# Steven Wright {#steven-wright .reader-title} meta-data {.reader-estimated-time l10n-args="{"range":"14–18""rangePlural":"other"}" l10n-id="about-reader-estimated-read-time" dir="ltr"} 14-18 minutes ----- content {.moz-reader-content .reader-show-element} {#readability-page-1 .page} {#mw-content-text dir="ltr" lang="en"} -+ Steven Wright ![[file:///home/geoff/Documents/wikipedia%20extra/Steven%20Wright%20-%20Wikipedia_files/Steven_Wright_1994.jpg){file-width="315" file-height="317" height="252" | width="250"} Wright in 1994 Born: Steven Alexander Wright | December 6 1955 (age 70) Cambridge Massachusetts U.S -+ Comedy career Years active: 1978-present [Medium]{title="How this comedian performs e.g. stand-up comedy film or television actor etc."} | | Stand-up | film | television -+ 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* # []{#Early_life.2C_family_and_education}Early life family and education {#Early_life_family_and_education} [edit] Wright was born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Massachusetts and grew up in Burlington Massachusetts one of four children of Lucille "Dolly" (née Lomano) and Alexander K Wright. He was raised Catholic. His mother was Italian American and his father of Scottish descent.[10] Wright's father worked as an electronics technician who "tested a lot of stuff" for NASA during the Apollo space program. When that program ended he worked as a truck driver Wright attended Middlesex Community College in Bedford Massachusetts for two years to earn his associate degree then continued his education at Emerson College.[11] He graduated from Emerson in 1978.[11] Wright began performing stand-up comedy in 1979[12] at the Comedy Connection in Boston.[11][13] Wright cites stand-up comic George Carlin and director and former stand-up comic Woody Allen as comedic influences.[14] In 1982 Peter Lassally executive producer of NBC's 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson' saw Wright performing on a bill with other local comics at the Ding Ho comedy club in Cambridge a venue Wright described as "half Chinese restaurant and half comedy club. It was a pretty weird place." Lassally booked Wright on 'The Tonight Show' and Wright so impressed host Johnny Carson and the studio audience that less than a week later he was invited to appear on the show again.[14] Wright's 1985 comedy album 'I Have a Pony' was released on Warner Bros Records received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. The album's success landed him an HBO special in the 'On Location:' series taped at 'Wolfgang's' in San Francisco. It was broadcast as 'A Steven Wright Special.*[15] By then Wright had developed a new brand of extreme deadpan and was building a cultlike following. His onstage persona was characterized by an aura of obscurity and his penchant for non sequiturs added to his mystique. The performance became one of HBO's longest-running and most requested comedy specials and propelled him to great success on the college-arena concert circuit.[*[citation needed]{title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)"}*] ## Continued success beyond stand-up {#Continued_success_beyond_stand-up} [edit] In 1989 Wright and fellow producer Dean Parisot won an Academy Award for their 30-minute short film 'The Appointments of Dennis Jennings* directed by Parisot written by Mike Armstrong and Wright and starring Wright and Rowan Atkinson. Upon accepting the Oscar Wright said "We're really glad that we cut out the other sixty minutes." In 1992 Wright had a recurring role on the television sitcom 'Mad About You*. He also supplied the voice of the radio DJ in writer-director Quentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs' that year. "Dean Parisot's wife Sally Menke is Quentin Tarantino's [film] editor so when she was editing the movie and it was getting down toward the end where they didn't have the radio DJ yet she thought of me and told Quentin and he liked the idea" Wright explained in 2009 In 1995 Wright provided voiceover work for TBS's Disaster Area cartoon block.[16] Numerous lists of jokes attributed to Wright circulate on the Internet sometimes of dubious origin. Wright has said "Someone showed me a site and half of it that said I wrote it I didn't write. Recently I saw one and I didn't write any of it. What's disturbing is that with a few of these jokes I wish I had thought of them. A giant amount of them I'm embarrassed that people think I thought of them because some are really bad."[17] After his 1990 comedy special 'Wicker Chairs and Gravity' Wright continued to do stand-up performances but these were largely absent from television and he only occasionally made guest spots on late-night talk shows. In 1999 he wrote and directed the 30-minute short 'One Soldier' saying it's "about a soldier who was in the Civil War right after the war with all these existentialist thoughts and wondering if there is a God and all that stuff" In May 2000 Wright and other Ding Ho alumni including Lenny Clarke Barry Crimmins Steve Sweeney Bill Sohonage and Jimmy Tingle appeared at a reunion benefit for comic Bob Lazarus who was diagnosed with leukemia.[18] In 2006 Wright produced his first stand-up special in 16 years 'Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away' originally aired on Comedy Central on October 21 2006. On September 25 2007 Wright released his second album 'I Still Have a Pony' a CD release of the material from 'When The Leaves Blow Away*. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[*[citation needed]{title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)"}*] Beginning in 2008 Wright occasionally appeared on 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' as a visiting celebrity often dropping by to help with the fan-mail segment. He joined a small cadre of Hollywood comedy celebrities who supported the show.[19][20] Wright was awarded an Oscar in 1989 for Best Short Live-Action Film for *The Appointments of Dennis Jennings' which he co-wrote (with Michael Armstrong) and starred in.[21] He received two Emmy Award nominations as part of the producing team of 'Louie' first in 2014 and again in 2015.[22] On December 15 2008 Wright became the first inductee to the Boston Comedy Hall of Fame.[23][24] In a 2005 poll to find 'The Comedian's Comedian' he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. He was named No. 23 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.[25] Wright is a musician and has recorded several non-comedy songs with his friend and occasional actor Mark Wuerthner.[26][27] He also has an interest in painting.[28] - Year: Title: Role: Notes | +=================+=================+=================+=================+ 1979: 'The Last Word*: Man in Crowd: | - 1985: 'Desperately: Larry Stillman: Seeking Susan*: D.D.S.: | - 1986: 'Coffee and: Steven: Short film; Cigarettes*: | also writer | - 1988: 'The: Dennis Jennings: Also writer and Appointments of: | producer Dennis: | Jennings*: | | 'Stars and: Pruitt: Bars*: | | - 1990: 'Men of: Sterling: Respect*: | | - 1992: 'Reservoir: K-Billy DJ: Dogs*: (voice): | - 1993: 'So I Married: Pilot: an Axe: | Murderer*: | | - 1994: 'The Swan: Speed (voice): Princess*: | | 'Natural Born: Dr. Emil: Killers*: Reingold: | 'Speechless*: Eddie: | 'Mixed Nuts*: Man at Pay: : Phone: | - 1995: 'For Better or: Cabbie: Worse*: | | 'Canadian: Niagara Mountie: Bacon*: | | - 1998: 'Half Baked*: The Guy on the: Uncredited : Couch: | 'Babe: Pig in: Bob (voice): the City*: | | '1999*: Goatman: | - 1999: 'One Soldier*: Soldier: Short; : | director : | writer : | producer | 'The Muse*: Stan Spielberg: | - 2000: 'Loser*: Panty Hose: : Customer: | - 2003: 'Coffee and: Steven: Segment: Cigarettes*: | "Strange to : | Meet You" | - 2005: 'Son of the: Daniel Moss: Mask*: | | 'The: irself: Aristocrats*: | | 'When Stand Up: irself: Stood Out*: | | - 2017: 'The Emoji: Mel (voice): Movie*[29]: | | - - Year: Title: Role: Notes | +============+==================+==================+==================+ 1979: 'WKRP in: Security Officer: Episode: "Fish Cincinnati*: | Story" | - 1980: 'Lenny Clarke's: Various: Series regular Late: | Show*[30]: | | - 1985: 'A Steven Wright: irself: Stand-up Special*: | special; also : | writer | - 1987: 'Trying Times*: Dwight Harper: Episode: "Get a : | Job" | - 1991: 'Wicker Chairs: irself: HBO stand-up and Gravity*: | special;[31] : | also writer and : | producer | - 1992: 'Bob*: Noah the Cab: Episode: "Mad : Driver: Dog on 34th : | Street" | - 1993: 'Mad About You*: Warren Mermelman: 5 episodes | - 1993-1998: 'The Larry: irself: 3 episodes Sanders Show*: | | - 1995 1997: 'Dr. Katz: Steven (voice): 2 episodes Professional: | Therapist*: | | - 1997: 'Happily Ever: Bogeyman (voice): Episode: After: Fairy: | "Mother Goose" Tales for Every: | Child*: | | 'Almost Perfect*: Ray Whitestone: Episode: : | "Dating for : | Ratings" | - 1998: 'The Simpsons*: irself (voice): Episode: "The : | Last Temptation : | of Krust" | - 1998-1999: 'Hercules*: Bootes (voice): 2 episodes | - 1999: 'Becker*: Boyd Crossman: Episode: "Larry : | Spoke" | 'Space Ghost: irself: Episode: Coast to Coast*: | "Snatch" | - 2001: 'The Downer: Walter: Episode: Channel*: | "#1.2" | 'Codename: Kids: Disease Hotline: Pilot episode Next Door*: (voice): | - 2006: 'When the Leaves: irself: Comedy Central Blow Away*: | stand-up : | special; also : | writer and : | executive : | producer | - 2011: 'Aqua Teen: Danny (voice): Episode: "Allen Hunger Force*: | Part One" | - 2011-2015: 'Louie*: Comic Strip MC /: Actor: 2 : irself: episodes story : | by: "The Road: : | Part 2" : | producer: 8 : | episodes | - 2015: 'The Flaming: R.A.N.D.Y.: 2 episodes C*[32]: (voice): | - 2016: 'Horace and: Leon: Web series Pete*[33]: | | - - -- -- --- ------ Year Title Label Formats Notes 1985 'I Have a Pony' Warner Bros. Records LP/cassette CD (2005) CD/download (2009) 'Deluxe Anniversary Edition' CD reissued in 2009 with 'A Steven Wright Special' DVD[34] 2007 'I Still Have a Pony' Comedy Central Records CD/download Soundtrack of the 'When the Leaves Blow Away' special - -- -- --- ------ - -- --- --- Year Title Studio Formats 1985 'A Steven Wright Special' HBO/Warner Bros. Records Broadcast DVD (2009) 1990 'Wicker Chairs and Gravity' HBO Broadcast 2006 'When the Leaves Blow Away' Comedy Central/Image Entertainment Broadcast DVD (2007) streaming - -- --- --- - ---- - -- Year Title Label Notes 1992 'Reservoir Dogs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' MCA Records 6 tracks of DJ dialogue - ---- - -- - Wright Steven (May 16 2023). 'Harold: A Novel*. New York: Simon and Schuster. 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