List of British Comedians - Film

Film

  • Bernard Bresslaw (1934–1993)
  • Bill Nighy
  • John Cleese (born 1939), (Monty Python films)
  • Robbie Coltrane (born 1950)
  • Steve Coogan
  • Ade Edmondson, (Guest House Paradiso)
  • Lee Evans (born 1964)
  • George Formby (1904–1961)
  • Nick Frost, (Shaun of the Dead)
  • Martin Freeman
  • Marty Feldman (1933–1982)
  • Will Hay (1888–1949)
  • Eric Idle (born 1943), (Monty Python films)
  • Sid James (1913–1976) (Carry On films)
  • Rik Mayall, (Drop Dead Fred, Guest House Paradiso)
  • Dudley Moore (1935–2002) (Arthur, 10)
  • Simon Pegg, (Shaun of the Dead)
  • Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984)
  • Peter Sellers (1925–1980), (Dr. Strangelove, Inspector Clouseau films)
  • Eric Sykes (1923–2012)
  • Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), (Carry On films)
  • Norman Wisdom (born 1915)
  • Monty Python
  • Russell Brand (St Trinians, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

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