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David Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, producer and talk show host. Spade was born in Birmingham, Michigan as the youngest of three sons of Wayne Spade and Judy Todd.
He graduated in business at Arizona State University in 1986.
Spade was encouraged to take up a role in comedy by friends and in 1990, became a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live. Here he made popular his well known sarcastic, smart alec character in a number of formats, including an air-steward who bids an unpleasant "Buh-Bye" to passengers as they leave the flight; a receptionist for
Dick Clark who, as a matter of policy asks even the most recognizable face "And you are?"; and, most famously, the bitingly sarcastic Hollywood Minute reporter who assaulted celebrities with a series of one liners. This particular role won Spade both acclaim from the public and scorn from celebrities—perhaps most noticeably from fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus
Eddie Murphy when Spade did a joke in which a photograph of Murphy, whose career had started to falter, was shown, and Spade quipped "Look children, a falling star... Quick, make a wish." He also impersonated celebrities such as
Michael J. Fox,
Kurt Cobain and Tom Petty.
Though many of the cast left in 1995, Spade stayed on one more year to help the transition with the new cast. He returned to guest-present in 1997.
Spade has also had a reasonably successful movie career, most noticeably his work with fellow
Saturday Night Live cast member
Chris Farley. His more recent movies, such as Joe Dirt
have not been commercial successes but have gained a strong cult following. In 1997 Spade reprised his role as a sarcastic receptionist in the television series Just Shoot Me.
He starred, among others, in:*Police Academy 4 (1987)*Light Sleeper (1992)*Coneheads (1993)*Pcu (1994)*Tommy Boy (1995)*Black Sheep (1996)*The Loser (2000)*Joe Dirt (2001)*Dickie Roberts-Former Child Star (2003)
David has been a regular on television, being in the cast of:*Saturday Night Live (1990-1996, NBC)*Just Shoot Me (1997-2003, NBC)*8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2003-, ABC)
He voiced several episodes of Beavis and Butthead
and produced his own TV series Sammy in 2000. Spade has also appeared in recent commercials for Capital One.
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