Carvey at a USO fundraising following the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Birth name
Dana Thomas Carvey
Born
(1955-06-02) June 2, 1955 (age 68) Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Medium
Stand-up, television, film
Education
College of San Mateo San Francisco State University (BA)
Years active
1978–present
Genres
Improvisational comedy, sketch comedy, character comedy, impressions, surreal humor, satire
Spouse
Leah Carvey (m. 1979; div. 1980)
Paula Zwagerman
(m. 1983)
Children
2[a]
Website
www.danacarvey.com
Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Carvey is best known for his seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, from 1986 to 1993, which earned him five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Carvey is also known for his film roles in comedies such as Tough Guys (1986), Opportunity Knocks (1990), Trapped in Paradise (1994), and The Master of Disguise (2002), as well as reprising his role of Garth Algar in the SNL spin-off film Wayne's World (1992) and its sequel Wayne's World 2 (1993).
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Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. Carvey is best known for his seven seasons on Saturday...
The DanaCarvey Show is an American surreal sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. DanaCarvey was the host and principal...
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The DanaCarvey Show is an American documentary film that premiered on Hulu on October 21, 2017. Directed, written...
written by DanaCarvey and Harris Goldberg, and produced by Sid Ganis, Alex Siskin, Barry Bernardi, and Todd Garner. The film stars Carvey, Brent Spiner...
brother of DanaCarvey, who based the Garth Algar character (from the Wayne's World comedy sketches and movies) on his nerdy older brother. Dana wears a...
developed the sketch comedy series Exit 57. He wrote and performed on The DanaCarvey Show (1996) before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the...
rather than a cast member. George H. W. Bush grew fond of DanaCarvey's impersonation of him. Carvey was invited to headline a White House Christmas party...
1990, and again in 1996, 2000, 2011, and 2016. She also appeared on The DanaCarvey Show in March 1996, reading a Top Ten List, "New Titles for Princess...
Funniest Man" by Life. Carell gained recognition as a cast member on The DanaCarvey Show in 1996 and as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart...
Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, DanaCarvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan, and Albert Brooks. The...
comedy show Saturday Night Live, played by DanaCarvey and Kevin Nealon, respectively. In the sketch, Carvey and Nealon play a pair of muscle-bound Austrian...
of the material that he wrote early in his time at SNL was given to DanaCarvey to perform on the show. Spade, alongside Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam...
directed by George Gallo and starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, and DanaCarvey. At Christmas time, New York City convicts Dave and Alvin Firpo are paroled...
"brutal", she was offered a contract along with fellow new recruits DanaCarvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson and Kevin Nealon. They helped lead the...
first year on SNL had left the show, including Jon Lovitz, Jan Hooks and DanaCarvey. Hartman said he felt "like an athlete who's watched all his World Series...
has worked on TV programs such as Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, The DanaCarvey Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien...
with the surname include: Brad Carvey (born 1951), American engineer DanaCarvey (born 1955), American stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter...
Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Nick Kroll, DanaCarvey, Ellie Kemper, Renaud, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, and Harrison...
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