STEVEN ALAN GREEN
Award winning filmmaker, Hollywood writer, stand-up comedian, story-teller, actor and founder of The Laughter Foundation.
(Oh…and Uber Driver)
You want to know the number one reason I love doing standup comedy? I like making people happy. Because life has forced me to do the research. Research on how to stop your heart from breaking by laughing. Whatever this world continues to afford me, I will always know I accomplished this. I have devoted most of my life to that one pursuit. To make other people happy for just a short time and perhaps the takeaway they get is that it's actually possible to be victorious over sadness. That sadness is not the end. It's merely a bridge to the other side of darkness.
Steven Alan Green 1/17/24
bio
Multi-award winning comedian and filmmaker Steven Alan Green is part of the original Comedy Store stable of comedians and writers. New York born and Hollywood raised, Steven has written jokes for Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Roseanne Barr and Jimmy Walker. His trademark “farewell performances only” stand-up act garnered him great attention on the London comedy scene throughout the Nineties. His varied and versatile voice-over and on-camera commercial and film work in the UK includes repping such international media companies as Warner Bros., Comedy Central UK, and the BBC itself as a sidekick on Radio Scotland, which led to Steven hosting South Park Weekend for Comedy Central UK (then known as The Paramount Comedy Channel).
In 2000 Steven created and produced the first of 3 “High On Laughter” comedy galas which included guest star George Wendt, benefitting a drug and alcohol charity launched by Princess Diana. The 3rd and last one took place at The London Palladium, featuring the best of American and British stand-up comedy (Including Zach Galifianakis, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Jim Gaffigan) and honoring comedy icon Jerry Lewis. High On Laughter III was broadcast on Bravo UK. The unexpected international news making events of that evening led to his much lauded one-man show “I Eat People Like YOU for Breakfast!” followed by interest from Hollywood to develop his life-story into a movie. Steven has appeared on Conan as an actor and hosted South Park Weekend on Paramount Comedy Channel in England. Steven Alan Green was the voice of American television on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK, promoting Everybody Loves Raymond, South Park, and Trailer Park Boys.
In 2007 Steven wrote and directed the multi-award winning short “Little Things”, which he’s currently developing for a feature film. In 2009, Steven founded The Laughter Foundation, a 501 non-profit to help comedians with financial grants and offer therapy as an alternative to comedian suicide.
Here’s my stand-up and acting from England. London Palladium performance included. Enjoy!
>Scroll down page to see more recent comedy set.
Commercial I did recently for Fox Sports. I’m the guy with the beard @ 10 seconds asking if baseball is like cricket. I appear again later in video with the dart player. Enjoy!
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Upcoming comedy gigs
Steven jokingly refers to himself as a “comedy legend”, not because of his talent or accomplishments. He is using the term satirically in reference to his collective exploits on the international comedy scene, many of them rooted in folly and self-mockery.
Lakers owner Johnny Buss has recently come on board to try and help us help comedians and build The Comedy Museum. Disclosure: Just 3 meetings so far and we’re taking things a step at a time. After all, he’s got a new comedy club to run!
By the way, I told Johnny, “Don’t trade LeBron for Carrot Top! (he laughed)
“The consummate American entertainer!” - Davey from The List, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Photo by the great Troy Conrad’s “Hallway Series”, The Comedy Store.
High On Laughter III was produced and broadcast from The London Palladium. Featuring 15 British and American comedians, including Zach Galifiniakis, Jim Gaffigan, and Emo Philips, and benefiting Turning Point Scotland. More info
“Steven Alan Green brought down the house and was simply AMAZING!” – Peter Baird, executive producer East Bay Stand Down: The Benefit for Homeless Vets, Sept. 2014
“Steven Alan Green possesses the kind of writing that reminds you of when better writers were in the fore. He has a twist to the twist of phrase, that is his own. I am a big fan of his words.” -- Rick Overton, comedian & actor, HBO and Soderbergh’s, “The Informant”, and regular on Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here.
Read greatly written preview of The Rising Fool by Burt Kearns!
STEVEN’S SHOWBIZ CAREER IN BULLET POINTS:
Former child actor, born in Long Island, raised in Beverly Hills & Phoenix.
Stand-up comedian with a legendary act where every show was his last. SEE A RECENT STAND-UP PERFORMANCE
Joke writer for Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Jimmy JJ Walker, & Roseanne.
A product of The Comedy Store (Hollywood), Steven hit his stride in London, England in the 90's British Comedy Boom, where he headlined major comedy clubs, did 4 one-man shows at The Edinburgh Fringe, and hosted (in character) Comedy Central UK's South Park Weekend.
Steven created and produced an international comedy charity television show, which featured several American comedy acts, plus a one Jerry Lewis.
Steven’s one-man show “I Eat People Like YOU for Breakfast!” became the talk of the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival which led to collaboration with an Oscar winning producer, with a view to develop the story into a feature film.
Steven has performed well over 5,000 farewell performances, starting at The Comedy Store, then spreading across Canada, the US and the UK and Europe. Every show his last. His farewell performance act came out of his frustrations with the business and his insight into being addicted to comedy.
Steven is a very busy writer for working and developing stand-ups. A busy screenwriter and active stand-up, Steven also teaches writing and stand-up online.
Steven appeared on Conan in 2014 playing “Joey Clams” the hotshot salesman fencing with Conan.
Steven played the title role of Archie Black: The world’s Worst in Dave Sirus’s mockumentary about the comedy business.
Steven has done a lot of voice overs for prestigious corporate entities such as British Airways, Comedy Central UK, Gallo Wine, Garmin Navigation, State Farm, Warner Brothers, and the BBC.
Steven founded Pandelic Films, Ltd. and Inc. in 2007. A London based independent film development company focused on British style and quality films for the American market.
Steven’s short film “Little Things” won “Best Dark Comedy Short” 4 times at international film festivals.
Steven is currently developing a film based on “Little Things” called “Dark Corners”.
Steven Alan Green’s name up on the legendary Comedy Store wall.
“He exists on the very edge of “unlikable showbiz American”, like a cross between Danny De Vito and Sgt. Bilko, which makes him all the more entertaining to watch!” - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“SAG is a maven of comedy. He makes stream of consciousness look easy. He makes belligerence fun. He makes taking comedy seriously lighthearted. He makes me laugh.” -- Beth Lapides; creator and producer of Uncabaret (and Sex Goddess, IMHO)
Steven is currently writing a handbook on how to do standup comedy. Projected publishing date is October.
This site dedicated to my late mother, the great and inspirational Gloria Green! Who was this amazing woman and I’ll definitely write about her one day . Miss you, Mother….
