100 best comedy movies - contributors A

View top ten lists of comedy movies chosen by the likes of Dan Ackroyd, Tom Allen and Terry Alderton

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James Acaster

Stand-up James Acaster won the Laughing Boy New Act competition in 2010, has supported Milton Jones and Josie Long on tour and guested on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’.

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Edward Aczel

Edward Aczel first tried stand-up in 2005, aged 38. He’s known for his unique style of anti-comedy, performing hugely funny joke-free hours.

Edward Aczel's top ten

Derek Adams

Derek Adams is a film writer at Time Out.

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Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit is most familiar as long-suffering producer Pete in ‘30 Rock’. He’s also appeared in numerous movies, including ‘For Your Consideration’ and ‘Last Night’.

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Yianni Agisilaou

Yianni Agisilaou is a British-based, Australia-born comic who regularly performs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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Terry Alderton

Comedy circuit legend Terry is a former goalkeeper for Southend United, was nominated for the Perrier Award in 1999, and holds the record for the most number of encores at The Comedy Store.

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Dana Alexander

Dana Alexander is a stand-up who has recently moved to the UK from Canada, where she was the only black, female comedian in the country.

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Tom Allen

Tom Allen is a previous winner of the So You Think You’re Funny? award and the BBC New Comedy Award. He has performed several solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre.

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Bennett Arron

Bennett Arron is the only Welsh, Jewish comic on the comedy circuit. He has supported Ricky Gervais on tour and his documentary ‘How to Steal an Identity’ was shortlisted for a Bafta.

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Dan Antopolski

Dan Antopolski has been nominated for both the Perrier Best Newcomer and main awards, played Jeffers in BBC2’s ‘Hyperdrive’ and in 2009 won Dave’s Best Joke of the Fringe.

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Debra-Jane Appleby

Debra-Jane Appelby

Winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year and Funny Women award in 2005, Debra-Jane Appelby plays regularly on the UK comedy circuit.

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Stephen Armstrong

Stephen Armstrong is The Sunday Times’ comedy critic.

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Tim Arthur

Tim Arthur is the editor-in-chief of Time Out.

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Dan Atkinson

Dan is a comedian, writer and the resident MC at the Sunday Special at Up the Creek in Greenwich. He’s one of the core writers of ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’, and a Chortle Award nominee.

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Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd is Dan Aykroyd. You need more? He wrote ‘Ghostbusters’, ferchrissakes, and is hopefully working on a new sequel. Plus he’s doing a lot of other cool stuff.