- Born
- Birth nameStephen Andrew Lynch
- Nicknames
- Lynchie
- Steve-O
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Stephen Lynch was born on July 28, 1971 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Ten (2007), The Survivalist (1987) and Pillowfighter (2002). He has been married to Erin Dwight since September 6, 2003.
- SpouseErin Dwight(September 6, 2003 - present)
- In the summer of 2004, he went on a tour co-headlining with Mitch Hedberg. The tour was such a success that they added an extra leg and ran into 2005. This was the last tour of Hedberg's before his death.
- Cites the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) as his inspiration to become a professional singing/songwriting comedian
- Grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, with a younger brother, Drew, and attended Western Michigan University. His parents are a former priest and a former nun. Both became teachers. His father is a singer and stage actor as well. Lynch's earliest work in the theater was performing with his father in local community theater productions in Saginaw as a child. The first live musical he got to see was "Man of La Mancha", a community theater production in which his father played the role of the padre.
- Makes a point of ending all playbill bios and all liner notes on his albums with, immediately following a loving remark to his wife: "I love you all. Except Heilman." This is in reference to Jeff Heilman, a close friend of his from his university days and his former songwriting partner.
- Met best friend and fellow musician/actor/comedian Mark Teich when they both attended the theater program at Western Michigan University
- "Lullaby" was the first song I wrote where I felt like, "Wow, I nailed it!" I don't want to say that people can relate to it--actually, you kind of hope that nobody can relate to it. But it seemed to me that the style had become subtler. And I saw how to set a course at the beginning, turn 90 degrees, and then once you think you know what's going on, turn it around again. That's pretty much how I've worked ever since then.
- [on his tradition of bouncing the original ideas for his songs off his wife, Erin] I'll say something, like an idea for a song or whatever, and if she laughs then I'll start writing it, and if she doesn't, I don't even bother. Luckily, she has a good sense of humor.
- I've always admired people who can tell a story with a simple song. You don't need much more than a guitar or a piano and a voice. That's what I've responded to, even when I was a kid. Even now, I like to think that both Joni [Joni Mitchell] and I are expressing some sort of truth -- hers might be just a little deeper, that's all.
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