Really funny Russian stand-up artists whose performances are worth watching. Top popular stand-up comedians
Ivan Abramov
Ivan Abramov began his career as a comedian in KVN as part of the MGIMO national team, in which he was the captain. The MGIMO team under his leadership twice made it to the Major League Final. Then Ivan began to give solo concerts, and in 2014 he joined the “StandUp” show on the TNT channel.
Abramov differs from other Russian comedians with his unique performance format. If usually stand-up comedians use only their voice, facial expressions, artistry in their performances, then Ivan makes musical performances: he usually uses a synthesizer or other musical instruments. In his jokes, this artist does not touch on complex topics, for example, politics. He jokes about everyday problems, about things that are familiar and understandable to everyone.
Ivan Abramov’s playful songs are quickly remembered. For example, his song about a famous Russian football player became a real hit.
Vasily Medvedev
Vasily Medvedev is one of the most popular comedians of the Russian stand-up community. He loves to experiment with the formats and themes of jokes, and he is not afraid to cover hot jokes that other stand-up artists bypass. He speaks boldly about politics, church and other difficult topics.
Vasily’s second solo concert received over 2 million views.
Dmitry Romanov
Dmitry Romanova is a comedian from Odessa, born into a Jewish family, who is proud of his origin and constantly mentions this in his speeches. He jokes on all the topical topics of our time: cunning, money, politics, national issues. Most of his solo concerts are occupied by Odessa humor.
In 2019 Dmitry took part in the show “Evening Urgant”. The release with his participation was watched by almost 2 million people.
Vera Kotelnikova
There are, indeed, a lot more guys than girls in stand-up, but this does not mean that they are not there at all. For example, Vera Kotelnikova is a real “star” of free humor, who came to Moscow from Kemerovo and has already managed to fall in love with the local audience.
In her speeches, the girl boldly and frankly speaks about the inhabitants of the capital, alcoholics from Siberia, rice with cutlets and other “sore” topics.
Sasha Maloy
Sasha Maloy, like many other stand-up artists, began his career with participation in KVN.
In 2012, Alexander Rakovskikh (the comedian’s real name) took part in the Comedy Battle. Then both the audience and the jury immediately drew attention to the promising guy.
And they were not wrong! Now Sasha Maloy easily rocks the full halls and makes people laugh.
Nadya Kosykh
Another girl in our rating is 24-year-old Russian woman Nadya Kosykh. The girl loves to joke about stereotypes deeply rooted in society, infantile men and her own shyness.
All her jokes sound subtle and original, no vulgarity and banality. Kosykh herself positions her humor as “simple and vital, accessible to everyone.” Apparently, it is, because the girl’s work was quickly appreciated by the audience.
Vanya Usovich
Vanya Usovich is a stand-up comedian who became the youngest comedian on the Russian stage. Today he is considered the most popular stand-up artist in Russia. The most famous jokes of Vanya: about the Russian language, the letter ё, women, football. In his speeches, he touches on the most pressing problems in Russia.
Vanya’s solo concert, which took place in 2018, gained almost 3 million views.
Alexander Dolgopolov
Alexander Dolgopolov can be safely called an experimental comedian, since he does not schedule his performances in advance, but prefers impromptu. His shows are held in the format of communication with the public, and it is in the course of this communication that the topic of the performance is chosen. Moreover, Alexander can communicate with the audience all evening, coming up with jokes on the go. Dolgopolov’s performances can be seen in the show “Poraraz Birazza”.
Kostya Pushkin
Many call Kostya Pushkin the most talented stand-up comedian on the Russian stage. Indeed, all of his club performances are sold out.
Fame came to Kostya Pushkin in 2007, when he took part in the comic show “Laughter without rules”. Many believed that his career would rise rapidly, but this did not happen: for several years, his career was simple. A few years later, his star rose again thanks to a stand-up show.
Today Kostya Pushkin is known as a bright, sometimes even harsh, social and political critic on the stand-up scene. His pig jokes became a hit on the Russian stand-up scene.
Idrak Mirzalizade
Idrak Mirzalizade is a comedian of Belarusian origin who was born into a Muslim family. This fact is often featured in his jokes. Idrak is distinguished by a special demeanor on stage. For example, he often jokes about himself, comments on his actions during a speech. At first it seems strange to many, but then the audience begins to like his personality.
Idrak Mirzalizadeh in his speeches touches upon issues of politics and religion, often jokes about Belarus and Islam.
His first solo concert was released in 2015 and immediately gained over 500 thousand views. The second solo concert was released in 2017 and received about 900 thousand views. Viewers note that Idrak has his own bright personality, his own face, his own position.
Richard Pryor
“Picasso of humor” – as his colleagues called him. This is one of the greatest stand-ups and has greatly influenced the development of all American humor.
The humorist’s creativity began in the 50s. These were traditional jokes. But the impasse of the situation forced the showman to be reborn. The comedian began to build speeches on autobiographical data.
Pryor loved to do extravagant things. One day he doused himself with rum and set himself on fire. In this state, he ran down the street for a long time. Many believe that it was a suicide attempt, but the story of this case entered one of the humorist’s numbers – making him funny and touching.
George Carlin
The performances of the American stand-up artist laid the foundations of the genre as it now exists. This great specialist in the form of his jokes had to express all the criticism of the social situation in the country. It doesn’t matter if it was about small things or about global phenomena – the performance was always successful and very funny.
Karlin is often associated with the beginning of the HBO channel. It was he who was the flagship of the movement to expand the boundaries of what is allowed on TV. One of his famous numbers “7 words that are forbidden on TV” caused a huge scandal.
At the same time, he played the role of an important milestone in the entire history of censorship on television. Karlin has become an idol for many. A number of modern humorists still use the intonation and themes of this greatest showman.
Louis C. Kay
One of the most famous heirs of Karlin. Thanks to the same grumbling style, Louis became not only successful, but also hilariously funny performer.
His career began in the 90s. At first, Louis was a court wit on the evening television show of Letterman and other comedians. Against the general background, he stood out little, not being remembered by the audience. Everything changed dramatically in the 2000s – the humorist found his own mine – a midlife crisis in an unsuccessful marriage with young children.
So a new stage image appeared – a rude person irritated by life, from which everyone around suffers. Among all of Louis’ contemporaries, only he is considered the only worthy competitor to Ricky Gervais in terms of political incorrectness.
Despite rude remarks, quarrels with children, family and friends in his scenes, Louis shows all the kindness of his heart. His humor is kind, disinterested. Since 2010, the sitcom “Louis” has appeared on television. The comedian himself was the director, producer and scriptwriter. According to many, “Louis” is the best show in recent years.
Bill hicks
Personality, which in many ways acts as an alternative to Karlin. The person is distinguished by cynicism, causticity and anger. A clever man and a mesanthrope, his career growth did not go further than a comedian who performed in small clubs all his life.
Little by little, his life and work were extinguished from the abuse of illegal substances.
He still had a lot of fame, albeit scandalous. Hicks did not try and did not want to please everyone. He always insulted people without thinking about the consequences.
He taught the viewer that humor is something more than it is customary to think about it. You can also joke about the genocide with Hitler.
The showman’s life ended early: he died at the age of 32 from cancer.
Andy Kaufman
He is rightfully considered a mysterious person in the history of stand-up. To be more precise, Kaufman should be called the progenitor of modern trolling. Andy never knew how or wanted to joke in the traditional humor format.
He did not have a single image. His stage roles were diverse: Polish emigrant, bad cruner, impersonator. He never repeated himself, every time on stage he was reborn into his hero. Many people still understand what Andy really was.
For many years, the comedian joked that he would like to fake his own death. But he did not have time: he died in 1984 from lung cancer.
Ricky Gervaise
Unformatted stand-adapter. First, he came up with the successful TV series “Office”, only then he took the stage as a superstar.
He is somewhat inferior to his colleagues in the workshop in professionalism. But the lack of experience is paid off by the hellish level of charm and the lack of brakes about political correctness. Ricky boldly makes fun of fat men, gays, dwarfs and in general everyone around.
But this only amuses the viewer. Each of his speeches has a specific topic (“Science”, “Politics”, “Glory”). Recently, he has often acted as a presenter at the Golden Globe ceremony.
Billy Connolly
Scottish by nationality, this comedian fascinated with his amazing appearance and unusual accent. All his performances allowed him to relax after a hard day.
The company of a crazy old man who makes incredibly funny jokes about his crazy relatives and situations in life did not leave anyone indifferent.
Nurlan Saburov
Nurlan is one of the leading residents of the Stand Up show on TNT. For the first time on television, the comedian appeared in the “Open Microphone” section, where he impressed Pavel Volya and Ruslan Bely. And after Saburov received an offer to perform as part of Stand Up. But he didn’t stop there. Now Nurlan is hosting the show “What Happened Next” on the Labelcom YouTube channel. Each issue is gaining 5 million views, and among the star guests of the show were already Garik Kharlamov, Yegor Creed, Nikolai Sobolev, Timur Batrudinov and others. Nurlan is also a member of KuJi Podcas.
Timur Karginov
Timur began his career as a comedian at an early age, when he played in KVN as part of the Pyramid team. And then he became a participant in the Stand Up show on TNT. In 2017, he was invited to become one of the mentors on the Open Microphone show. Recently, Timur moved to YouTube and, together with a team of other comedians, created the KuJi Podcast show, each episode of which gains more than 300 thousand views.
Alexey Shcherbakov
Alexey Shcherbakov is another member of Stand Up. Alexey made his television debut back in 2012 in the Comedy Battle program, but although the audience liked the comedian’s jokes, he could not go on to the next round. A year later, Shcherbakov again came to the program and even reached the final, but he could not become a winner. In 2015, he became a member of the Open Microphone show, and then appeared in Stand Up. Now Alexey is filming in other projects. He participates in the show “Roast” and “What happened next” on YouTube. By the way, Alexei recently became a guest in Basta’s new program “Question by the edge”.
Andrey Beburishvili
Andrey first appeared on screens in 2014, when he became a member of the Comedy Battle show. The stand-up comedian was liked not only by the jury, but also by the audience. He did not become the winner of the program, but received an invitation to the Comedy Club. In 2017, Andrey was invited to the role of the host of the “Open Microphone”, and since last year the comedian has become a member of the new program “Prozharka”, the guests of which were Olga Buzova, Danila Poperechny, Yuri Dud and others.
Arthur Chaparyan
Arthur has been performing at “open microphones” since 2013. And two years ago, the comedian created the Former Telegram channel, in which he posted fictitious messages from his ex-girlfriend. The channel brought Arthur real popularity, after which the comedian was invited to the program “Evening Urgant”. Now Arthur has become a resident of the Stand-Up Club No. 1. Chaparyan also participates in the show “What happened next”
Alexander Dolgopolov
Alexander is a resident of Stand-Up Club No. 1 and one of the participants in the Poraraz Birazza YouTube show. In the program, comedians discuss events that have occurred over a certain period of time. In addition, Dolgopolo performed two solo concerts. For example, the video “Hour of jokes with Alexander Dolgopolov” has gained over a million views
Rustam Saidakhmedov and Tambi Masaev
Comedians became famous after they came up with the duet “Lena Cook”. In 2018, they took part in the Comedy Battle and became the winners of the season. Now the comedians are participating in the What Happened Next program, and recently, together with Alexei Shcherbakov, they became guests of the Bar in the Big City show and took part in the Soyuz Studio program on TNT.
Yulia Akhmedova
The only lady in the top 10 Russian stand-up stars. As a producer and comedian of the show on TNT, she jokes and laughs at the pressing problems of the weak half of society and does it with enviable ease and purely feminine charm.
Stas Starovoitov
He, like many immigrants from KVN, became the pioneer of Russian stand-up, learning from Western stars and honing his acting skills in the clubs of his native Tomsk. With 8 years of experience in television, Stas is considered one of the most experienced and sought-after comedians, whose tours take place in large audiences and with a constant full house.
Danila Poperechny
His recognition is not fueled by his participation in television projects. Having started his online career as an animator and blogger, 7 years ago Danila switched to Stand Up, but did not betray the Internet audience. There are no boundaries and censors here, so Cross is gaining millions of views of subscribers.
The guy’s humor is eater and impartial, which leads to conflicts in public space. It doesn’t matter: scandals play on the popularity of the young man.
Dara O’Brien
Irish comedian Dara O’Brien is a master of improvisation. A significant part of his performances is based on communication with the audience. The artist cannot be won in the exchange of witticisms, but Dara does not set the task of humiliating the interlocutor. His jokes highlight both him and the object of ridicule. The comedian’s performances are distinguished by a lively and energetic presentation, and his humor is often based on ridicule of human stupidity. Especially often goes to psychics, astrologers and all kinds of charlatans.
Stuart Lee
Stuart Lee is a writer and intellectual, one of the most respected stand-up comedians. Connoisseurs of his work are advised to watch the performances in the original or with subtitles: not only the content is important in them, but also the intonation. Stuart Lee’s jokes are funny, but according to fans, not for everyone. The comedian leads the story in a special manner: it all starts with a monotonous entry, repeating the same phrases, and ends with an emotional climax and a powerful final thought.
Tim Minchin
British Australian comedian, actor and musician. Minchin himself describes his performances as “funny cabaret shows”, he considers himself first of all a musician, and only then a comedian. In monologues and songs, it touches on taboo social topics, such as religion. On his shows, he usually appears in front of the viewer barefoot, with protruding hair, lowered eyes and in a tailcoat. So he emphasizes the difference between a real person and a stage image, simultaneously discrediting himself as one of the modern “icons”.
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr is an arrogant and cynical English stand-up comedian who does not spare the audience in verbal skirmishes and over and over again shocks fans with more and more daring jokes. His performances are dynamic: the comedian rarely tells long stories, preferring bombardment with short jokes.
It’s hard to find a social group that Carr hasn’t touched on in his monologues: he doesn’t hesitate to joke about dwarfs, overweight people, or people with disabilities. It is justified by the fact that in most cases even the most daring jokes turn out to be funny, and the hero on the stage is just as invented as the situations described in the monologues.
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard, one of the most unusual stand-up comedians in the UK, is a transvestite, often performing in women’s outfits. His humor is also unusual in the comedian’s diagnosis of dyslexia. The disease prevents Izzard from reading the prepared script, so the narration is sometimes chaotic and with leaps from topic to topic. The artist claims that the films and sketches of “Monty Python” made the strongest impression on him, and his performances are nothing more than an interpretation of the video works of this comic group.
Christopher Titus
Who is: Continuing the tradition of George Carlin. Titus’ performances are more like solo performances, they have a common theme and a carefully designed structure. Still, the comedian has something to share! His biography is more reminiscent of a drama series: a dysfunctional family, a father who changed six wives, a crazy mother, an unsuccessful marriage, an exhausting divorce lasting five years – it’s even amazing how, after going through all this, Chris remains optimistic and ironic.
Why it is good: Frankness, categoricalness and facial expressions. Fact: At one time Titus had problems with alcohol and drugs, but after an accident at one of the parties, he had an insight and he completely changed his life.
“I remember my parents’ family quarrels: dad is holding a chair, mom is swinging an ax …”
“If you’re old enough to buy a beer, but your mom is still making breakfast for you, you are expelled from the men’s club from today.”
Dylan Moran
Who: Famous Irish actor, screenwriter and stand-up comedian without the slightest sign of stardom. On stage, it usually looks like he was just lifted out of bed. Moran’s first performances took place at school, and at the age of 24 he became the youngest winner of the Perrier Comedy Award. But the real popularity came to Moran in 2000, when television showed the first season of the sitcom Black Bookshop. The image of Bernard Black, a sarcastic Irish misanthrope with a lot of bad habits, has grown so attached to the comedian that it still slips into his live performances. drove with concerts to Russia. Fact: In his youth he got a job as a florist, and he was engaged in this backbreaking slave labor for a whole week.
“I am a vegetarian, but not strict. You see, I like to eat meat, but only because I like the taste.
In my opinion, morally I won. “
“But there were times when a man was a man. He could express his authoritative opinion without hesitation on an issue that he did not understand at all. “
Sarah Silverman
Who is: Beautiful girl. Actress and composer Sarah Silverman looks like a typical “girl next door”, while charming, smart and sharp-tongued. She won the hearts of Americans back in the early 90s, when she took part in the project “Saturday Night Live”. With a deliberately innocent expression on her face, she harshly pokes fun at racism, sexism and religion, while not at all shy in expressions. Thanks to Sarah’s melodious voice and big brown eyes, even rude jokes, which are not allowed on TV, get away with her. Not so long ago, Comedy Central launched Sarah’s personalized TV show, which is now being released on the Russian version of the channel – Paramount Comedy. What’s good: Her jokes do not fit into traditional ideas about “female humor” and are sometimes quite cynical. Plus, it’s just a pleasure to look at. Fact: Met with another famous joker – Jimmy Kimmel. The couple broke up, but some good things came out of their union – over the videos I’m FKing Matt Damon and I’m F king Ben Affleck, filmed by Sarah and Jimmy exclusively from love trolling, laughed to tears all over the Internet.
Ricky Gervais
Who: An English comedian loved by Americans. Some accuse Gervais of arrogance, but after two Emmys, three Golden Globes and seven BAFTAs, he is entitled to any antics. Gervais is actively working on films and serials (the worldwide popularity was brought to him by “The Office”, later re-filmed by the Americans). In stand-up, this comedian takes the position of a provocateur and jokes about religion, politics and social norms on the brink, and sometimes beyond what is permissible. Ricky is an atheist, animal rights activist and committed bachelor. It seems that he has just an inhuman gift of persuasion, since he makes people laugh at what is sacred to them, and has managed to date one woman for 30 years without leading her down the aisle.
Good for everyone (as a comedian) Fact: Became a character in the GTA game.
“I am with both hands for the eradication of hunger. Provided that it does not affect me in any way. “
“There are no taboo topics. There are bad jokes. “
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