Dean Edwards

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

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.

Dean Edwards
Edwards in 2007
Born	(1970-07-30) July 30, 1970 (age 54) New York City, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, film, television
Years active	1990–present
Genres	Comedy, sketch comedy
Spouse	Tracy Walters
Children	3
Notable works and roles	Saturday Night Live Donkey on Scared Shrekless
Website	deanedwards.net

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

Career

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; as Donkey, Edwards impersonated Murphy's vocal characterisation. Soon, Edwards got replaced himself when Eddie 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

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
2020	Write It Black	Morris 'Punchline' Blackmon

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	Made for television Voice only Replacing Eddie Murphy
2011	Thriller Night	Donkey	Short film 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
2020	Funny You Should Ask	Himself - Panelist