(He grows into an increasingly outsize comic presence as the evening progresses.)

Mr. Baldwin has a slyly absurd comic presence that is bigger and brighter than any joke or character actor on the show.

The two noble brothers particularly manifest a comic presence with their posturing and their romantic hyperbole.

Yet what really counts is her angularly comic presence.

I think that he's a fine, lightweight comic presence at times (his scowl is a psychotic version of a comedian's classic slow burn), but Schickel goes further.

She's a pretty, slightly brassy comic presence as the scheming beautician who loses her heart to a man all wrong for her, at least financially.

Fortunately, Mr. Crystal is an enjoyable enough comic presence to generate good will and keep the film feeling reasonably smooth.

Mr. Hedaya has a comic presence; he can add weight to an otherwise slapstick joke.

Mr. Cronenberg is not only having fun with these bugs; their absurdly comic presence is central to the film's tone.

She is married to the stuffy Mr. Underwood, who becomes a comic presence in the second and third books.