuls in a nationwide casting call launched by John Hughes...
A couple of examples I can give of his comedic talents would be his character in Dennis the Menace, and his character in Spy Hard.
57. Ashley Olsen
Actress | Full House
Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American fashion designer, producer, author, businesswoman and former actress. She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen. She is also ...
A few examples of her comedic talents is her character in the Full House TV Show and her characters in all of the films that she and her sister were in, especially the ones from the same era as the show. Three particular favorites of mine though would be her character in the Full House TV Series, her character in To Grandmother's House We Go, and her character in It Takes Two.
58. Mary-Kate Olsen
Actress | It Takes Two
Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, and businesswoman. She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint alongside her fraternal twin sister Ashley Olsen. Olsen ...
A few examples of her comedic talents is her character in the Full House TV Show and her characters in all of the films that she and her sister were in, especially the ones from the same era as the show. Three particular favorites of mine though would be her character in the Full House TV Series, her character in To Grandmother's House We Go, and her character in It Takes Two.
59. Lindsay Lohan
Actress | The Parent Trap
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan. She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan ...
A couple of examples of comedic talents I can think of with her is her character in the re-make of The Parent Trap, and her character in the re-make of Freaky Friday.
60. Haley Joel Osment
Actor | The Sixth Sense
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...
I don't know how much comedy was the main genre that he place his acting career on, but a couple of examples of his comedic talents I could give is his character in The Ransom of Red Chief, and his character in Secondhand Lions.
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