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Jan 15, 2015 · This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In a hilarious talk capping off a day of new ideas at TEDxNewYork, professional funny person Will...
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Will Stephen (born August 1989) has been a writer on Saturday Night Live since 2015. At Yale he joined the improv group Just Add Water, performing alongside actors like Allison Williams, who remains a close friend.
With dreams to stay in comedy, Stephen moved to New York after college and took classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade while working a day job as an assistant to a theater professor.
In 2015, he and fellow UCB performers Fran Gillespie and Sudi Green got picked up, and hired to write on SNL. While Gillespie and Green left the show in 2021, after six years, Stephen remains a writer there, and over the years, has wrote sketches such as "Drake's Beef" from the May 14, 2016 episode, as well as the "Come Back, Barack" sketch from the November 18, 2017 episode.
Stephen was named a writing supervisor on February 4, 2023.
•2015-present: Writer
•2023-present: Writing Supervisor (took over: February 4, 2023)
Will Stephen is a writer and actor who has worked on Saturday Night Live, Ocean's Eight, and The Incredible Jessica James. He has won a Primetime Emmy and received 13 other awards and nominations.
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Sep 7, 2018 · Will Stephen is a writer for Saturday Night Live who brings his passion for rap and politics to the show. Learn how he got his start, what he thinks of Trump jokes and who he admires in the comedy world.
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Feb 2, 2024 · on set, here are some fun facts to get to know Alexander: The Making of a God 's Will Stevens. Stevens joins the cast of Netflix's Alexander the Great docuseries, playing Hephaestion in the show's dramatic reenactments of key moments from the Macedonian king's life.
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Will Stephen is known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Ocean's Eight (2018) and The Incredible Jessica James (2017).
Jun 21, 2021 · Shouts & Murmurs by Will Stephen: Your world is melting, its people are more divided than ever. But can it be correct that the most powerful Thought Leader in your most powerful nation is a...
