| Steven Wright | |
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| Birth name | Steven Alexander Wright |
| Born | December 6, 1955 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | www |
Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.[1]
Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in its 2017 list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics.[2] His accolades include the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for starring in, writing, and producing the short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)[3] and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a producer of Louie (2010–2015).[4] He had a supporting role as Leon in the Peabody Award–winning tragicomedy web series Horace and Pete.
- ^ Leatherman, Benjamin (May 8, 2012). "Comedian Steven Wright on His Deadpan Style, Getting Inspired By Salvador Dali, Working With Quentin Tarantino, and More". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ Love, Matthew (February 14, 2017). "50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings". Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Steven Wright". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 5, 2017.