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Steven Wright

American comedian

PersonAge 70humanQ1969967

Also known as Steven Alexander Wright

Born: December 6, 1955
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Birthplace: Cambridge
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: comedian
, screenwriter
, writer
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Education: Emerson College
, Middlesex Community College
, Burlington High School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Steven Alexander Wright 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.

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OOne Soldier1999 · 1999 film by Steven Wright

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Given name: Steven
Website: stevenwright.com language: English
Awards: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(March 29, 1989) for work: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings · statement is subject of: 61st Academy Awards · together with: Dean Parisot
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Nominations: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(February 15, 1989) for work: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings · statement is subject of: 61st Academy Awards
Family name: Wright
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Social media followers: 54,815(February 12, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 245486402
54,699(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 245486402
56,385(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 245486402
59,626(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 245486402
Birth name: Steven Alexander Wright

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