A good current example is the character April Ludgate from the TV show Parks and Recreation played by Aubrey Plaza.
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It features deadpan commentary from actor/director Sam Neill and director and film archivist John O'Shea, as well as critical praise from international industry notables including film historian Leonard Maltin, and Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films.
Following Italian for Beginners, Scherfig made the deadpan comedy Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, released in 2002..
Loriot gave some deadpan comments on a filmed Building implosion, he mentioned the "shy rodent" to be at lunch in its natural habitat (before the explosion).
Rob Lowe occasionally appeared between commercial breaks to tell a joke with a deadpan expression.