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Also known as David Wayne Spade

American actor and comedian

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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

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Film & TV

Acting · 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
electronicpsytrance

Discography

Member of

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,737
Total plays
24,965

Tags

comedy

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+Spade">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · David Spade

Quotes

  • That's fine. Now should I give you the money or should I shove the quarters directly up your fat ass? Whee-hee!
  • Oh my God! I was always wondering what it would be like to run over a dried up, stinky, dick licker.

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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

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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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Spade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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