List of musical comedians
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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
This list is limited to comedians who also played an instrument onstage.
- David "Stringbean" Akeman - banjo
- Steve Allen - piano
- Woody Allen - clarinet
- Axis of Awesome - guitar, keyboard, vocals
- David Baddiel - piano, guitar
- Bo Burnham - piano, guitar
- Bill Bailey - various - most often guitar, keyboard, theremin
- Heywood Banks - multiple
- Pete Barbutti - piano, accordion ("cordine"), trumpet
- Tom Basden - guitar
- The Bedroom Philosopher - guitar, accordion
- Mitch Benn - guitar, vibraphone, spoons
- Jack Benny - violin
- Mike Birbiglia - guitar
- Jack Black - guitar, saxaboom
- Dennis Blair - guitar
- Victor Borge - piano
- Albert Brooks - piano
- John Bytheway - guitar
- Charlie Callas - drums
- Rodney Carrington - guitar
- Jasper Carrott - guitar
- Johnny Carson - drums
- Dana Carvey - piano, guitar, drums
- Tommy Chong - guitar
- Chris Cohen - guitar, vocals
- Billy Connolly - banjo, guitar
- Jonathan Coulton - guitar
- James Davies - Piano, Ukulele
- Les Dawson - piano
- Jessica Delfino - guitar, rape whistle, autoharp, flying v ukulele
- Doug Anthony All Stars - guitar, vocals
- Da Vinci's Notebook - Vocals
- Jimmy Durante - piano
- Kevin Eldon - guitar
- Lee Evans - piano
- Jimmy Fallon - guitar
- Wayne Federman - ukulele, piano, guitar, drums
- Graham Fellows (as "John Shuttleworth") - keyboard
- Michael Flanders - piano
- Flight Of The Conchords* - guitars, various
- The Folksmen* - guitars, bass, mandolins, banjo
- George Formby* - ukulele
- Zach Galifianakis - piano
- Garfunkel and Oates - guitar, flute, piano, maracas, and ukulele
- Paul Garner - piano
- Kyle Gass - guitar
- Ricky Gervais - Guitar
- George Gobel - Guitar
- Rich Hall - keyboard
- Andrew Hansen - piano
- Hard n Phirm - numerous instruments
- Tim Hawkins - guitar, piano
- Ed Helms - piano
- Rainer Hersch - piano
- Harry Hill - 'hornophone' (one of his own creations)
- Homer and Jethro - guitar, banjo
- Hoosier Hot Shots - various
- Eric Idle*(as Monty Python) - guitar, piano
- Eddie Izzard - piano
- Penn Jillette - bass
- Spike Jones - percussion
- Mickey Katz - clarinet
- Boris Khaykin - rapper, beats, guitar, piano, synth
- Sam Kinison - piano, guitar, drums
- Robert Klein - harmonica
- Jon Lajoie - guitar
- Hugh Laurie - piano, guitar
- Stewart Lee - guitar
- Tom Lehrer - piano
- Jerry Lewis - drums
- The Lonely Island - various
- Matt Lucas (as George Dawes) - drums
- Stephen Lynch - guitar
- Demetri Martin - guitar, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, tambourine, toy bells, keyboard, ukelele
- Steve Martin - banjo
- Chico Marx - piano
- Groucho Marx - guitar
- Harpo Marx - harp, piano
- Taylor Mason - piano
- Kate Micucci - ukulele
- Tim Minchin - piano, guitar
- Mitch & Mickey - guitar, autoharp
- Dudley Moore - piano
- Dermot Morgan - guitar
- Kevin Nealon - guitar, banjo
- The New Main Street Singers - guitars, mandolins, tambourine
- Conan O'Brien - guitar
- David O'Doherty - keyboard
- Ardal O'Hanlon - keyboard
- Rob Paravonian - guitar
- Geraldine Quinn - guitar
- Roger Ray - xylophone
- Mike Rayburn - guitar
- Raymond and Scum - guitar
- Howard Read - ukulele
- Rhett and Link - guitar, recorder, harmonica, bass harp
- Mark Russell - piano
- Bob Saget - guitar
- Andy Samberg - rapping/Singing
- Sammy J - piano
- Adam Sandler - guitar, drums, ukulele
- Peter Sellers - ukulele
- Scared Weird Little Guys - Various Instruments
- Akiva Schaffer - rapping/Singing
- Ronnie Schell - piano
- Helge Schneider - piano, trumpet, guitar, drums, clarinet/saxophone
- Peter Sellers - drums, ukulele
- Gene Sheldon - Banjo
- Frank Skinner - banjo, ukelele
- Brendon Small - guitar
- Dick Smothers - bass
- Tommy Smothers - guitar
- Ray Stevens - piano, banjo
- Donald Swann - piano
- Jorma Taccone - various instruments
- Jim Tavare - bass
- Judy Tenuta - accordion
- Tenacious D - guitar and vocals
- Nick Thune - guitar
- Tripod - guitar and vocals
- Carla Ulbrich - guitar
- Tracey Ullman - guitar
- Uncle Floyd (Floyd Vivino) - piano
- Daniel Lawrence Whitney - guitar
- Tim Wilson - guitar
- Tom Wilson - tuba, guitar
- Dennis Wolfberg - guitar
- Victoria Wood - piano
- Frank Woodley - guitar
- Steven Wright - guitar
- Henny Youngman - violin
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