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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
Scott Adsit	Actor	26-Nov-1965		Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock
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
Dan Bakkedahl	Comic	18-Nov-1969		The Daily Show
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	Talk Show Host	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
Jayne Eastwood	Actor	17-Dec-1946		Chicago
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		Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Joe Flaherty	Comic	21-Jun-1941		SCTV
Miriam Flynn	Actor	18-Jun-1952		Vacation
Neil Flynn	Actor	13-Nov-1960		The Janitor on Scrubs
Dave Foley	Actor	4-Jan-1963		The Kids in the Hall
Jon Glaser	Actor	20-Jun-1968		Delocated
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
Linda Kash	Actor	17-Jan-1967		Trudy Weissman on Style & Substance
Tim Kazurinsky	Comic	3-Mar-1950		Saturday Night Live, Police Academy
Keegan Michael Key	Actor	22-Mar-1971		MADtv
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
Jane Lynch	Actor	14-Jul-1960		Cheerleading coach on Glee
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
Kevin McDonald	Actor	16-May-1961		The Kids in the Hall
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	19-Nov-2014	Primary Colors
Catherine O'Hara	Comic	4-Mar-1954		Delia in Beetlejuice
Bob Odenkirk	Comic	22-Oct-1962		Mr. Show
Jeremy Piven	Actor	26-Jul-1965		Ari Gold on Entourage
Gilda Radner	Comic	28-Jun-1946	20-May-1989	Saturday Night Live
Harold Ramis	Comic	21-Nov-1944	24-Feb-2014	Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
David Rasche	Actor	7-Aug-1944		Sledge Hammer!
Joan Rivers	Comic	8-Jun-1933	4-Sep-2014	Can we talk?
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
Richard Schaal	Actor	5-May-1928	4-Nov-2014	Leo Heatherton on Phyllis
Avery Schreiber	Comic	9-Apr-1935	7-Jan-2002	Burns and Schreiber
Amy Sedaris	Actor	29-Mar-1961		Strangers With Candy
Todd Stashwick	Actor	16-Oct-1968		Dale Malloy on The Riches
David Steinberg	Comic	9-Aug-1942		Second City alumnus
Jill Talley	Comic	19-Dec-1962		Mr. Show
Betty Thomas	Film Director	27-Jul-1948		Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues
Dave Thomas	Comic	20-May-1949		SCTV
Scott Thompson	Actor	12-Jun-1959		The Kids in the Hall
Tom Virtue	Actor	19-Nov-1957		Steve Stevens on Even Stevens
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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