11 Facts About Steve Oedekerk

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Steven Brent Oedekerk was born on November 27,1961 and is an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, editor, producer, and screenwriter.

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Steve Oedekerk attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California and Golden West College in Huntington Beach.

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Steve Oedekerk is of Dutch Frisian, Irish, Hungarian and Italian descent.

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Steve Oedekerk's paternal grandfather was an Afrikaner born in South Africa to Dutch parents.

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Steve Oedekerk contributed his writing talents to FOX during the late 1980s and through the early 1990s.

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Shortly afterward, Steve Oedekerk again worked alongside Carrey as the project consultant for Tom Shadyac's first film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

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Steve Oedekerk soon wrote, directed and had a cameo appearance in Nothing to Lose, starring Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence.

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In 2007, Steve Oedekerk produced the screenplay and story for the Bruce Almighty sequel, Evan Almighty; again, Shadyac directed both films.

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In February 2009, Universal Pictures announced that Steve Oedekerk would be penning a film adaptation of the Stretch Armstrong superhero doll.

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Steve Oedekerk is executive producer of the computer animated series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius on Nickelodeon.

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Steve Oedekerk gained popularity with his series of "Thumbmation" shorts: Thumb Wars, Bat Thumb, The Godthumb, Frankenthumb, The Blair Thumb and Thumbtanic.