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Steve Oedekerk
Writer 64 years old

Steve Oedekerk

Los Angeles, California, USA

Steve Oedekerk is an American comedian, director, editor, producer, screenwriter and actor. Oedekerk is best known for his collaborations with actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac (particularly the Ace Ventura franchise), his series of "Thumbmation" shorts and his film... Read full bio →

Filmography

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12 titles
Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens

Jon Favreau 2011 1h 59m 5.9

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist.

Evan Almighty

Evan Almighty

Tom Shadyac 2007 1h 36m 5.6

God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Barnyard

Barnyard

Steve Oedekerk 2006 1h 30m 5.3

When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis (James), a carefree cow.

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

Tom Shadyac 2003 1h 41m 7.1

A guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world.

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Steve Oedekerk 2002 1h 21m 5.4

A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

John A. Davis 2001 1h 23m 5.0

Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him to lead all the children of the world to rescue their parents.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Peter Segal 2000 1h 47m 5.0

The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty.

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

Tom Shadyac 1998 1h 55m 6.7

Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humour is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career.

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose

Steve Oedekerk 1997 1h 37m 6.6

Nick Beam, an advertising executive who thinks his life is going very well -- until he returns home from work and discovers that his wife (Preston) is apparently having an affair with his boss. On the edge of a nervous breakdown, Nick drives around the city until small-time carjacker T-Paul jumps into his truck and attempts to rob him.

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

Tom Shadyac 1996 1h 35m 5.2

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Steve Oedekerk 1995 1h 30m 6.6

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

High Strung

High Strung

Roger Nygard 1991 1h 34m

Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins another day of complaining to himself.

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