Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance

See Olivier Awards for more information about the awards and a full list of categories and winners.

The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably plays and musicals in the West End of London, an area commonly referred to as "Theatreland". The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and, in 1984 they were renamed in honour of the renowned British actor Lord Olivier. The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards.

This list comprises the winners of the now obsolete Best Comedy Performance category shown in bold. Where possible other nominees will be shown in italics.

• 1995 – Niall Buggy for Dead Funny
• 1994 – Griff Rhys Jones for An Absolute Turkey
• 1993 – Simon Cadell for Travels With My Aunt
• 1992 – Desmond Barrit for The Comedy of Errors
• 1991 – Daniel Massey for Accidental Death of an Anarchist
• 1989/1990 – Michael Gambon for Man of The Moment
• 1988 – Alex Jennings for Too Clever by Half
• 1987 – John Woodvine for The Henrys
• 1986 – Bill Fraser for When We Are Married
• 1985 – Michael Gambon for A Chorus of Disarproval
• 1984 – Maureen Lipman for See How They Run
• 1983 – Griff Rhys Jones for Charley's Aunt
• 1982 – Geoffrey Hutchings for Poppy^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• 1981 – Rowan Atkinson for Rowan Atkinson in Revue
• 1980 – Beryl Reid for Born in The Gardens
• 1979 – Barry Humphries for A Night With Dame Edna
• 1978 – Ian McKellen for The Alchemist
• 1977 – Denis Quilley for Privates on Parade
• 1976 – Penelope Keith for Donkey's Years