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David Spade

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David Spade
David Spade.jpg
Spade in 2008
Born David Wayne Spade
July 22, 1964 (age 50)
Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation Actor, comedian, television presenter
Years active 1987–present
Children Harper (born 2008)
Website
DavidSpade.com
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, for co-starring in the 1995 comedy Tommy Boy, and from 1997 until 2003 when he starred as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!. He also starred as C. J. Barnes, along with Katey Sagal, James Garner, and Kaley Cuoco on 8 Simple Rules.
He starred as Russell Dunbar on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement. He also is working with TBS on an animated series based on his film, Joe Dirt.[1]

Early life, high school and college

Spade was born in Birmingham, Michigan, and is the son of Judith J. (née Meek), a writer and magazine editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales representative.[2][3][4] His brothers are Bryan and Andy Spade;[5] Andy Spade is the husband of designer Kate Spade.
Spade and his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, when he was four years old.[6] Spade attended Saguaro High School and later Scottsdale Community College, before transferring to Arizona State University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in business in 1986.[7][8] He also was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[9] Spade performed standup at the university's long-running sketch comedy show, Farce Side Comedy Hour, on numerous occasions. In the mid-80s he also did "stand up" in the Monday night comedy show at Greasy Tony's Pizza in Tempe, Arizona.

Career

With the help of friend and fellow comedian, Dennis Miller, he joined Saturday Night Live in 1990 as a regular cast member and writer. While there, his well-known sarcasm became popular, and his smart aleck characters in a number of sketches were hits. Some of them include: a flight attendant who bids a perceived-as-unpleasant "Buh-Bye" to each passenger upon disembarking; a receptionist for Dick Clark who, as a matter of policy, asks people indiscriminately "And you are?"; and the sarcastic "Hollywood Minute" reporter who communicates with celebrities by means of one-liners. Other characters include Christy Henderson from the Gap Girls, and Karl from the Karl's Video sketches. He also has done impressions of famous celebrities, such as Brad Pitt and Michael J. Fox. According to interviews with Spade, most of the material that he wrote early in his time at SNL was given to Dana Carvey to perform on the show. Due to his relatively low work rate, he was in danger of being fired as a performer, until the Hollywood Minute segment secured his position.
Though most of the cast left in 1995, Spade stayed the following year to help in the transition with the new cast. He then quit in 1996 citing "burnout" as the reason. Said Spade, "When I leave, it will be to ease the pressure, not to be a movie star. You can't stay there forever – it kills you inside. It ages you in dog years. It's a tough place." He returned to host an episode in 1998 and another in 2005. He recently also voiced a chihuahua in an animated short, written by Fred Wolf, in 2010.
Spade's attempt at a film career met with success. He worked with fellow Saturday Night Live cast member and friend, Chris Farley, in the films Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. The two were planning a third film together when Farley died of a drug overdose at the age of 33. He then proceeded to act in films where he was the central character, such as Joe Dirt and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, but they were not as well received. They were both written by Spade with Fred Wolf.
Although he received several offers to star in his own TV shows, he turned them down and joined the ensemble cast of Steven Levitan's office sitcom Just Shoot Me!, opposite Laura San Giacomo and George Segal, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. He played a sarcastic receptionist, Dennis Finch, which earned him an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe nominations.
Spade hosted both the Teen Choice Awards and SpikeTV's Video Game Awards in 2003. He voiced characters on several episodes of Beavis and Butt-head, and produced his own TV series Sammy in 2000. From 2002 to 2006 Spade regularly appeared in commercials for Capital One (with Nate Torrence) where he played the employee of a fictional rival company whose policy toward honoring credit card rewards (and just about everything else) is "always no." In 2004, he joined the cast of 8 Simple Rules, following the death of the sitcom's star, John Ritter.
On September 5, 2003, Spade received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is located at 7018 Hollywood Blvd. He was the host of the Comedy Central show, The Showbiz Show with David Spade, which began in September 2005. On the show Spade made fun of Hollywood and celebrities in a manner similar to his old "Hollywood Minute" segment on SNL. The Showbiz Show with David Spade was canceled in October 2007 after three seasons.[10]
Along with actors Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman, Spade is one of the voice talents for The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, the sixth installment of the platform game series Spyro the Dragon. He provides the voice for Spyro's dragonfly companion, Sparx.[11]
He also starred as Russell Dunbar in the CBS comedy, Rules of Engagement.

Personal life

Spade has one daughter named Harper with Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace. Spade confirmed his paternity on September 3, 2008.[12]
Spade is very sensitive to light. The combination of bright lights on-set and working under sunlight while filming Black Sheep caused permanent damage to his eyes. Spade says of his condition: "I have to wear a hat even indoors and flashes in particular freak me out. I even have to make them turn down the lights in the make-up trailers. I've become such a pain in the butt with this light-sensitive thing, it's a wonder they don't just shoot me!"[13]
In December 2005, Spade donated $100,000 to the police department in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a program designed to provide patrol officers with rifles.[14] Spade's contribution will buy 50 AR-15 semi-automatic rifles for Phoenix police officers.[15]
On May 20, 2013, he donated $200,000 for the Oklahoma tornado relief program.[16]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Kyle
1992 Light Sleeper Theological Cokehead
1993 Coneheads Eli Turnbull
1994 Reality Bites The "Wienerschnitzel" Manager
1994 PCU Rand McPherson
1995 Tommy Boy Richard Hayden MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
1996 Black Sheep Steven "Steve" Dodds
1996 A Very Brady Sequel Sergio
1996 Beavis and Butt-head Do America uncredited voice role
1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Ernest "Ernie" Lipscomb
1998 Senseless Scott Thorpe
1998 The Rugrats Movie Ranger Frank "Franklin" voice role
1998 Jerome Executive Producer
1999 Lost & Found Dylan Ramsey writer
2000 Loser The Video Store Clerk
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Emperor Kuzco / Llama Kuzco voice role
Nominated - Kid's Choice Award
2001 Joe Dirt Joseph "Joe" Dirt writer
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Dickie Roberts writer
2005 Racing Stripes Scuzz voice role
2005 Lil' Pimp Principal Nixon voice role
Direct-to-video
2005 Kronk's New Groove Emperor Kuzco voice role
Direct-to-video
2006 Grandma's Boy Shilo
2006 The Benchwarmers Richie Goodman Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Best Choice Chemistry
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Transvestite Groupie
2010 Grown Ups Marcus Higgins
2011 Jack & Jill Monica Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
2012 Hotel Transylvania Griffin the Invisible Man voice role
2013 Grown Ups 2 Marcus Higgins
2015 Space Breakout Xanor voice role
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2
Filming, voice role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Facts of Life Scott Season 9, Episode 22: "Big Apple Blues"
1989 Baywatch B. J. Season 1, Episode 3: "Second Wave"
1990 ALF Larry Slotkin Season 4, Episode 14: "Make 'em Laugh"
1990 Monsters Teddy Season 3, Episode 7: "Small Blessings"
1990 Born to Be Mild Stage Assistant uncredited; cameo
1990–1996 Saturday Night Live Various writer and cast member from 1990–1996
Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program (1990-1993)
Hosted episodes in 1998 and 2005.
1992 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Season 1, Episode 2: "The Promise"
1994 Beavis and Butt-Head Mr. Manners
Mr. Candy
Ticket Attendant
voice role; uncredited; cast member from 1994–1997
1997–2003 Just Shoot Me! Dennis Finch Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Nominated - TV Land Award for Co-Worker You're Least Likely to Invite Out for Happy Hour
Nominated - American Comedy Award
1998 David Spade: Take the Hit Himself Stand up comedy special
2000 Sammy Sammy Blake
James Blake
voice role; canceled after 2 episodes
2002 Greg The Bunny Himself cameo
2003 2003 Spike Video Game Awards Host TV special
2004 Father of the Pride Tommy the Coyote voice role
2003–2005 8 Simple Rules C. J. Barnes main cast member from 2003–2005
2005–2007 The Showbiz Show with David Spade Himself  
2007–2013 Rules of Engagement Russell Dunbar main cast; nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy
2011 Entourage Himself Season 8 Episode 6 "The Big Bang"
2012 Hot in Cleveland Christopher Episode 3.24: "Blow Outs"
2014 The Spoils of Babylon Talc Munson Episode 4: "The Foundling"
2014 David Spade: My Fake Problems Himself Stand up comedy special

Music videos

Year Title Performer Notes
1993 "Buddy" Adam Sandler

Video games

Year Title Character Notes
2000 The Emperor's New Groove (video game) Kuzco/Kuzco llama
2006 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Sparx

References

External links

Preceded by
First host
Teen Choice Awards host
2003
Succeeded by
Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton
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