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David Wayne Spade is an American screenwriter, television actor, film actor, and voice actor. Born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, he is a citizen of the United States. He attended Arizona State University and speaks English. His political alignment is with the Republican Party.
Spade began his work period in 1987. Notable works include *Tommy Boy* and *The Emperor's New Groove*. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has one child.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World, A
- Almost Interesting Low Price CD
- Yoda Gets a Buddy
- Almost interesting
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Birmingham, Michigan, USA
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, comedian and television personality who first became famous in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 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 currently stars as Russell Dunbar on the CBS…
Known for
- Outcome — Buddy2026
- Busboys — Markie2026
- Outcome — Buddy Gomorrah2026
- David Spade: Dandelion — Self2025
- Downey Wrote That — Self2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Once Upon a Studio — Kuzco (voice) (archive sound)2023
- Snake Oil — Self - Host2023
- David Spade: Nothing Personal — Self2022
- Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — Self2022
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Israel
- Active from
- 1964
Discography
- My Fake Problems2014
Member of
- Saturday Night Live1990–1996
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,737
- Total plays
- 24,965
Tags
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Key facts
- Born
- David Wayne Spade , ( 1964-07-22 ) July 22, 1964 (age 61) , Birmingham, Michigan , U.S.
- Occupations
- Stand-up comedian actor podcaster
- Relatives
- Andy Spade (brother)
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film
- Genres
- Sketch comedy observational comedy insult comedy slapstick musical comedy sarcasm self-deprecation
- Website
- davidspade .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- stand-up comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Official website
- www.davidspade.com
- Image
- David Spade.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- David Spade
- date of birth
- 1964-07-22
- political alignment
- Republican Party (United States)
- different from
- David Slade
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 2817233
- birth name
- David Wayne Spade
- name in native language
- David Spade
- ethnic group
- Dutch Americans
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. His comedic style, in both his stand-up material and acting roles, relies heavily on sarcasm and self-deprecation. For his roles on television, Spade has received nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
After several years as a stand-up comedian, Spade rose to prominence as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1996. He played Dennis Finch in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He later acted in the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2004–2005) and the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement (2007–2013). He hosted the Comedy Central late-night talk show Lights Out with David Spade (2019–2020).
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