This Anglo-Indian Canadian stand-up comic is one of most successful touring, and has been nominated for numerous awards. Despite having eluding the stratospheric level of fame as his peers, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld, his last world tour netted him $19m, putting him third on the list of the highest earners on the comedy circuit.

The most downloaded podcast of all time is taking to the road, with a series of shows recorded live across the country. With his roster of recurring and celebrity guests, former Loveline presenter and part-time stand-up Carolla dissects the day's headlines and spins anecdotes about life's little frustrations in his own hilarious style.

Actor, Producer, Comedian, Writer and Film Director! The multi-talented Marlon Wayans is back on stage with his standup comedy. Wayans is selling out nationwide and adding shows every weekend. Your cheeks are bound to hurt from laughing too much, take this as a warning! The comedian that keeps on giving, you just can't turn down the opportunity to see him.

A stand-up veteran with over three decades of experience under his belt, Vic DiBitetto's career took a major upswing in 2013 thanks to his Youtube video 'Bread and Milk'. A 30-second video created on the spur-of-the-moment, the video showed a panicked DiBitetto rushing out to buy some bread and milk in the face of the Blizzard of 2013 warnings.

Actor, comedian and regular Saturday Night Live contributor Jay Pharoah has performed stand-up in clubs in his native Virginia since the tender age of 15, citing his love of impressions, and more specifically Gilbert Gottfried's portrayal of Iago in Disney's 1991 movie Aladdin. Joining SNL in 2010, his impressions of fellow black actors Jay-Z, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Lil Wayne, and Denzel Washington received critical acclaim, following his rise to Youtube fame for his impression of Barack Obama.

Just to make it absolutely clear - this is the Maine-based comedian we're talking about here, not the late Jamaican reggae superstar, hence the photos. Robert Cochrane Marley Jr, to give his full name, focuses his material mainly on observations of his life in Maine and New England in general. Marley is also a regular on Comedy Central shows, and also appeared in 1999 crime movie The Boonedock Saints, and its sequel.