Comedy Actor Roundtable
Watch ‘Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter’ Featuring Top Comedy Actors Tonight on IFC and AMC+
Six of the top actors starring in some of TV’s hottest comedy series take center stage in Friday’s episode of Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter. Kelsey Grammer, John Goodman, Theo James, Anthony Mackie, Ricky Martin and Bowen Yang open up about power, pressure (and puking) during the lively discussion. The full episode premieres at […]
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Anthony Mackie, Ricky Martin and Four Other Comedy Kingpins Open Up About Power, Pressure (and Puking) on THR’s Roundtable
“I thought of it,” says Kelsey Grammer. At the top of THR’s Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable, he’d been asked to recall the funniest feedback he’s ever received. It took him half an hour, but the answer found him: “I was in my 40s, and somebody said, ‘You are the worst boyfriend I’ve ever had!’ ” The Frasier […]
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How to Get to That “F*** You, I’ll Do What I Want” Place: Steven Yeun, John Mulaney and the THR Comedy Actor Roundtable
“So, same time next week?” Abbott Elementary star Tyler James Williams jokes with the others — Steven Yeun (Beef), Jason Segel (Shrinking), Mo Amer (Mo) and John Mulaney (John Mulaney: Baby J) — after a particularly therapeutic hour of conversation in early May. It is THR‘s annual Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable, and the five men […]
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Comedy Brand The Second City Names Sesame Workshop Veteran Ed Wells CEO (Exclusive)
The Second City has a new CEO. The venerable improv comedy brand that launched the careers of people like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, John Belushi and Stephen Colbert and Gilda Radner, has hired Ed Wells as its new chief executive, effective this month. Wells joins The Second City from Sesame Workshop, where he was executive […]
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“Cancellation’s Just to Give Boring People Something Interesting to Talk About”: Jerrod Carmichael, Danny McBride and THR’s Comedy Actor Roundtable
“These are big questions,” Jake Johnson noted, just before he got real about his Hollywood path, which at different points along the way had left him feeling underwhelmed and disillusioned. It was the Minx star’s first appearance on a Hollywood Reporter Roundtable, and he half-jokingly admitted that he’d come to it with something entirely different […]
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“Alpha Males Scare the Crap Out of Me”: Ted Danson, Pete Davidson and the THR Comedy Actor Roundtable
For an hour in early May, six enormously talented men convened on Zoom to swap stories and praise. Mr. Mayor’s Ted Danson, something of a legend in sitcom-land, had watched The Office for the first time during the pandemic and was all too eager to tell Ed Helms, now the co-creator and star of Peacock’s […]
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The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Comedy Actor Roundtable With Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler and More
The Comedy Actor Roundtable brings together Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Sacha Baron Cohen and Timothy Simons. THR Roundtables air every Sunday on SundanceTV.
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Don Cheadle on ‘Black Monday’ Character: “You Are Bringing Yourself to These Roles”
Don Cheadle joined Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, Ted Danson and Timothy Simons for the full Comedy Actor Roundtable, set to air June 30 on SundanceTV.
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Ted Danson Talks ‘The Good Place’ Role, Celebrating His Career: “It’s a Delicate Balancing Act”
Ted Danson joined Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons for the full Comedy Actor Roundtable, set to air June 30 on SundanceTV.
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Henry Winkler Talks ‘Barry,’ Emmy Win and Creative Inspiration: “You Cannot Teach It”
Henry Winkler joined Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Don Cheadle, Ted Danson and Timothy Simons for the full Comedy Actor Roundtable, set to air June 30 on SundanceTV.
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Timothy Simons Talks ‘Veep’s’ End, Trump’s Influence and “#NotMe” Parody
Timothy Simons joined Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, Don Cheadle, Ted Danson and Sacha Baron Cohen for the full Comedy Actor Roundtable, set to air June 30 on SundanceTV.
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Anger, Disappointment & Revulsion” Over Trump’s Election Inspired ‘Who Is America?’
Sacha Baron Cohen joined Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, Don Cheadle, Ted Danson and Timothy Simons for the full Comedy Actor Roundtable, set to air June 30 on SundanceTV.
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