# Dean Edwards > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dean_Edwards > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dean_Edwards.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Edwards > Source revision: 1339908446 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American comedian, actor and musician (born 1970) This article is about the stand-up comedian and actor. For other uses, see [Dean Edwards (disambiguation)](/source/Dean_Edwards_(disambiguation)). This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Dean Edwards" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Dean Edwards 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 Spouse Tracy Walters Children 3 Comedy career Years active 1990–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](/source/Scottie_Pippen) and [Spike Lee](/source/Spike_Lee) in *[Celebrity Deathmatch](/source/Celebrity_Deathmatch)*, a robot in *[Robotomy](/source/Robotomy)* and [Donkey](/source/Donkey_(Shrek)) in *[Scared Shrekless](/source/Scared_Shrekless)* after [Eddie Murphy](/source/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](/source/Savion_Glover) and [Don Cheadle](/source/Don_Cheadle), in *[Tony n' Tina's Wedding](/source/Tony_n'_Tina's_Wedding#Film_adaptation)* as Father Mark, and *[The Sopranos](/source/The_Sopranos)*. Edwards has a [YouTube](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] and taught classes in [stand-up](/source/Stand-up_comedy) [comedy technique](/source/Comedy_technique). Edwards is also a [voice artist](/source/Voice_acting), having done voice work for *[Celebrity Deathmatch](/source/Celebrity_Deathmatch)* and *[Robotomy](/source/Robotomy)*. He also did voice work for the [audiobook](/source/Audiobook) version of [Max Brooks](/source/Max_Brooks)' *[World War Z](/source/World_War_Z): An Oral History of the Zombie War*. In the 2010 Halloween special *[Scared Shrekless](/source/Scared_Shrekless)*, he provided the voice of [Donkey](/source/Donkey_(Shrek)) after [Eddie Murphy](/source/Eddie_Murphy) couldn’t return. Murphy returned to play Donkey in the 2010 Christmas special *[Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular](/source/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](/source/Snickers) and [Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company). ### *Saturday Night Live* Edwards joined the cast of *[Saturday Night Live](/source/Saturday_Night_Live)* in 2001. He developed several [impressions](/source/Impressionism), including [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson), [Wayne Brady](/source/Wayne_Brady), [Chris Tucker](/source/Chris_Tucker), [Don Cheadle](/source/Don_Cheadle), [Colin Powell](/source/Colin_Powell), [Serena Williams](/source/Serena_Williams), [Nipsey Russell](/source/Nipsey_Russell), [Grace Jones](/source/Grace_Jones), [Randy Jackson](/source/Randy_Jackson), [Redman](/source/Redman_(rapper)), [Denzel Washington](/source/Denzel_Washington) and [Billy Ocean](/source/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](/source/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_episodes_(seasons_16%E2%80%9330)#Season_28_(2002–03)) (2003), citing creative differences. In *Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special*, he did his impressions of [Savion Glover](/source/Savion_Glover) and [Don Cheadle](/source/Don_Cheadle). ## Filmography This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines. The reason given is: separate into film credits and TV credits. Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure. (October 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) ### Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Marci X Audience Member 2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Father Mark 2006 A New Wave Rupert 2007 Universal Remote Serious Black Man Spider-Man 3 Newsstand Patron 2008 Goyband Ty 2010 April's Fools Now Later 2011 Swap Bartender Short film Thriller Night Donkey Voice; short film 2014 Top Five Himself 2020 Write It Black Morris "Punchline" Blackmon 2024 Con Job Tim ### Television Year Title Role Notes 1996 Melrose Place Process Server Episode: "Sole Sister" 1998 Celebrity Deathmatch Scottie Pippen / Spike Lee Voice; 2 episodes 2001–2003 Saturday Night Live Various Main cast; 40 episode 2003 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special Savion Glover / Don Cheadle TV special 2004 The Sopranos Charles Episode: "Where's Johnny?" 2005 Weekends at the D.L. Sweetmouth Episode: "1.24" 2006 Where My Dogs At? Various Celebrities Voice; 8 episodes 2010 Scared Shrekless Donkey Voice; TV special Robotomy Robot Voice; episode: "Mean Green" 2014 Deadbeat Gucci Man Episode: "The Knockoff" 2019–2020 Our Cartoon President Cory Booker / Various Voice; 8 episodes 2021 Let's Be Real O. J. Simpson / Stephen A. Smith Voice; 3 episodes 2025 Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special Himself TV special ### Video games Year Title Role Notes 2023 DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing Donkey [4] ### As himself Himself Year Title Role Notes 2003 Heroes of Comedy: Women on Top Himself 2007 Comedy Colosseum Himself - Host P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy Himself - Comedian Also writer The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Himself / Himself - Guest 2008 Clean Mic: Laughing Until It Hurts Himself The Movie Preview Awards Himself - Presenter Last Call with Carson Daly Himself Comics Without Borders Himself Comics Unleashed Himself - Comedian 2009 Souled Out Comedy Himself Black to the Future Himself 2020 Funny You Should Ask Himself - Panelist ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 24–30"](https://wtop.com/music/2022/07/celebrity-birthdays-for-the-week-of-july-24-30/). *WTOP News*. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Daily Comedy](http://www.dailycomedy.com)[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140328044900/http://www.dailycomedy.com/) March 28, 2014, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [SNL Archives | Cast](http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=DeEd) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070310010951/http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=DeEd) March 10, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-btva_4-0)** ["Dean Edwards (visual voices guide)"](https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dean-Edwards/). *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). ## External links - [Official website](http://deanedwards.net/wp/) - [Dean Edwards](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249931/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International VIAF WorldCat National United States Artists MusicBrainz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dean Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Edwards) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Edwards?action=history)). 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