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Steven Wright

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Wright is the 32nd most popular comedian (up from 82nd in 2019), the 3,740th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,875th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Comedian.

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Steven Wright ranks 32 out of 98. Before him are Larry David, Bob Saget, John Ritter, Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Kaufman, and Melissa McCarthy. After him are Mary Tyler Moore, Zach Galifianakis, Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, Ken Shimura, and Lenny Bruce.

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Among people born in 1955, Steven Wright ranks 149. Before him are Jean-Hugues Anglade, David Axelrod, Daniel Bertoni, Kim Hae-sook, James Gosling, and Zbigniew Preisner. After him are Mísia, Akira Nishino, Mayumi Tanaka, Eric Schmidt, Tūheitia Paki, and Steve Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 3,740 out of 20,380. Before him are Stuart Roosa (1933), Josh Holloway (1969), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Alice B. Toklas (1877), and Curtis Mayfield (1942). After him are Scatman Crothers (1910), Wesley Clark (1944), Zac Efron (1987), J. J. Abrams (1966), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), and Tyne Daly (1946).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 29. Before him are Larry David (1947), Bob Saget (1956), John Ritter (1948), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Andy Kaufman (1949), and Melissa McCarthy (1970). After him are Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Jackie Gleason (1916), Lenny Bruce (1925), Bernie Mac (1957), and Tim Meadows (1961).

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