Actor-Musician-Comedian Stephen (Comedian death) Lynch

January 18, 2008 on 5:33 pm | In Irish Comedians |
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Comedian Stephen Lynch is an American musician turned comedian for his raunchy and clever comic lyrics. Stephen Lynch is also more of an actor than a comedian. He graduated in 1993 at the Western Michigan University with a B.A. in Drama and is a Tony Award nominated actor. Famous comedian?

Comedian Stephen Lynch considers himself as a musician first and a comedian only second. His childhood inspirations are songwriters/singers Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. However when he saw the ‘mochumentary’ This is Spinal Tap, it became a great inspiration for him in leading his musician career-path with a little bit of humor. Still, when he moved to New York in 1996 his intention was to become an actor. Where again did the comic came in? - When his friend from the West Bank Cafe suggested that he play some of the comic songs he had written giving him the start of his success in comedy clubs and other hang-out venues (including Catch a Rising Star and Caroline’s) while becoming a regular on radio-shows like Opie and Anthony.

Comedian Stephen Lynch said that he also had a “totally mindless work” in copy shops and banks of New York.

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Finally Stephen Lynch decided to quit these temporary jobs for a more serious turn - getting a national exposure as a comedian in Comedy Central Presents in 2000 and signing with the famed William Morris Agency in 2001. And although he said he hated the comedy-club-crowd, comedian Stephen Lynch didn’t stop finding his comedy-crowd touring colleges, universities, and nightclubs around the country. By then he also satisfied his love-of-the-stage by doing summer stock back in Michigan.

He was juggling his music and comedy career and he was good at it. Musician-Comedian Stephen Lynch has become famous, and he had an edge among other comedians as he had the music genre audience as well - House of Blues, The Town Hall and

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the Kennedy Center, also short-films The Love Seat and the Confetti Brothers, and then appearances on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, The World Comedy Tour, the World Stands-Up, Last Call With Carson Daly, and the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, then a long-running success tour with Mitch Hedberg’s last show.

He has one original Broadway cast-album The Wedding Singer (based on the movie) released in June 6, 2006 earning him role-performance nominations for Drama League, Drama Desk, and the coveted Tony Awards, and he has produced 7 other albums namely Live at XM Studios, The Craig Machine, Live at the El Rey, Superhero, A Little Bit Special, his original demo-tape Half A Man, and compilation album Cleanest Hits. Comedian Stephen Lynch is also voted by an Atlanta columnist as one of America’s sexiest men.

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