Dax Jordan
{{short description|American actor and standup comedian}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name = Dax Jordan
| image =
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Comedian Dax Jordan
| birth_name = Dax Jordan
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| medium = Stand-up, television, film
| years_active = 2001–present
| genre = Observational comedy, self-deprecation, political satire, wordplay
| subject =
| notable_works = Seattle International Comedy Competition
Untraceable
Freedom State
Skyn Deep
| website = {{URL|http://www.daxjordan.com/}}
}}
Dax Jordan is an American actor and standup comedian. He was born and lives in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Sandy, Oregon.
Standup comedy
Jordan has performed as a stand up comedian since 2005, appearing several times at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon.{{cite news|title=Local and national comics perform at 2011 Bridgetown Comedy Festival|author=Kristi Turnquist|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2015|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2011/04/local_and_national_comics_perf.html }} He placed third in the 2010 Seattle International Comedy Competition.{{cite news|title=Portland comic Auggie Smith takes Seattle competition — and San Francisco, too |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 29, 2010 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2013548920_comedy30.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218234152/http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2013548920_comedy30.html |archive-date=February 18, 2015 }}
Jordan was also the celebrity host for the awards ceremony of the first annual SymmyS Awards for outstanding palindrome achievement in 2013.{{cite news|newspaper= The Portland Mercury|author= Temple Lentz|title= Word Nerds! This One's for Us! Um, I Mean You!|url= http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/03/08/word-nerds-this-ones-for-us-um-i-mean-you | date= March 8, 2013 | access-date=February 18, 2015}} The judges for the event included Jordan's inspiration, "Weird Al" Yankovic as well as comedians Demetri Martin and Jackie Kashian, musician John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, and New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz.{{cite news|newspaper=Time|author= Katy Steinmetz |title= Madam, I'm Adam: Palindrome Masters Go Head to Head in Championship |url= https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/06/madam-im-adam-palindrome-masters-go-head-to-head-in-championship/ | date= March 6, 2013 | access-date=February 18, 2015}}{{cite news|newspaper= The New York Times|author= John Williams |title= A Magazine, a Plan, a Contest — Symmys! |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/a-magazine-a-plan-a-contest-symmys/ | date= March 8, 2013 | access-date=February 18, 2015}}
Acting
Jordan has appeared in several movies{{cite news|newspaper=Portland Tribune|title=Dax Jordan is 'Untraceable'|author=Marcus Hathcock|date= February 6, 2008|access-date= February 21, 2015|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=62823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221233251/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=62823|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2015}} including Untraceable,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/359015/Untraceable/cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307075208/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/359015/Untraceable/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-07|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title= Untraceable (2008)}} Freedom State, and Skyn Deep. He shot and directed the short film Who the F*ck is Chip Seinfeld?, which was later expanded into a feature mockumentary by the filmmaker Mike Newman.
References
External links
- {{official website|http://www.daxjordan.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|2219670}}
- [https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/DaxJordan Dax Jordan videos] at Rooftop Comedy.com
- [https://vimeo.com/3699187 2008 Bridgetown Comedy Festival highlights]
- The short film [https://comedianjakeiannarino.wordpress.com/chip-seinfeld/ Who the F*ck is Chip Seinfeld?]
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Category:Comedians from Oregon
Category:Comedians from Los Angeles
Category:American male comedians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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