Dean Edwards

This article is about the stand-up comedian and actor. For other uses, see Dean Edwards (disambiguation)

Dean Edwards
Edwards in 2007
Born	July 30, 1970 (1970-07-30) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Medium	Film, television, stand-up
Nationality	American
Genres	Comedy
Spouse	Tracy Walters (January 2004-?; 1 child)
Website	http://www.deanedwards.net/

Dean Edwards (born July 30, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, voice artist, comedian, and musician whose trademark is a voice similar to Eddie Murphy.

Edwards' 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 refused to reprise his role (which Edwards is also known for, and impersonated Murphy while providing the voice of Donkey). He also appeared in Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special as Savion Glover and Don Cheadle, Tony N' Tina's Wedding as Father Mark, and The Sopranos.

On YouTube, Edwards currently has his own channel known as "deanedwardscomedy".

Career

Stand-up comedy

Edwards developed a reputation for working clean and taught classes in stand-up comedy technique.

Voiceover work

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 did the voice of Donkey after Eddie Murphy declined; as Donkey, Edwards had the ability to impersonate Murphy. Soon, Edwards got replaced himself when Eddie Murphy returned to play Donkey in the 2010 Christmas special Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular.

Writing career

Edwards was hired as a staff writer for Daily Comedy, a website where professional and amateur stand-up comedians post new jokes frequently.

Commercials

Edwards 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 (Edwards' first impression; coincidentally, also an impression done by Jay Pharoah on his first SNL episode on September 25, 2010), Don Cheadle, Colin Powell, Serena Williams, Nipsey Russell, Grace Jones, Randy Jackson, Redman, Denzel Washington, and Billy Ocean. 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, citing creative differences.

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

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special	Savion Glover / Don Cheadle
2003	Marci X	Audience Member
2004	Tony N' Tina's Wedding	Father Mark
2006	A New Wave	Rupert
2007	Universal Remote	Serious Black Man
2007	Spider-Man 3	Newsstand Patron	Cameo
2008	Goyband	Ty
2010	April's Fools	Now Later

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Melrose Place	Process Server
1998	Celebrity Deathmatch	Scottie Pippen / Spike Lee	Voice only
2001–2003	Saturday Night Live	Various
2004	The Sopranos	Charles
2005	Weekends at the DL	Sweetmouth
2006	Where My Dogs At?	Various Celebrities
2010	Robotomy	Robot	Voice only
2010	Scared Shrekless	Donkey	TV special Voice only Replacing Eddie Murphy

As himself

Himself
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Heroes of Comedy: Women on Top	Himself
2007	Comedy Colosseum	Himself - Host
2007	P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy	Himself - Comedian	Also writer
2007	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Himself / Himself - Guest
2008	Clean Mic: Laughing Until It Hurts	Himself
2008	The Movie Preview Awards	Himself - Presenter
2008	Last Call with Carson Daly	Himself
2008	Comics Without Borders	Himself
2008	Comics Unleashed	Himself - Comedian
2009	Souled Out Comedy	Himself
2009	Black to the Future	Himself

External links

• Official website
• Dean Edwards at the Internet Movie Database
• Dailycomedy.com