100 Greatest Comedic Actors

Criteria: These are the greatest male actors from movies and television ranked based on comedic wit, acting talent, influence on other comedy actors, popularity of their works, but mainly on how funny they are.
1. Charlie Chaplin
2. Peter Sellers
3. Groucho Marx
4. Robin Williams
5. W.C. Fields
6. Steve Martin
7. Jerry Lewis
8. Richard Pryor
9. Woody Allen
10. Eddie Murphy
11. Jim Carrey
12. Buster Keaton
13. Bob Hope
14. Bill Murray
15. Jack Lemmon
16. Danny Kaye
17. John Belushi
18. Walter Matthau
19. Dudley Moore
20. Mel Brooks
21. Gene Wilder
22. Leslie Nielsen
23. Billy Crystal
24. Harpo Marx
25. Sid Caesar
26. Bill Cosby
27. John Candy
28. Jonathan Winters
29. John Cleese
30. Stan Laurel
31. Jack Benny
32. Mike Myers
33. Harold Lloyd
34. Milton Berle
35. Red Skelton
36. Rowan Atkinson
37. Rodney Dangerfield
38. Don Knotts
39. Nathan Lane
40. Martin Short
41. Ben Stiller
42. Tim Conway
43. Lou Costello
44. Roberto Benigni
45. Chevy Chase
46. George Burns
47. Bob Newhart
48. Art Carney
49. Will Ferrell
50. Albert Brooks
51. Eric Idle
52. Max Linder
53. Tim Allen
54. Adam Sandler
55. Chico Marx
56. Jackie Gleason
57. Dick Van Dyke
58. Cary Grant
59. Carl Reiner
60. Owen Wilson
61. Tom Hanks
62. Dean Martin
63. Micheal Palin
64. Harry Langdon
65. Curly Howard
66. Jerry Seinfeld
67. Bud Abbott
68. Oliver Hardy
69. Hugh Grant
70. Will Smith
71. Andy Kauffman
72. Micheal Keaton
73. Christopher Lloyd
74. Donald O'Connor
75. Dana Carvey
76. Chris Farley
77. Dan Akroyd
78. George Carlin
79. Eugene Levy
80. Cheech Marin
81. Tommy Chong
82. Chris Rock
83. Kevin Hart
84. Steve Carell
85. Sacha Baron Cohen
86. Roscoe Arbuckle
87. Tim Curry
88. John Goodman
89. Seth Rogen
90. Damon Wayons
91. Rick Moranis
92. Jim Varney
93. Christopher Guest
94. Marty Feldman
95. Martin Lawrence
96. Larry Semon
97. David Spade
98. Don Rickles
99. Fred Willard
100. Kevin James

Charlie Chaplin


W.C. Fields


Marx brothers


The Three Stooges


Last Updated: 2017-10-11
Newly added names are in Red