Steven Wright

Acting

Steven Wright

Born 1955-12-06 · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Reservoir Dogs poster
8.1

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

Reservoir Dogs

1992

Natural Born Killers poster
7.1

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Natural Born Killers

1994

The Emoji Movie poster
5.4

Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

The Emoji Movie

2017

Coffee and Cigarettes poster
6.9

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

Son of the Mask poster
4.2

Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

Son of the Mask

2005

Babe: Pig in the City poster
5.7

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Half Baked poster
6.3

Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.

Half Baked

1998

Mixed Nuts poster
5.4

The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

Mixed Nuts

1994

The Swan Princess poster
6.6

The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.

The Swan Princess

1994

Desperately Seeking Susan poster
6.1

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

Speechless poster
6.0

In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.

Speechless

1994

So I Married an Axe Murderer poster
6.1

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993

Loser poster
5.4

On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.

Loser

2000

The Aristocrats poster
5.9

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

The Aristocrats

2005

Canadian Bacon poster
5.7

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.

Canadian Bacon

1995

The Muse poster
5.2

With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.

The Muse

1999

Reservoir Dogs Revisited poster
7.8

Filmmakers, actors, critics, and pop culture pundits pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 classic.

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

2005

Call Me Lucky poster
7.0

An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.

Call Me Lucky

2015

Stars & Bars poster
4.4

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

Stars & Bars

1988

Men Of Respect poster
4.8

In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes consequences that are also predicted by the seer.

Men Of Respect

1990

No artwork available
6.5

Several celebrity comedians take on sadness in the fourth laugh for charity.

Comic Relief '90

1990

1999 poster
3.9

On New Year's Eve 1999, as a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their identities, relationships, and self-doubts before the millennium turns.

1999

1997

For Better or Worse poster
4.7

A comic love triangle wherein a loser falls in love with his recently-married brother's wife.

For Better or Worse

1995

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings poster
6.7

Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988

Behind the camera

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings poster
6.7

Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright poster
5.3

Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's documentary "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh & Jim Broadbent's satirical mockumentary "A Sense of History" (1992).

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

1993

Coffee and Cigarettes poster
6.9

In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.

Coffee and Cigarettes

1987

A Steven Wright Special poster
7.1

Steven Wright, the Confucius of Comedy, recorded his first album, I Have A Pony, in 1985. That Grammy - nominated album, along with an HBO special the following year, established Wright as one of the most inventive, peculiar and admired comedians of our era. Surreal and cerebral, his languid voice and deadpan delivery of ironic, witty and sometimes even deeply philosophical one-liners made him a unique and unforgettable performer.

A Steven Wright Special

1985

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity poster
NR

A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity

1990

One Soldier poster
5.9

The story of a confused soldier who narrates throughout the movie his bizarre thoughts about the army and war in general.

One Soldier

1999

One Soldier poster
5.9

The story of a confused soldier who narrates throughout the movie his bizarre thoughts about the army and war in general.

One Soldier

1999

Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away poster
6.5

Dry, wry and hilariously deadpan, Steven Wright unleashes a torrent of ironic and hysterical thought-provoking one-liners in the quirky stand-up style that has become his trademark. From Toronto's historic Elgin Theater, this Oscar-winning comedian keeps an adoring audience in stitches with random observations on everything from baby monitors as a form of wiretapping to his addiction to placebos.

Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away

2006