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This is a list of notable deadpan comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire. Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, or ...
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.
Actor and comedian Bill Murray is known for his deadpan delivery. [12] Many popular American sitcoms use deadpan expressions to deliver dry humour, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, and My Name Is Earl.
Mitchell Lee Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005) [2] was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. [3] His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes [4] mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs.
With the same uncomfortably dry sense of humor she exhibited in her debut feature “El Planeta” — where she and her real mother played a financially strapped mother-daughter duo — Ulman ...
He started his comedy career in Canberra [2] before moving to Melbourne in 2010. [3] Connell's style of stand up comedy has been described as "effortless" [4] and "laconic". [5] Reviewers have described him having an "easy charm" [6] and having "mastered the art of dry observational humour." [7]
His quirky personality and dry sense of humor were part of a package that contained a deep and brilliant mind, and a heart as open and vast as the Oklahoma vistas where he grew up.
British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life. Common themes include sarcasm , tongue-in-cheek , banter , insults , self-deprecation , taboo subjects, puns , innuendo , wit , and the British class system . [ 1 ]