Steven Wright

Steven Wright
Steven Wright
	Wright in 1994
Birth name	Steven Alexander Wright
Born	December 6, 1955; Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up; film; television;
Years active	1978–present
Genres	anti-humor; deadpan; one-liners; wit/word play; non sequitur; observational comedy; musical comedy;
Website	www.stevenwright.com

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.

Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in its 2017 list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics. 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) and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a producer of Louie (2010–2015). He had a supporting role as Leon in the Peabody Award–winning tragicomedy web series Horace and Pete.

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