Dean Edwards

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Dean Edwards
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Edwards in 2007
Born (1970-07-30) July 30, 1970 (age 55)
New York City, U.S.
Notable work Saturday Night Live
Donkey on Scared Shrekless
SpouseTracy Walters
Children3
Comedy career
Years active1990–present
Medium Stand-up, film, television
Genres Comedy, sketch comedy
Website deanedwards.net

Dean Edwards (born July 30, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and singer. [1] His work as a voice actor includes Scottie Pippen and Spike Lee in Celebrity Deathmatch , a robot in Robotomy and Donkey in Scared Shrekless after Eddie Murphy was unable to reprise the role (Edwards had impersonated Murphy on stage), along with a couple of other projects. He also appeared in Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special as Savion Glover and Don Cheadle, in Tony n' Tina's Wedding as Father Mark, and The Sopranos .

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Edwards has a YouTube channel, "deanedwardscomedy". He was also the host of the critically acclaimed TV show "Vidiots" on TVone.

Career

Dean Edwards developed a reputation for working clean[ clarification needed ] and taught classes in stand-up comedy technique. Edwards is also a voice artist, having done voice work for Celebrity Deathmatch and Robotomy . He also did voice work for the audiobook version of Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.

In the 2010 Halloween special Scared Shrekless , he provided the voice of Donkey after Eddie Murphy couldn’t return. Murphy returned to play Donkey in the 2010 Christmas special Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular . Edwards was hired as a staff writer for Daily Comedy, a website where professional and amateur stand-up comedians would post new jokes frequently. [2] Edwards has also appeared in commercials for Snickers and Ford.

Saturday Night Live

Edwards joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2001. He developed several impressions, including Michael Jackson, Wayne Brady, Chris Tucker, Don Cheadle, Colin Powell, Serena Williams, Nipsey Russell, Grace Jones, Randy Jackson, Redman, Denzel Washington and Billy Ocean. [3] Despite his penchant for impressions, Edwards didn't get much screen time in his brief tenure on the show. He left after the show's 28th season (2003), citing creative differences.

In Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special, he did his impressions of Savion Glover and Don Cheadle.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Marci X Audience Member
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Father Mark
2006 A New Wave Rupert
2007Universal RemoteSerious Black Man
Spider-Man 3 Newsstand Patron
2008 Goyband Ty
2010April's FoolsNow Later
2011SwapBartenderShort film
Thriller Night Donkey Voice; short film
2014 Top Five Himself
2020Write It BlackMorris "Punchline" Blackmon
2024Con JobTim

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Melrose Place Process ServerEpisode: "Sole Sister"
1998 Celebrity Deathmatch Scottie Pippen / Spike Lee Voice; 2 episodes
2001–2003 Saturday Night Live VariousMain cast; 40 episode
2003Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special Savion Glover / Don Cheadle TV special
2004 The Sopranos CharlesEpisode: "Where's Johnny?"
2005 Weekends at the D.L. SweetmouthEpisode: "1.24"
2006 Where My Dogs At? Various CelebritiesVoice; 8 episodes
2010 Scared Shrekless DonkeyVoice; TV special
Robotomy RobotVoice; episode: "Mean Green"
2014 Deadbeat Gucci ManEpisode: "The Knockoff"
2019–2020 Our Cartoon President Cory Booker / VariousVoice; 8 episodes
2021 Let's Be Real O. J. Simpson / Stephen A. Smith Voice; 3 episodes
2025 Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special HimselfTV special

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing Donkey [4]

As himself

Himself
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Heroes of Comedy: Women on TopHimself
2007Comedy ColosseumHimself - Host
P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of ComedyHimself - ComedianAlso writer
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Himself / Himself - Guest
2008Clean Mic: Laughing Until It HurtsHimself
The Movie Preview AwardsHimself - Presenter
Last Call with Carson Daly Himself
Comics Without BordersHimself
Comics Unleashed Himself - Comedian
2009Souled Out ComedyHimself
Black to the Future Himself
2020 Funny You Should Ask Himself - Panelist

References

  1. ↑ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 24–30". WTOP News. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ Daily Comedy Archived March 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ SNL Archives | Cast Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Dean Edwards (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information).
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