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Founded Chicago, 1959. The King Daddy of Improv Comedy Troupes. Theatres in Chicago, Toronto, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Los Angeles, as well as touring companies. Alumni went on to perform on SCTV, Saturday Night Live, and several movies.

Official Website:
http://www.secondcity.com/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Alda	Actor	28-Jan-1936		Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H
Alan Arkin	Actor	26-Mar-1934		Catch 22
Dan Aykroyd	Actor	1-Jul-1952		Saturday Night Live, Dr. Detroit
Ike Barinholtz	Actor	18-Feb-1977		MADtv
John Belushi	Actor	24-Jan-1949	5-Mar-1982	Animal House
Peter Boyle	Actor	18-Oct-1935	12-Dec-2006	Young Frankenstein
John Candy	Actor	31-Oct-1950	4-Mar-1994	Uncle Buck
Steve Carell	Comic	16-Aug-1962		Office manager at Dunder-Mifflin
Dan Castellaneta	Actor	29-Oct-1957		Voice of Homer Simpson
Stephen Colbert	Comic	13-May-1964		The Colbert Report
Severn Darden	Actor	9-Nov-1929	27-May-1995	Second City
Paul Dinello	Comic	28-Nov-1962		Geoffrey Jellineck on Strangers with Candy
Brian Doyle-Murray	Comic	31-Oct-1945		SNL
Rachel Dratch	Actor	22-Feb-1966		Saturday Night Live
Nora Dunn	Comic	29-Apr-1952		SNL alumna
Chris Farley	Comic	15-Feb-1964	17-Dec-1997	Saturday Night Live
Colin Ferguson	Actor	22-Jul-1972		Eureka
Tina Fey	Actor	18-May-1970		Mean Girls
Joe Flaherty	Comic	21-Jun-1941		SCTV
Neil Flynn	Actor	13-Nov-1960		The Janitor on Scrubs
Mary Gross	Actor	25-Mar-1953		Saturday Night Live
Dean Haglund	Actor	29-Jul-1965		Langly on The X-Files
Isabella Hoffman	Actor	11-Dec-1958		Capt. Russert on Homicide
Bonnie Hunt	Actor	22-Sep-1961		Life with Bonnie
Jay Johnston	Comic	22-Oct-1968		Mr. Show with Bob and David
Tim Kazurinsky	Comic	3-Mar-1950		Saturday Night Live, Police Academy
Richard Kind	Actor	22-Nov-1956		Paul Lassiter on Spin City
Robert Klein	Comic	8-Feb-1942		Unable to stop his leg
Eugene Levy	Comic	17-Dec-1946		Earl Camembert from SCTV
Shelley Long	Actor	23-Aug-1949		Diane on Cheers
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Comic	13-Jan-1961		Elaine on Seinfeld
Andrea Martin	Comic	15-Jan-1947		SCTV cast member, 1976-81
Elaine May	Comic	21-Apr-1932		Wrote and directed Ishtar
Jack McBrayer	Actor	27-May-1973		30 Rock
Tim Meadows	Comic	5-Feb-1961		Saturday Night Live
Colin Mochrie	Actor	30-Nov-1957		This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Bill Murray	Actor	21-Sep-1950		Meatballs, SNL alumnus
Mike Myers	Comic	25-May-1963		Austin Powers
Mike Nichols	Film Director	6-Nov-1931		Primary Colors
Catherine O'Hara	Comic	4-Mar-1954		Delia in Beetlejuice
Bob Odenkirk	Comic	22-Oct-1962		Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show
Gilda Radner	Comic	28-Jun-1946	20-May-1989	Saturday Night Live
Harold Ramis	Comic	21-Nov-1944		Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
David Rasche	Actor	7-Aug-1944		Sledge Hammer!
Ian Roberts	Actor	29-Jul-1965		Upright Citizens Brigade
Tony Rosato	Comic	26-Dec-1954		Second City
Paul Sand	Actor	5-Mar-1935		The Hot Rock
Avery Schreiber	Comic	9-Apr-1935	7-Jan-2002	Burns and Schreiber
Amy Sedaris	Actor	29-Mar-1961		Strangers With Candy
David Steinberg	Comic	9-Aug-1942		Second City alumnus
Jill Talley	Comic	19-Dec-1962		Mr. Show, married to Tom Kenny
Betty Thomas	Film Director	27-Jul-1948		Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues
Dave Thomas	Comic	20-May-1949		SCTV
George Wendt	Actor	17-Oct-1948		Norm on Cheers
Fred Willard	Actor	18-Sep-1933		Fernwood 2night
Victor Wong	Actor	31-Jul-1927	12-Sep-2001	Egg Shen

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