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Dana Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and comedian from Missoula, Montana. When he was three years old, his family moved to San Carlos, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Carlmont High School, and received his Bachelor's degree in communications from San Francisco State University.
Carvey costarred on
One of the Boys in 1982, a short-lived television sitcom that also starred
Mickey Rooney,
Nathan Lane, and
Meg Ryan. In 1984, Carvey had a small role in
Rob Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap film, where he played a mime, with fellow comedian
Billy Crystal.
In 1986, Carvey became a household name when he joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live. Carvey's SNL impressions and characters included
Johnny Carson, Garth Algar (from Wayne's World), President George H. W. Bush, Ross Perot, The Church Lady, Franz (from
Hans and Franz), President
Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, John McLaughlin, Charles Grodin, and
Woody Allen. Garth Algar is actually an affectionate caricature of Dana's brother, Brad Carvey, an accomplished electrical engineer who invented the Video Toaster. Carvey left the show in 1993.
In 1992, Carvey joined
Mike Myers to bring their popular Wayne's World sketch to the silver screen. A sequel was filmed and released in 1993, entitled Wayne's World 2.
In 1994, he starred in Clean Slate.
In 1996, he reprised many of his SNL characters for The Dana Carvey Show.
In 1997, he underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery. Unfortunately, the doctors operated on the wrong artery. Carvey later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded $7.5 million. Carvey has had to undergo a total of five operations to correct his heart problems.
In 2002, he returned to the silver screen in the comedy, Master of Disguise.
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