Star: Comedy. Jim Gaffigan, TV-14 How Do You Predict the Next TikTok Music Hit? Live from New York City, Jerry Seinfeld, aided and abetted by a host of friends and fellow comedians, performs his 1998 Emmy-nominated performance on Broadway. The View co-host then won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Ghost in 1991, and has made serious turns in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghosts of Mississippi, Girl, Interrupted, For Colored Girls and more. The second HBO stand-up special by Chris Rock. Chris Rock, Stars: Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. Star: Though she initially started out in comedy, Tyler has dabbled in all type of genres in her career. Director: Sign up for our newsletter. Gabriel Iglesias, TV-MA Star: With his unique brand of humor, loveable stage presence and a wide range of voices and impressions, it's no wonder he became an ... See full summary », Director: Though his restrained performance as an IRS employee who begins hearing his life's narration in his head garnered the SNL legend great acclaim, it remains the lone foray into drama on his resume. Anthony is not for the easily offended or humorless. Stars: Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and ​celebrity gossip. | Grace Bustos, | John Oliver, Rodney Dangerfield's second ABC special, featuring stand-up and sketches. Jay Chapman The man may be on his way to becoming a film auteur with the release of his new Top Five, but his legendary shows still loom large. She earned a Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Celie. Keith Truesdell While Oswalt's character in Hulu's fourth season of Veronica Mars seemed to be there for comedic relief at first, it quickly became clear that pizza delivery man Penn Epner was no laughing matter. Documentary, Comedy. Documentary, Comedy. 75 min | ... Chappelle cuts loose in what he does best, Chappelle-style! Michael Drumm 3,723 Ryan Polito 76 min Chappelle cuts loose in what he does best, Chappelle-style! Director: He's since followed that up with work in films like Ali, Collateral, Dreamgirls, The Soloist, and Ray—winning the Best Actor Oscar for his turn as the blind musician in the 2004 biopic. Marty Callner Though the stand-up superstar has mostly stayed in his comedy lane throughout his career, he did make a notable detour in 2019 with The Upside. | | Tom Forrest | Stars: He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in Down to Earth, Head of State, The Longest Yard, the Madagascar film series, Grown Ups, its sequel Grown Ups 2, Top Five, and a series of acclaimed stand-up specials for HB Jeannie Gaffigan, 18 Director: | Anthony Jeselnik brings his signature dark and twisted point of view to this extended and uncensored special. It's impossible to whittle down 30 years worth of a steady stand-up career and his impressive body of work — but if we had to choose Rock's best onstage riffs and rants, these would be our favorite 10 bits: Want more Rolling Stone? 120 min | Gross: Sandler knows his brand—big, broad comedy—and largely sticks to it, but every now and then, he surfaces in a film outside his lane that reminds everyone all that he has to offer. Dane Cook's smash-hit show Rough Around The Edges is an energetic powerhouse stand-up performance recorded live in front of a packed house at Madison Square Garden. Troy Miller 60 min He's not retired because he can't play basketball, he's retired because he can't play a season.". Director: In front of an adoring crowd in Honolulu, comedian Gabriel Iglesias relates tales from his childhood and career, and even uses some local slang. Ron White, 72 min 60 min Stephen Lynch, Don Mischer Monteria Ivey, Scott Gawlik Drew Lynch, And when his own creation Atlanta arrived on FX in 2016, he proved that he's truly bound by no genre limitation. Star: Julie Hampton, | Though known as a comedian, Goldberg essentially got her start in drama. Director: Brian Unger, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time', The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More, Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion. Comedy. These are some of the most hilarious comedy specials ever. From ... See full summary », Director: | Check out all those who've come before him. Stars: When Lee Daniels cast the stand-up comic and star of The Parkers in his 2009 film Precious, she had no dramatic work on her resume, making her Oscar win for her performance as abusive mother Mary all the more impressive. 60 min 58 min Andy Kaufman, Not Rated Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! Stan Lathan Comedy. | Walter C. Miller Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Nelson George, Monteria Ivey, Ali LeRoi. Mike Birbiglia, Unrated Stars: Two seasons before Fargo creator Noah Hawley made Chris Rock his leading man, he tapped this stand-up comic and former star of Everybody Loves Raymond to play a Kansas City crime family fixer. Her most notable dramatic role came in 2015, when she began recurring on Criminal Minds as Dr. Tara Lewis. Steve Byrne, 52 min Ali LeRoi, Not Rated 90 min | | Not only is it the first meaty dramatic role in his career, but it also marks the first-ever time he's starred in a scripted series ever. Despite being arguably one of the best comedians of all time, the late Williams was able to effortlessly dip into dramatic roles throughout his career. | Director: Eddie Murphy, All rights reserved. the Man, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Team Up for ‘Who’s Gonna Stop Me’. Zach Galifianakis, Stars: As he told The Hollywood Reporter, the job required more from him than he'd initially expected, forcing him to set aside plans to work on new stand-up material until filming was finished. Greer Barnes, Not Rated Albert Precourt, R Documentary, Comedy, Jim Gaffigan bursts back on the scene with this eagerly anticipated fourth comedy special. Dave Chappelle, Captures one of today's most original singer-comedians in his natural environment: onstage. Rodney Dangerfield, Morgan Stone 60 min George Carlin. Documentary, Comedy. Top 25 Stand-Up Specials of All-Time. 70 min "Doing a movie is like playing a game — doing a series is like playing a season," he told the publication. Mitch Hedberg's half-hour special on Comedy Central, as part of their Comedy Central Presents series. Two years after starring in Anchorman, Ferrell opted to show moviegoers the potentials of his dramatic talents by starring in the 2006 dramedy Stranger Than Fiction. Mitch Hedberg, TV-MA Director: Rock's provocative jokes, the rat-a-tat cadence, that gravelly preacher's bark, his disbelieving squeal, the panther-like stage prowl and the hip-hop inspired mic drop are immediately accessible to those who love him — and maybe even more for those few that hate him. Stars: Star: Margo Rey, TV-MA