List of deadpan comedians
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This is a list of notable deadpan comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire. Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, or apparently unintentional.
List of deadpan comedians
Comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire include:
- Eve Arden[1]
- Fred Armisen[2][better source needed]
- Bea Arthur[3]
- Rowan Atkinson[4]
- Dan Aykroyd[5][6]
- Richard Ayoade[7]
- Todd Barry[8]
- Jason Bateman[9]
- Stephanie Beatriz[10][11]
- H. Jon Benjamin[12]
- Jack Benny[13]
- Jo Brand[14]
- Steve Carell[15]
- Jimmy Carr[16]
- Michael Cera[17]
- Chevy Chase[18]
- Ronny Chieng[19]
- John Cleese[20]
- Stephen Colbert[21]
- Tim Conway[22]
- Jane Curtin[23]
- Andy Daly[24]
- Larry David[25]
- Jack Dee[26]
- Nathan Fielder[27]
- Jim Gaffigan[28]
- Zach Galifianakis[29][30]
- Dave Gorman[31]
- Jack Handey[32]
- Steve Harvey[33]
- Mitch Hedberg[34]
- Tim Heidecker[35]
- Dave Hughes[36]
- Jeffrey Jones[37]
- Milton Jones[38]
- Jonathan Katz[39]
- Buster Keaton[40]
- Craig Kilborn[41]
- Stewart Lee[42]
- Jack Levi[43]
- Sean Lock[44]
- Norm Macdonald[45][46]
- Lee Mack[47]
- Demetri Martin[48]
- Paul Merton[49]
- Sarah Millican[50]
- Dan Mintz[51]
- Eugene Mirman[52]
- Shazia Mirza[53][54][55]
- Diane Morgan[56]
- Chris Morris[57]
- Bill Murray[17][58][59]
- Kumail Nanjiani[60][61][62]
- Bob Newhart[63]
- Leslie Nielsen[64]
- Tig Notaro[65]
- Virginia O'Brien[66]
- Nick Offerman[67]
- Pat Paulsen[68]
- Karl Pilkington[69]
- Aubrey Plaza[17][70]
- Romesh Ranganathan[71]
- Peter Sellers[72]
- Sarah Silverman[73][74]
- Ben Stein[75]
- Jon Stewart[76]
- Mike Stoklasa[77]
- Christopher Walken[78][better source needed]
- Eric Wareheim[35]
- Kristen Wiig[15]
- Steven Wright[79][80]
