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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.
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.


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Comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire include:
Comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire include:
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* [[Eve Arden]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Dunning | first=J. | last2=McLellan | first2=J. | title=Great Performances: A Celebration | publisher=Bay Books | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-912333-55-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkEl01DbNnwC | access-date=2017-06-29 | page=48}}</ref>
* [[Eve Arden]]<ref>{{cite book | last1=Dunning | first1=J. | last2=McLellan | first2=J. | title=Great Performances: A Celebration | publisher=Bay Books | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-912333-55-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkEl01DbNnwC | access-date=2017-06-29 | page=48}}</ref>
* [[Fred Armisen]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Fred Armisen Deadpans His Way to Instant Late Night Approval | website=Adweek – Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology | date=February 27, 2014 | url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/late-night-seth-meyers-fred-armisen-deadpan/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Fred Armisen]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Fred Armisen Deadpans His Way to Instant Late Night Approval | website=Adweek – Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology | date=February 27, 2014 | url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/late-night-seth-meyers-fred-armisen-deadpan/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=AdWeek is an advertising trade publication|date=August 2023}}
* [[Bea Arthur]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Beatrice Arthur: A towering comedic talent from another era | website=Los Angeles Times | date=April 27, 2009 | url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/27/entertainment/et-bea-appreciation27 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Bea Arthur]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Beatrice Arthur: A towering comedic talent from another era | website=Los Angeles Times | date=April 27, 2009 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-27-et-bea-appreciation27-story.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Rowan Atkinson]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Lui | first=John | title=Film Picks: Blue Velvet, The Red Turtle and more | website=The Straits Times | date=May 26, 2017 | url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/film-picks-48 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Rowan Atkinson]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Lui | first=John | title=Film Picks: Blue Velvet, The Red Turtle and more | website=The Straits Times | date=May 26, 2017 | url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/film-picks-48 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dan Aykroyd]]<ref name="Kael 2011 p. 87">{{cite book | last=Kael | first=P. | title=5001 Nights at the Movies | publisher=Henry Holt and Company | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-250-03357-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4LzeUZ03vQC&pg=PA87 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=87}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Mueller | first=Andrew | last2=Davies | first2=Hannah J | last3=Robinson | first3=John | last4=Seale | first4=Jack | last5=Catterall | first5=Ali | last6=Gibbings-Jones | first6=Mark | title=Friday's best TV: Summer: Earth's Seasonal Secrets; Camping; Friday Night Dinner | website=the Guardian | date=August 26, 2016 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/26/fridays-best-tv | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dan Aykroyd]]<ref name="Kael 2011 p. 87">{{cite book | last=Kael | first=P. | title=5001 Nights at the Movies | publisher=Henry Holt and Company | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-250-03357-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4LzeUZ03vQC&pg=PA87 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=87}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Mueller | first1=Andrew | last2=Davies | first2=Hannah J | last3=Robinson | first3=John | last4=Seale | first4=Jack | last5=Catterall | first5=Ali | last6=Gibbings-Jones | first6=Mark | title=Friday's best TV: Summer: Earth's Seasonal Secrets; Camping; Friday Night Dinner | website=the Guardian | date=August 26, 2016 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/26/fridays-best-tv | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Richard Ayoade]]<ref>Barnes, Henry. “'[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/15/richard-ayoade-craig-roberts-submarine I Love Deadpan': Richard Ayoade and Craig Roberts on Submarine.]” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 15 Mar. 2011, Retrieved November 13, 2017</ref>
* [[Richard Ayoade]]<ref>Barnes, Henry. “'[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/15/richard-ayoade-craig-roberts-submarine I Love Deadpan': Richard Ayoade and Craig Roberts on Submarine.]” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 15 Mar. 2011, Retrieved November 13, 2017</ref>
* [[Bill Bailey]]
* [[Todd Barry]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/deadpan-laughs/Content?oid=3349597|title=Deadpan Laughs|last=Mendex|first=David|work=[[Tucson Weekly]]|date=10 May 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Todd Barry]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/deadpan-laughs/Content?oid=3349597|title=Deadpan Laughs|last=Mendex|first=David|work=[[Tucson Weekly]]|date=10 May 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jason Bateman]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10062891/Jason-Bateman-interview-Arrested-Development-gave-me-a-new-life.html|title=Jason Bateman interview: 'Arrested Development gave me a new life'|last=Smith|first=Patrick|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=22 May 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jason Bateman]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10062891/Jason-Bateman-interview-Arrested-Development-gave-me-a-new-life.html|title=Jason Bateman interview: 'Arrested Development gave me a new life'|last=Smith|first=Patrick|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=22 May 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Stephanie Beatriz]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinpost.com/articles/26735/20141129/brooklyn-nine-nine-stephanie-beatriz-detective-rosa-diaz-andy-samberg-snl-terry-crews-melissa-fumero-andre-braugher.htm|title='Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Star Stephanie Beatriz Nails Deadpan Humor on FOX Comedy, Talks Latina Representation on TV| last=Castellanos| first=Melissa| work=Latin Post| date=29 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sharpmagazine.com/2015/10/09/a-woman-you-should-meet-stephanie-beatriz/|title=A Woman You Should Meet: Stephanie Beatriz|first=Bianca|last=Teixeira|date=9 October 2015|website=Sharp Magazine}}</ref>
* [[H. Jon Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/television/h-jon-benjamins-voice-work-sets-the-tone-on-archer-the-silly-spy-cartoon-that-could|title=H. Jon Benjamin's voice work sets the tone on Archer, the silly spy cartoon for adults that could|last=Dekel|first=Jon|work=[[National Post]]|date=8 January 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[H. Jon Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/h-jon-benjamins-voice-work-sets-the-tone-on-archer-the-silly-spy-cartoon-that-could|title=H. Jon Benjamin's voice work sets the tone on Archer, the silly spy cartoon for adults that could|last=Dekel|first=Jon|work=[[National Post]]|date=8 January 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jack Benny]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Gould | first=Jack | title=RADIO AND TELEVISION; Jack Benny, in Impersonation of Gracie Allen, Shows His Mastery of Deadpan Comedy | website=The New York Times | date=March 12, 1952 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/12/archives/radio-and-television-jack-benny-in-impersonation-of-gracie-allen.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jack Benny]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Gould | first=Jack | title=RADIO AND TELEVISION; Jack Benny, in Impersonation of Gracie Allen, Shows His Mastery of Deadpan Comedy | website=The New York Times | date=March 12, 1952 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/12/archives/radio-and-television-jack-benny-in-impersonation-of-gracie-allen.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Maria Blasucci]]
* [[Jo Brand]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-interview-jo-brand-comedian-talks-to-1322733.html|title=the interview JO BRAND, COMEDIAN, TALKS TO|last=Thompson|first=Ben|work=[[The Independent]]|date=23 October 2011|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jo Brand]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-interview-jo-brand-comedian-talks-to-1322733.html|title=the interview JO BRAND, COMEDIAN, TALKS TO|last=Thompson|first=Ben|work=[[The Independent]]|date=23 October 2011|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Steve Carell]]<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter 2017">{{cite web | title=Golden Globes: Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell Present Best Animated Feature With Sad Childhood Anecdotes | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 8, 2017 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-2017-kristen-wiig-steve-carell-present-best-animated-feature-962298 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Steve Carell]]<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter 2017">{{cite web | title=Golden Globes: Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell Present Best Animated Feature With Sad Childhood Anecdotes | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 8, 2017 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-2017-kristen-wiig-steve-carell-present-best-animated-feature-962298 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Carr]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Caustic Jimmy Carr's deadpan delivery sharpens an already razor wit | website=vancouversun | date=4 May 2016 | url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/caustic-jimmy-carrs-deadpan-delivery-sharpens-an-already-razor-wit | access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[Michael Cera]]<ref name="Toronto Film Scene 2014"/>
* [[Michael Cera]]<ref name="Toronto Film Scene 2014"/>
* [[Chevy Chase]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Purcell | first=Carey | title=Ranking the 7 funniest 'SNL' president skits throughout the years | website=Mic | date=January 26, 2017 | url=https://mic.com/articles/166630/ranking-the-7-funniest-snl-president-skits-throughout-the-years | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Chevy Chase]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Purcell | first=Carey | title=Ranking the 7 funniest 'SNL' president skits throughout the years | website=Mic | date=January 26, 2017 | url=https://mic.com/articles/166630/ranking-the-7-funniest-snl-president-skits-throughout-the-years | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
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* [[John Cleese]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Bieri | first=Chris | title=John Cleese - writer, actor, tall person - comes to Anchorage | website=Alaska Dispatch News | date=March 15, 2017 | url=https://www.adn.com/arts/2017/03/15/john-cleese-writer-actor-tall-person-comes-to-anchorage/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[John Cleese]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Bieri | first=Chris | title=John Cleese - writer, actor, tall person - comes to Anchorage | website=Alaska Dispatch News | date=March 15, 2017 | url=https://www.adn.com/arts/2017/03/15/john-cleese-writer-actor-tall-person-comes-to-anchorage/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Colbert]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/09/09/stephen-colbert-new-late-show/|title='Hello Nation!' Stephen Colbert Debuts On New 'The Late Show'|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[WCBS-TV]]|date=9 September 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Colbert]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/09/09/stephen-colbert-new-late-show/|title='Hello Nation!' Stephen Colbert Debuts On New 'The Late Show'|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[WCBS-TV]]|date=9 September 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Tim Conway]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Pegg | first=R. | title=Comical Co-Stars of Television: From Ed Norton to Kramer | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4766-1024-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cC61CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 | access-date=31 August 2023 | page=55}}</ref>
* [[Billy Connolly]]
* [[Jane Curtin]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-of-deadpan-jane-curtin-on-old-school-snl/|title="Queen of Deadpan" Jane Curtin on old school "SNL"|last=Cochran|first=Amanda|work=[[CBS News]]|date=26 July 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jane Curtin]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-of-deadpan-jane-curtin-on-old-school-snl/|title="Queen of Deadpan" Jane Curtin on old school "SNL"|last=Cochran|first=Amanda|work=[[CBS News]]|date=26 July 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Andy Daly]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Stuever | first=Hank | title=In Comedy Central's 'Review,' a critic who scrutinizes life's many letdowns | website=WashingtonPost US | date=2014-03-05 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/in-comedy-centrals-review-a-critic-who-scrutinizes-lifes-many-letdowns/2014/03/05/3ee7bc4e-a31e-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html | access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref>
* [[Andy Daly]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Stuever | first=Hank | title=In Comedy Central's 'Review,' a critic who scrutinizes life's many letdowns | website=WashingtonPost US | date=2014-03-05 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/in-comedy-centrals-review-a-critic-who-scrutinizes-lifes-many-letdowns/2014/03/05/3ee7bc4e-a31e-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html | access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref>
* [[Larry David]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Frost | first=Caroline | title=News To Put A Smile On Misanthropists' Faces | website=HuffPost UK | date=2016-06-15 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm_uk_57615f23e4b03f24e3db0b14 | access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>
* [[Larry David]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Frost | first=Caroline | title=News To Put A Smile On Misanthropists' Faces | website=HuffPost UK | date=2016-06-15 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm_uk_57615f23e4b03f24e3db0b14 | access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>
* [[Jack Dee]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4708870/Mr-Deadpan-loosens-up.html|title=Mr Deadpan loosens up|last=Bassett|first=Kate|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 May 1997|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jack Dee]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4708870/Mr-Deadpan-loosens-up.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226075901/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4708870/Mr-Deadpan-loosens-up.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2016|title=Mr Deadpan loosens up|last=Bassett|first=Kate|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 May 1997|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Fielder]]<ref>{{cite web | website=FSView & Florida Flambeau | date=April 2, 2017 |title="I don't know why I did it:" Nathan Fielder visits Florida State | url=http://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/02/nathan-fsu/99954282/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Fielder]]<ref>{{cite web | website=FSView & Florida Flambeau | date=April 2, 2017 |title="I don't know why I did it:" Nathan Fielder visits Florida State | url=http://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/02/nathan-fsu/99954282/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Judah Friedlander]]
* [[Nick Frost]]
* [[Jim Gaffigan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/04/jim_gaffigans_deadpan_humor_to.html|title=Jim Gaffigan's deadpan humor to heat up Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium|last=Wedel|first=Mark|work=[[Kalamazoo Gazette]]|date=15 April 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jim Gaffigan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/04/jim_gaffigans_deadpan_humor_to.html|title=Jim Gaffigan's deadpan humor to heat up Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium|last=Wedel|first=Mark|work=[[Kalamazoo Gazette]]|date=15 April 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Zach Galifianakis]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Limbachia | first=Dixie | title=Honoree Bob Saget Hosts Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine Charity Event for Scleroderma | website=Variety | date=June 17, 2017 | url=https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/bob-saget-hosts-charity-event-scleroderma-cool-comedy-hot-cuisine-auction-1202469620/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Zach Galifianakis' 10 best one-liners | website=NewsComAu | date=January 15, 2016 | url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/zach-galifianakis-10-best-oneliners/news-story/b86294263327a4d77e1ac5585a25525e | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Zach Galifianakis]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Limbachia | first=Dixie | title=Honoree Bob Saget Hosts Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine Charity Event for Scleroderma | website=Variety | date=June 17, 2017 | url=https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/bob-saget-hosts-charity-event-scleroderma-cool-comedy-hot-cuisine-auction-1202469620/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Zach Galifianakis' 10 best one-liners | website=NewsComAu | date=January 15, 2016 | url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/zach-galifianakis-10-best-oneliners/news-story/b86294263327a4d77e1ac5585a25525e | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Janeane Garofalo]]
* [[Rhod Gilbert]]
* [[Dave Gorman]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Double | first=O. | title=Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | series=Performance Books | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4081-7770-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHwfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA383 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=383}}</ref>
* [[Dave Gorman]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Double | first=O. | title=Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | series=Performance Books | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4081-7770-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHwfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA383 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=383}}</ref>
* [[Charles Grodin]]
* [[Rich Hall]]
* [[Tony Hancock]]
* [[Jack Handey]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/jack-handey-deploys-drone-strikes-in-the-war-against-cliches/article13682794/|title=Jack Handey deploys drone strikes in the war against clichés|last=Mclaren|first=Leah|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=9 August 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jack Handey]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/jack-handey-deploys-drone-strikes-in-the-war-against-cliches/article13682794/|title=Jack Handey deploys drone strikes in the war against clichés|last=Mclaren|first=Leah|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=9 August 2013|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Oliver Hardy]]
* [[Steve Harvey]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Celebrate Thanksgiving With Steve Harvey and 'Family Feud' on 'This Week in Game Shows' | website=Yahoo | date=November 23, 2016 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/celebrate-thanksgiving-with-steve-harvey-and-family-feud-on-this-week-in-games-shows-215150405.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Steve Harvey]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Celebrate Thanksgiving With Steve Harvey and 'Family Feud' on 'This Week in Game Shows' | website=Yahoo | date=November 23, 2016 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/celebrate-thanksgiving-with-steve-harvey-and-family-feud-on-this-week-in-games-shows-215150405.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Mitch Hedberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/1999-02-19/521182/|title=Dude, It's Mitch Hedberg!|last=Shakespeare|first=J. C.|work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|date=19 February 1999|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Mitch Hedberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/1999-02-19/521182/|title=Dude, It's Mitch Hedberg!|last=Shakespeare|first=J. C.|work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|date=19 February 1999|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Tim Heidecker]]<ref name=NPRTE>{{cite web | title='Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories': More Nightmares Than Sweet Dreams | website=NPR.org | date=September 14, 2014 | url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/14/348489963/tim-erics-bedtime-stories-more-nightmares-than-sweet-dreams | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Bill Hicks]]
* [[Joel Hodgson]]
* [[Dave Hughes]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/dave-hughes-in-canberra-as-part-of-australia-tour-20140622-zsf7m.html|title=Dave Hughes in Canberra as part of Australia tour|last=Hogan|first=Jil|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=19 June 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Dave Hughes]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/dave-hughes-in-canberra-as-part-of-australia-tour-20140622-zsf7m.html|title=Dave Hughes in Canberra as part of Australia tour|last=Hogan|first=Jil|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=19 June 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jeffrey Jones]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Smith | first=J. | last2=Matthews | first2=J.C. | title=Tim Burton | publisher=Virgin | series=Virgin film | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-7535-0682-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xalZAAAAMAAJ | language=de | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=66}}</ref>
* [[Jeffrey Jones]]<ref>{{cite book | last1=Smith | first1=J. | last2=Matthews | first2=J.C. | title=Tim Burton | publisher=Virgin | series=Virgin film | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-7535-0682-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xalZAAAAMAAJ | language=de | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=66}}</ref>
* [[Milton Jones]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Milton Jones tells us about joke theft and fellow comedians as he gears up for Balham and Greenwich Comedy Festivals | website=News Shopper | url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14539002.Milton_Jones_tells_us_about_joke_theft_and_fellow_comedians_as_he_gears_up_for_Balham_and_Greenwich_Comedy_Festivals/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Milton Jones]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Milton Jones tells us about joke theft and fellow comedians as he gears up for Balham and Greenwich Comedy Festivals | website=News Shopper | date=6 June 2016 | url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14539002.Milton_Jones_tells_us_about_joke_theft_and_fellow_comedians_as_he_gears_up_for_Balham_and_Greenwich_Comedy_Festivals/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Katz]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2012/january/katz.html|title=Katz to help students discover their inner comic |website=BrandeisNOW|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Katz]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2012/january/katz.html|title=Katz to help students discover their inner comic |website=BrandeisNOW|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>
* [[Buster Keaton]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/deadpan-but-alive-to-the-future-buster-keaton-the-revolutionary-9037459.html|title=Deadpan but alive to the future: Buster Keaton the revolutionary|last=Barber|first=Nicholas|work=[[The Independent]]|date=8 January 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Buster Keaton]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/deadpan-but-alive-to-the-future-buster-keaton-the-revolutionary-9037459.html|title=Deadpan but alive to the future: Buster Keaton the revolutionary|last=Barber|first=Nicholas|work=[[The Independent]]|date=8 January 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Craig Kilborn]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/31/the-deadpan-zone/19556021-fad9-4d08-b1b3-adf8075833fc/|title=The Deadpan Zone|last=Lel|first=Richard|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=31 May 1997|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Craig Kilborn]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/31/the-deadpan-zone/19556021-fad9-4d08-b1b3-adf8075833fc/|title=The Deadpan Zone|last=Lel|first=Richard|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=31 May 1997|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Stewart Lee]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Earl | first=Daniel | title=Stewart Lee, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre - review | website=Express & Star | date=June 22, 2017 | url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2017/06/22/stewart-lee-wolverhampton-grand-theatre---review/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Stewart Lee]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Earl | first=Daniel | title=Stewart Lee, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre - review | website=Express & Star | date=June 22, 2017 | url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2017/06/22/stewart-lee-wolverhampton-grand-theatre---review/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Elliot Goblet|Jack Levi]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Tripp | first=Amber | title=Alan Brough, Dave O'Neil and Jack Levi | website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=June 1, 2011 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/07/01/3258716.htm | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Elliot Goblet|Jack Levi]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Tripp | first=Amber | title=Alan Brough, Dave O'Neil and Jack Levi | website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=June 1, 2011 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/07/01/3258716.htm | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Sean Lock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk-festivals/comedy/in-profile-sean-lock|title=In Profile: Sean Lock|last=Whelan|first=Edward|work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|date=19 March 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Sean Lock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk-festivals/comedy/in-profile-sean-lock|title=In Profile: Sean Lock|last=Whelan|first=Edward|work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|date=19 March 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
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* [[Norm Macdonald]]<ref>{{cite news | last1=Canfield | first1=Kevin | last2=Macdonald | first2=Norm | title=For Norm Macdonald, facts are just starting points for comedy | newspaper=Washington Post | date=September 20, 2016 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/for-norm-macdonald-facts-are-just-starting-points-for-comedy/2016/09/20/ad39cfd6-7f42-11e6-8d13-d7c704ef9fd9_story.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Trenholme | first=Liz | title=Comedian Norm Macdonald Performs Tonight at Hard Rock Live - Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog | website=Cleveland Scene | date=April 14, 2017 | url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/04/14/comedian-norm-macdonald-performs-tonight-at-hard-rock-live | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]
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* [[Norm Macdonald]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Canfield | first=Kevin | last2=Macdonald | first2=Norm | title=For Norm Macdonald, facts are just starting points for comedy | website=Washington Post | date=September 20, 2016 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/for-norm-macdonald-facts-are-just-starting-points-for-comedy/2016/09/20/ad39cfd6-7f42-11e6-8d13-d7c704ef9fd9_story.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Trenholme | first=Liz | title=Comedian Norm Macdonald Performs Tonight at Hard Rock Live - Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog | website=Cleveland Scene | date=April 14, 2017 | url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/04/14/comedian-norm-macdonald-performs-tonight-at-hard-rock-live | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Lee Mack]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Sherwin | first=Adam | title=No laughing matter: BBC faces comedy crisis as rivals lure talent with | website=The Independent | date=May 5, 2012 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/no-laughing-matter-bbc-faces-comedy-crisis-as-rivals-lure-talent-with-big-budgets-7715772.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Lee Mack]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Sherwin | first=Adam | title=No laughing matter: BBC faces comedy crisis as rivals lure talent with | website=The Independent | date=May 5, 2012 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/no-laughing-matter-bbc-faces-comedy-crisis-as-rivals-lure-talent-with-big-budgets-7715772.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Demetri Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/a-very-important-conversation-with-demetri-martin|title=A Very Important Conversation with Demetri Martin|last=Dionne|first=Zack|work=[[GQ]]|date=22 January 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Demetri Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/a-very-important-conversation-with-demetri-martin|title=A Very Important Conversation with Demetri Martin|last=Dionne|first=Zack|work=[[GQ]]|date=22 January 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Paul Merton]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Fleckney | first=Paul | title=Aladdin review – deadpan dame Paul Merton leads panto supergroup | website=The Guardian | date=24 December 2018 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/dec/24/aladdin-review-deadpan-dame-paul-merton-leads-panto-supergroup | access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[Paul Merton]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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* [[Sarah Millican]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Noble | first=Jason | title=Ticket details announced for return of Sarah Millican in pair of Ipswich Regent shows | website=Ipswich Star | date=27 June 2017 | url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/ticket-details-announced-for-return-of-sarah-millican-in-pair-of-ipswich-regent-shows-1-5081486 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]]
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* [[Sarah Millican]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Noble | first=Jason | title=Ticket details announced for return of Sarah Millican in pair of Ipswich Regent shows | website=Ipswich Star | url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/ticket-details-announced-for-return-of-sarah-millican-in-pair-of-ipswich-regent-shows-1-5081486 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Spike Milligan]]
* [[Dan Mintz]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/comedian-dan-mintz-interview-talking-bobs-burgers-mulaney-nathan-for-you/381396/|title=The Deadpan Voice of the Moment|last=Sims|first=David|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=14 October 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Dan Mintz]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/comedian-dan-mintz-interview-talking-bobs-burgers-mulaney-nathan-for-you/381396/|title=The Deadpan Voice of the Moment|last=Sims|first=David|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=14 October 2014|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Eugene Mirman]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Eugene Mirman Recording New Album, Publishing Book | website=Pitchfork | date=5 November 2008 | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/33934-eugene-mirman-recording-new-album-publishing-book/ | access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[Eugene Mirman]]
* [[Shazia Mirza]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Double | first=O. | title=Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | series=Performance Books | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4081-7770-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHwfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA384 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=384}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Shazia Mirza on her Edinburgh Fringe show: 'Mocking Isil doesn't mean I'm brave' | newspaper=The Telegraph | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/shazia-mirza-mocking-isil-doesnt-mean-im-brave/ | access-date=June 29, 2017| date=2016-08-05 | last1=Smith | first1=Julia Llewellyn }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Leung | first=Rebecca | title=Funny Girl | website=CBS News | date=April 30, 2004 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/funny-girl/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Dylan Moran]]
* [[Eric Morecambe]]
* [[Diane Morgan]]<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fhgxr9/charlie-brookers-2016-wipe/ "Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe"]. RadioTimes. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref>
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* [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]
*[[Zooey Deschanel]]
* [[Bill Murray]]<ref name="Toronto Film Scene 2014">{{cite web | title=The rise of deadpan comedy | website=Toronto Film Scene | date=January 16, 2014 | url=http://thetfs.ca/2014/01/16/rise-deadpan-comedy/ | access-date=June 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501234921/http://thetfs.ca/2014/01/16/rise-deadpan-comedy/ | archive-date=May 1, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/bill-murray-best-worst-movies/|title=Will Bill Murray ever make another good movie?|last=Bernstein|first=Jonathan|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=30 October 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Texas Monthly | publisher=Emmis Communications | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA160 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=160| date=August 1984 }}</ref>
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* [[Kumail Nanjiani]]<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Travers | first=Peter | title='The Big Sick' Review: Welcome to the Funniest Date Movie of 2017 | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=June 19, 2017 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-the-big-sick-is-the-best-date-movie-of-2017-w488590 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Stevens | first=Dana | title=The Big Sick, starring Kumail Nanjiani, reviewed. | website=Slate Magazine | date=June 15, 2017 | url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2017/06/the_big_sick_starring_kumail_nanjiani_reviewed.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon aren't quite sick of talking about The Big Sick | website=Georgia Straight | date=June 28, 2017 | url=https://www.straight.com/movies/930321/kumail-nanjiani-and-emily-v-gordon-arent-quite-sick-talking-about-big-sick | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Michael J. Nelson]]
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* [[Leslie Nielsen]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112905269.html|title=Leslie Nielsen, serious actor who became a master of deadpan comedy, dies at 84|last=Brown|first=Emma|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 November 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Leslie Nielsen]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112905269.html|title=Leslie Nielsen, serious actor who became a master of deadpan comedy, dies at 84|last=Brown|first=Emma|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 November 2010|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Tig Notaro]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/tig-notaros-topless-set|title=Tig Notaro's Topless Set|last=Marantz|first=Andrew|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=7 November 2014}}</ref>
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* [[Virginia O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Karol | first=M. | title=Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia | publisher=iUniverse | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-595-29761-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCbUZ4gJYRQC&pg=PA263 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=263}}</ref>
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* [[Karl Pilkington]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Men | first=Telegraph | title=Karl Pilkington records bizarre marriage proposal for stranger | website=Telegraph.co.uk | date=February 17, 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/11417147/Karl-Pilkington-records-bizarre-marriage-proposal-for-stranger.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220041926/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/11417147/Karl-Pilkington-records-bizarre-marriage-proposal-for-stranger.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 20, 2015 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Romesh Ranganathan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/what-s-on/entertainments/review-russell-kane-romesh-ranganathan-and-charlie-baker-at-christ-s-hospital-1-6642500|title=Review: Russell Kane, Romesh Ranganathan and Charlie Baker at Christ's Hospital|last=Tamplin|first=Harley|date=19 March 2015|work=West Sussex County Times|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>
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* [[Sarah Silverman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2005/11/irony_maiden.html|title=Irony Maiden|last=Anderson|first=Sam|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=10 November 2005|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Phillips | first=Michael | title=Sarah Silverman ventures into dark territory in 'I Smile Back' | website=chicagotribune.com | date=October 22, 2015 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-sarah-silverman-smile-mov-1023-20151022-column.html | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Ben Stein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/ferris-buellers-ben-stein-files-suit-alleging-religious-political-discrimination-213516/|title='Ferris Bueller's Ben Stein Sues Ad Agency & Client Claiming Political Discrimination|author=<!-- Staff -->|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=11 January 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Ben Stein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/ferris-buellers-ben-stein-files-suit-alleging-religious-political-discrimination-213516/|title='Ferris Bueller's Ben Stein Sues Ad Agency & Client Claiming Political Discrimination|author=<!-- Staff -->|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=11 January 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jon Stewart]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Brooks | first=T. | last2=Marsh | first2=E.F. | title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA314 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=314}}</ref>
* [[Jon Stewart]]<ref>{{cite book | last1=Brooks | first1=T. | last2=Marsh | first2=E.F. | title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA314 | access-date=June 29, 2017 | page=314}}</ref>
* [[Tim & Eric]]<ref>{{cite web | title='Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories': More Nightmares Than Sweet Dreams | website=NPR.org | date=September 14, 2014 | url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/14/348489963/tim-erics-bedtime-stories-more-nightmares-than-sweet-dreams | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Walken]]<ref>{{cite web | title=How Christopher Walken danced his way from Queens to Neverland | website=New York Post | date=November 30, 2014 | url=https://nypost.com/2014/11/30/how-christopher-walken-danced-his-way-from-queens-to-neverland/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2023}}
* [[Jackie Vernon (comedian)|Jackie Vernon]]
* [[Matt Walsh (comedian)|Matt Walsh]]
* [[Eric Wareheim]]<ref name=NPRTE/>
* [[Christopher Walken]]<ref>{{cite web | title=How Christopher Walken danced his way from Queens to Neverland | website=New York Post | date=November 30, 2014 | url=https://nypost.com/2014/11/30/how-christopher-walken-danced-his-way-from-queens-to-neverland/ | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kristen Wiig]]<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter 2017"/>
* [[Kristen Wiig]]<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter 2017"/>
* [[Joe Wilkinson]]
* [[Fred Willard]]
* [[Steven Wright]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/comedian-steven-wright-on-his-deadpan-style-getting-inspired-by-salvador-dali-working-with-quentin-tarantino-and-more-6555970|title=Comedian Steven Wright on His Deadpan Style, Getting Inspired By Salvador Dali, Working With Quentin Tarantino, and More|last=Leatherman|first=Benjamin|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=8 May 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Corriveau | first=David | title=Highlights: Steven Wright Brings Deadpan Humor to Lebanon | website=Valley News | date=June 28, 2017 | url=http://www.vnews.com/Comedian-Wright-Coming-to-Lebanon-Opera-House-2568372 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Steven Wright]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/comedian-steven-wright-on-his-deadpan-style-getting-inspired-by-salvador-dali-working-with-quentin-tarantino-and-more-6555970|title=Comedian Steven Wright on His Deadpan Style, Getting Inspired By Salvador Dali, Working With Quentin Tarantino, and More|last=Leatherman|first=Benjamin|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=8 May 2012|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Corriveau | first=David | title=Highlights: Steven Wright Brings Deadpan Humor to Lebanon | website=Valley News | date=June 28, 2017 | url=http://www.vnews.com/Comedian-Wright-Coming-to-Lebanon-Opera-House-2568372 | access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Jimmy Carr]]
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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

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire include:

See also

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