the world is indeed a stage but these
men are no mere players we have the
Prince of Wales yet tonight alone we are
nameless welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 British male comedians for
this list we’re looking at those male
comedians from around the United Kingdom
who are known as the funny man of stand
up number 10
Peter K you know Duffy Duffy the Welsh
songstress last three years I thought
that Puako were begging me for birdseed
effectively retired until the public
again demands his return Peter K crept
onto the comedy scene in the late 90s
winning the so you think you’re funny
competition in 1997 and earning a
Perrier Award nomination at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival the following
year oh no no way sunshine think again
Oh mime all along to the person trainers
but his observational wit didn’t go full
mainstream until the early 2000s the
International Sign of the bill little
signature in Mitte works in any country
will that occupied with other successful
projects Kay wouldn’t tour again until
2009 when an intended for night stand in
Manchester ballooned to an over 100 show
tour that included 40 nights in
Manchester and 15 at London’s o2 arena
only time we ever saw me cry or at
Butlins filing and when he tracks his
balls in some dungeon in fact the tour
earned a Guinness world record as the
most successful stand-up tour ever
showing to 1.2 million of course the
toilet doesn’t enjoy but now on to it
and then I’m gonna remake diet
number nine Lee Evans they would like if
we had a script and we stuck to our
script they won’t like that very much
you know get bt call you at remind you
to pay your bill and they go can I speak
to the account holder please and we go I
am Spartacus known in North America for
his supporting roles in movies like
there’s something about Mary I’m gonna
get this for you no I have to learn to
do this myself
the cheeky and uber kinetic Lee Evans is
a major force to be reckoned with in the
comedy world Evans is so hyperactive in
fact that he goes through two suits a
show most of which have to be thrown out
after three gigs due to the sweat you
know when you get drunk Lisa there’s the
point of no return when your body loses
complete control
Janome go out you kind of hang in there
like this yeah but with his ridiculously
strong ticket sales which saw his 2010
tour sells seven million pounds worth of
tickets in one day he can afford to
sweat aside Evans bizarre mix of the
observational and hyper physical comedy
means few funny men are willing or able
to follow him
number eight Michael McIntyre this is
some people without children leave the
house shot me leave the house yes son of
the late Canadian comedian ray Cameron
the London born Michael McIntyre seemed
to come out of nowhere in the 2000s
before becoming the top grossing
comedian in the world by 2012 your sex
is on fire
what is the inspiration for this lyric
darling
don’t be alarmed clean but cutting the
bobble-headed McIntyre collected
numerous comedy awards and nominations
along the way including a 2009 British
Comedy Award let’s be naked in public
I’ll be naked for a short amount of time
as is humanly possible okay
I’ll get my fresh new pants but line
them up the perfect distance way while
his mass appeal makes him a draw for all
walks of life
McIntyre did once cancel a gig just
before showtime when he found out he
would be performing for debt collectors
a strong stance for anyone so
delightfully goofy I think it is really
not exactly fighting the stereotype that
people in Liverpool are stealing from
the Liverpool football team
number seven Eddie Izzard Star Wars I’ll
be there the death star that stars a
very almost like a New York naming the
death star gets to the point what’s that
stars the death star what does it do it
does that a category unto himself
Ezard was born in the colony of Aden in
Yemen a British colony prior to 1963 but
rose from street performing to the UK
club circuit in the late 1980s and
thanks to friend and fan Robin Williams
dominated it by the late 90s the first
page I ever learned in French was full
of things which are difficult to get
into conversation things like the mouse
is underneath the table that’s true he
understood that table just slip that in
when you’re buying a ticket to Paris
despite his success in dramatic roles
Ezard is nonetheless pure fried gold in
comedy with routines that range in style
from Monty Python like surrealism to
Spike Milligan stream-of-consciousness
the self-described male tomboy its male
lesbian that’s really right it is also
one of the few comedians able to milk
legit laughs while not speaking the same
language as his audience I love show
glorious I took two to Paris and I did
it in French the and the French people
came and they standard me and with that
look on their eyes of quoi number six
Jimmy Carr I’ve got a theory as to why
women buy so many shoes it’s because
they spend so much time on their feet
walking around the shops buying shoes
born in London to Irish parents from the
city of Limerick no less and raised in
Slough the dark-haired dark-eyed and
slightly putting faced Jimmy Carr is
hardly the voice of the people but they
seem to love him anyway if you’re young
and your parents are getting divorced it
can be a very difficult time but
remember it’s not your fault your mum’s
a slut serving up slow-burning
one-liners and lorry loads of black
comedy car is as ready to spar with any
would-be heckler as he is to host 8 out
of 10 cats 15% of prisoners are on drugs
how do they get hold of so many drugs in
prison I guess they’re smuggled in by
some asshole
often banking on innuendo puns and
double meanings car is just as likely to
make himself the joke an ability that
came in handy when he found himself in a
tax scandal in 2012 I have apologized
Shawn and in my defense mmm nothing
number five
Russell Howard heard one girl say to
another you can tell whether a bloke’s
really good in bed if he’s intelligent
and he’s got a funny accent so I felt
compelled to wander over and go excuse
me
having risen through the ranks Russell
Howard caught a major break when he was
added to the panel of Mock the Week in
2007 they never chase the rainbow I did
you never forget it I bet you didn’t do
this meanwhile little brother took a
knife just in case the leprechaun acted
up right there Howard became a household
name
while his youth tinged comedy helped
counterbalance Frankie Boyles bleak and
consistently dark humor and Hugh
Dennis’s often Stern dad like vibe
parting ways with the show in 2010
Howard has found solo TV success with
Russell Howard’s good news and has
become a major live draw I made a
terrible mistake a mistake a mistake is
forgetting to put the bins out anything
that involves you shooing someone four
times should have a different word like
I don’t know murder as a touring comic
Russell’s 2011 right here right now tour
was a complete sellout and the man has
been known to pack the Hammersmith
Apollo more than once my parents can’t
say that someone’s gay they have to use
ridiculous euphemisms you should see my
mum Nigel
whoa he likes to keep her skipping-rope
in the glove box number four Billy
Connolly and he jumped over and bet my
le g she sank her teeth and my bu M and
called me first working in the oil
industry before striking it small as a
folk singer Connolly split with his
musical partners whom included Gerry
Rafferty and moved towards comedy in the
early 70s making his first big splash in
1975 with an appearance on Michael
Parkinson’s chat show this is not huh
hey Suze I this is would you leave a bum
stick no foot this is a need somewhere
to park my Beach Billy broke the UK
comedy class barriers throughout the 70s
and 80s and finally cracked the u.s. in
the 1990s you’re gonna be a dwarf in the
next Hobbit movie were you excited about
where you are you a fan of the The
Hobbit the Tolkien hobbits no American
footing established Connolly not only
gained major respect in comedy but also
earned a movie deathcount that rivals
only Sean beans captain bones he died
and this is supposed to be a kids movie
Oh
number three Ricky Gervais I’ve been
referred to as a chubby funster that’s
like a gay porn name is now pop singer
sitcom heavyweight stand-up comedian
Ricky Gervais Scott the order of things
all backwards first coming to major
public attention with the office
sergeant major spends all his time
training his men to be killers he
doesn’t polish his own boots and
seemingly omnipresent ever since Gervase
first took to the stage in a big way in
2001
no one’s cooling their kids Adolphe
nowadays no little adults going to
school loads of Brad and Angelina’s but
know that you don’t need a teacher doing
the register Brad here Angelina here
Adolphe here
despite tackling controversial issues
such as atheism politics and gay rights
our geez take on stand up was
well-received and resulted in the
animals tour and selling out shows in a
flash Fame tour Gervase also performed
stand up in the game Grand Theft Auto 4
if I ever get cancer myself I’m gonna
walk into the nearest hospital and go
right I paid for that machine
get that little vault off it which was
almost as controversial as his hosting
of the Golden Globes almost the Golden
Globes are to the Oscars what Kim
Kardashian is to Kate Middleton
basically what number two John Cleese so
you get huge laughs when you deal with
taboo subjects and that’s one reason why
my humor is a pretty black quality to it
and now for something completely
different
he’s a legend of the comedy stage and
star of the screen but did you know John
Cleese was also a Monty Python well what
are you then I’m French what do you
think I have these outrageous accent you
silly King oh you did all right then
enjoy some clips if you will not show us
the Grail we shall take your castle by
force you don’t frighten our English Pig
dog a student of black comedy please
uses his towering crane to his advantage
in physical bits but has also crafted
some of the most gloriously verbose
routines ever lost Joe the government
spent less on the Minister
national defense either out of necessity
or his own boredom
please has spent his twilight years
touring the globe dishing out his
trademark biting humor through a series
of acclaimed stage shows not the
Cleese’s comedy career has had many duds
but we’re not sure why he waited so long
to return to the stage alright alright I
apologize really sorry I’m really really
sorry I apologize unreservedly before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
everyone said I saw that Gilles Mel
Gibson planar Scottish game that’s not
gonna be very convincing and look at him
now an alcoholic racist that tie some
serve in the behind again oh wow
dare you shit sir in the presence of
your beggars get up
Oh crutch this I forgotten you speak
when you do I got if you know with the
Mallard
it’s the only animal which reproduces
exclusively by gang-rape America has
never been about facts it’s been about
belief it’s about looking at a fact and
saying no number one Rowan Atkinson
though he’s known for mr. bean
Blackadder
and for the truly hip not the nine
o’clock news Rowan Atkinson’s stage act
is virtually untouchable
rather than traditional standup
Atkinson sets dripped into surrealism
advanced wordplay and sketch comedy and
he’s usually working solo as our guide
through it all
whether Keith mooning on invisible drums
or channeling the man who would be being
Atkinson doesn’t need to say a thing to
have people rolling in the aisles get
him talking though and you get a whole
other Rowan one just as absurd and twice
as deadpan over pronouncing his B’s with
maximum authority you see we’ve had a
lot of trouble recently with boys taking
out lively books without library cards
your son was caught and I administered a
beating during which he died do you
agree with our list who’s your favorite
British male comedian money don’t make
my world go round I’m reaching out to a
higher ground is that a philosopher des
right the singer for more chuckle
inducing top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com money
don’t make my world go round I’m
reaching out to a higher ground
you
men are no mere players we have the
Prince of Wales yet tonight alone we are
nameless welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 British male comedians for
this list we’re looking at those male
comedians from around the United Kingdom
who are known as the funny man of stand
up number 10
Peter K you know Duffy Duffy the Welsh
songstress last three years I thought
that Puako were begging me for birdseed
effectively retired until the public
again demands his return Peter K crept
onto the comedy scene in the late 90s
winning the so you think you’re funny
competition in 1997 and earning a
Perrier Award nomination at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival the following
year oh no no way sunshine think again
Oh mime all along to the person trainers
but his observational wit didn’t go full
mainstream until the early 2000s the
International Sign of the bill little
signature in Mitte works in any country
will that occupied with other successful
projects Kay wouldn’t tour again until
2009 when an intended for night stand in
Manchester ballooned to an over 100 show
tour that included 40 nights in
Manchester and 15 at London’s o2 arena
only time we ever saw me cry or at
Butlins filing and when he tracks his
balls in some dungeon in fact the tour
earned a Guinness world record as the
most successful stand-up tour ever
showing to 1.2 million of course the
toilet doesn’t enjoy but now on to it
and then I’m gonna remake diet
number nine Lee Evans they would like if
we had a script and we stuck to our
script they won’t like that very much
you know get bt call you at remind you
to pay your bill and they go can I speak
to the account holder please and we go I
am Spartacus known in North America for
his supporting roles in movies like
there’s something about Mary I’m gonna
get this for you no I have to learn to
do this myself
the cheeky and uber kinetic Lee Evans is
a major force to be reckoned with in the
comedy world Evans is so hyperactive in
fact that he goes through two suits a
show most of which have to be thrown out
after three gigs due to the sweat you
know when you get drunk Lisa there’s the
point of no return when your body loses
complete control
Janome go out you kind of hang in there
like this yeah but with his ridiculously
strong ticket sales which saw his 2010
tour sells seven million pounds worth of
tickets in one day he can afford to
sweat aside Evans bizarre mix of the
observational and hyper physical comedy
means few funny men are willing or able
to follow him
number eight Michael McIntyre this is
some people without children leave the
house shot me leave the house yes son of
the late Canadian comedian ray Cameron
the London born Michael McIntyre seemed
to come out of nowhere in the 2000s
before becoming the top grossing
comedian in the world by 2012 your sex
is on fire
what is the inspiration for this lyric
darling
don’t be alarmed clean but cutting the
bobble-headed McIntyre collected
numerous comedy awards and nominations
along the way including a 2009 British
Comedy Award let’s be naked in public
I’ll be naked for a short amount of time
as is humanly possible okay
I’ll get my fresh new pants but line
them up the perfect distance way while
his mass appeal makes him a draw for all
walks of life
McIntyre did once cancel a gig just
before showtime when he found out he
would be performing for debt collectors
a strong stance for anyone so
delightfully goofy I think it is really
not exactly fighting the stereotype that
people in Liverpool are stealing from
the Liverpool football team
number seven Eddie Izzard Star Wars I’ll
be there the death star that stars a
very almost like a New York naming the
death star gets to the point what’s that
stars the death star what does it do it
does that a category unto himself
Ezard was born in the colony of Aden in
Yemen a British colony prior to 1963 but
rose from street performing to the UK
club circuit in the late 1980s and
thanks to friend and fan Robin Williams
dominated it by the late 90s the first
page I ever learned in French was full
of things which are difficult to get
into conversation things like the mouse
is underneath the table that’s true he
understood that table just slip that in
when you’re buying a ticket to Paris
despite his success in dramatic roles
Ezard is nonetheless pure fried gold in
comedy with routines that range in style
from Monty Python like surrealism to
Spike Milligan stream-of-consciousness
the self-described male tomboy its male
lesbian that’s really right it is also
one of the few comedians able to milk
legit laughs while not speaking the same
language as his audience I love show
glorious I took two to Paris and I did
it in French the and the French people
came and they standard me and with that
look on their eyes of quoi number six
Jimmy Carr I’ve got a theory as to why
women buy so many shoes it’s because
they spend so much time on their feet
walking around the shops buying shoes
born in London to Irish parents from the
city of Limerick no less and raised in
Slough the dark-haired dark-eyed and
slightly putting faced Jimmy Carr is
hardly the voice of the people but they
seem to love him anyway if you’re young
and your parents are getting divorced it
can be a very difficult time but
remember it’s not your fault your mum’s
a slut serving up slow-burning
one-liners and lorry loads of black
comedy car is as ready to spar with any
would-be heckler as he is to host 8 out
of 10 cats 15% of prisoners are on drugs
how do they get hold of so many drugs in
prison I guess they’re smuggled in by
some asshole
often banking on innuendo puns and
double meanings car is just as likely to
make himself the joke an ability that
came in handy when he found himself in a
tax scandal in 2012 I have apologized
Shawn and in my defense mmm nothing
number five
Russell Howard heard one girl say to
another you can tell whether a bloke’s
really good in bed if he’s intelligent
and he’s got a funny accent so I felt
compelled to wander over and go excuse
me
having risen through the ranks Russell
Howard caught a major break when he was
added to the panel of Mock the Week in
2007 they never chase the rainbow I did
you never forget it I bet you didn’t do
this meanwhile little brother took a
knife just in case the leprechaun acted
up right there Howard became a household
name
while his youth tinged comedy helped
counterbalance Frankie Boyles bleak and
consistently dark humor and Hugh
Dennis’s often Stern dad like vibe
parting ways with the show in 2010
Howard has found solo TV success with
Russell Howard’s good news and has
become a major live draw I made a
terrible mistake a mistake a mistake is
forgetting to put the bins out anything
that involves you shooing someone four
times should have a different word like
I don’t know murder as a touring comic
Russell’s 2011 right here right now tour
was a complete sellout and the man has
been known to pack the Hammersmith
Apollo more than once my parents can’t
say that someone’s gay they have to use
ridiculous euphemisms you should see my
mum Nigel
whoa he likes to keep her skipping-rope
in the glove box number four Billy
Connolly and he jumped over and bet my
le g she sank her teeth and my bu M and
called me first working in the oil
industry before striking it small as a
folk singer Connolly split with his
musical partners whom included Gerry
Rafferty and moved towards comedy in the
early 70s making his first big splash in
1975 with an appearance on Michael
Parkinson’s chat show this is not huh
hey Suze I this is would you leave a bum
stick no foot this is a need somewhere
to park my Beach Billy broke the UK
comedy class barriers throughout the 70s
and 80s and finally cracked the u.s. in
the 1990s you’re gonna be a dwarf in the
next Hobbit movie were you excited about
where you are you a fan of the The
Hobbit the Tolkien hobbits no American
footing established Connolly not only
gained major respect in comedy but also
earned a movie deathcount that rivals
only Sean beans captain bones he died
and this is supposed to be a kids movie
Oh
number three Ricky Gervais I’ve been
referred to as a chubby funster that’s
like a gay porn name is now pop singer
sitcom heavyweight stand-up comedian
Ricky Gervais Scott the order of things
all backwards first coming to major
public attention with the office
sergeant major spends all his time
training his men to be killers he
doesn’t polish his own boots and
seemingly omnipresent ever since Gervase
first took to the stage in a big way in
2001
no one’s cooling their kids Adolphe
nowadays no little adults going to
school loads of Brad and Angelina’s but
know that you don’t need a teacher doing
the register Brad here Angelina here
Adolphe here
despite tackling controversial issues
such as atheism politics and gay rights
our geez take on stand up was
well-received and resulted in the
animals tour and selling out shows in a
flash Fame tour Gervase also performed
stand up in the game Grand Theft Auto 4
if I ever get cancer myself I’m gonna
walk into the nearest hospital and go
right I paid for that machine
get that little vault off it which was
almost as controversial as his hosting
of the Golden Globes almost the Golden
Globes are to the Oscars what Kim
Kardashian is to Kate Middleton
basically what number two John Cleese so
you get huge laughs when you deal with
taboo subjects and that’s one reason why
my humor is a pretty black quality to it
and now for something completely
different
he’s a legend of the comedy stage and
star of the screen but did you know John
Cleese was also a Monty Python well what
are you then I’m French what do you
think I have these outrageous accent you
silly King oh you did all right then
enjoy some clips if you will not show us
the Grail we shall take your castle by
force you don’t frighten our English Pig
dog a student of black comedy please
uses his towering crane to his advantage
in physical bits but has also crafted
some of the most gloriously verbose
routines ever lost Joe the government
spent less on the Minister
national defense either out of necessity
or his own boredom
please has spent his twilight years
touring the globe dishing out his
trademark biting humor through a series
of acclaimed stage shows not the
Cleese’s comedy career has had many duds
but we’re not sure why he waited so long
to return to the stage alright alright I
apologize really sorry I’m really really
sorry I apologize unreservedly before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
everyone said I saw that Gilles Mel
Gibson planar Scottish game that’s not
gonna be very convincing and look at him
now an alcoholic racist that tie some
serve in the behind again oh wow
dare you shit sir in the presence of
your beggars get up
Oh crutch this I forgotten you speak
when you do I got if you know with the
Mallard
it’s the only animal which reproduces
exclusively by gang-rape America has
never been about facts it’s been about
belief it’s about looking at a fact and
saying no number one Rowan Atkinson
though he’s known for mr. bean
Blackadder
and for the truly hip not the nine
o’clock news Rowan Atkinson’s stage act
is virtually untouchable
rather than traditional standup
Atkinson sets dripped into surrealism
advanced wordplay and sketch comedy and
he’s usually working solo as our guide
through it all
whether Keith mooning on invisible drums
or channeling the man who would be being
Atkinson doesn’t need to say a thing to
have people rolling in the aisles get
him talking though and you get a whole
other Rowan one just as absurd and twice
as deadpan over pronouncing his B’s with
maximum authority you see we’ve had a
lot of trouble recently with boys taking
out lively books without library cards
your son was caught and I administered a
beating during which he died do you
agree with our list who’s your favorite
British male comedian money don’t make
my world go round I’m reaching out to a
higher ground is that a philosopher des
right the singer for more chuckle
inducing top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com money
don’t make my world go round I’m
reaching out to a higher ground
you
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