There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Steven Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, witty, deeply philosophical and sometimes confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liners with overly-contrived situations. 2) Steven Wright is an Jamaican reggae artist.