David Spade

Early life

Spade was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the son of Judith M, a writer and magazine editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales representative.His brothers are Bryan and Andy Spade; Andy Spade is the husband of designer Kate Spade and CEO of Kate Spade New York.

Spade attended Scottsdale Community College and briefly went on to Arizona State University , where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.Spade performed standup at the university's long-running sketch comedy show,Farce Side Comedy Hour, on numerous occasions. In the mid-80's he also did standup in the Monday night comedy show at Greesy Tony's Pizza in Tempe, Arizona . Before finding success as a comedian, Spade made money by working as a busboy, a valet parker, a skee ball championship competitor and a skateboard shop employee.

Career

With the help of friend and fellow comedian Dennis Miller , he joinedSaturday Night Livein 1990 as a regular cast member and writer. Here, he made popular his well-known sarcastic, smart aleck characters in a number of sketches , some of which include: a flight attendant who bids a perceived-as-unpleasant "Buh-Bye" to each passenger upon disembarking; a receptionist for Dick Clark who, as a matter of policy, asks people indiscriminately "And you are?"; and the sarcastic " Hollywood Minute " reporter who communicates with celebrities by means of one-liners . Other characters include Christy Henderson from the Gap Girls , and Karl from the Karl's Video sketches. He has also done impressions of famous celebrities, such as Brad Pitt and Michael J. Fox . According to interviews with Spade, most of the material that he wrote early on was given to Dana Carvey to perform on the show. Due to his relatively low work rate, he was in danger of being fired as a performer, until theHollywood Minutesegment secured his position.

Though most of the cast left in 1995, Spade stayed on the following year to help in the transition with the new cast. He then quit in 1996, citing "burnout" as the reason. Said Spade, "When I leave, it will be to ease the pressure, not to be a movie star. You can't stay there forever — it kills you inside. It ages you in dog years. It's a tough place." He returned to host an episode in 1998 and another in 2005. He recently also voiced a chihuahua in an animated short, written by Fred Wolf, in 2010.

Spade's attempt at a film career was met with mixed success. Movies such asJoe DirtandDickie Roberts: Former Child Starwere, especially the former, not very successful critically, although both made back their budget and more. (They were both written by Spade with Fred Wolf.) He worked with fellowSaturday Night Livecast member Chris Farley in the moviesTommy BoyandBlack Sheep, in an attempt to form a modern-day Laurel and Hardy . The two were planning a third movie together when Farley died of a drug overdose at the age of 33. Spade did not attend Farley's funeral because he "could not be in a room where Chris was in a box."

Although he received several offers to star in his own TV shows, he turned them down and joined the ensemble cast of Steven Levitan 's office sitcomJust Shoot Me! ,which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. He played to type as a sarcastic receptionist Dennis Finch , which earned him an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe nominations.

Spade hosted both the Teen Choice Awards and SpikeTV 's Video Game Awards in 2003. He voiced characters on several episodes ofBeavis and Butt-head ,and produced his own TV seriesSammyin 2000. From 2002 to 2006, Spade regularly appeared in commercials for Capital One with Nate Torrence , where he plays the employee of a fictional rival company whose policy toward honoring credit card rewards (and just about everything else) is "always no." In 2004 he joined the cast of8 Simple Rules ,following the death of the sitcom's star, John Ritter .

On September 5, 2003, Spade received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . His star is located at 7018 Hollywood Blvd. He was recently the host of a new Comedy Central show,The Showbiz Show with David Spade ,which began in September 2005. On the show, Spade made fun of Hollywood and celebrities in a manner similar to his old "Hollywood Minute" segment onSNL.The Showbiz Show with David Spadewas canceled in October 2007 after three seasons.

Along with actors Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman , Spade is one of the voice talents forThe Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, the sixth installment of the platform game seriesSpyro the Dragon. He provides the voice for Spyro's dragonfly companion, Sparx .

Currently, he stars as Russell in the CBS comedy,Rules of Engagement.

Personal life

Spade has one daughter with Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace . The daughter is named Harper Spade, and she was born on August 26, 2008 in Missouri . Spade confirmed his paternity on September 3, 2008.

Spade is very sensitive to light. The combination of bright lights on-set and working under sunlight while filmingBlack Sheepcaused permanent damage to his eyes. On his condition: "I have to wear a hat even indoors and flashes in particular freak me out. I even have to make them turn down the lights in the make-up trailers. I've become such a pain in the butt with this light-sensitive thing, it's a wonder they don't just shoot me!"

Charity

In December 2008, Spade donated $100,000 to the police department in his former hometown of Phoenix, Arizona , as part of a program designed to provide patrol officers with rifles .Spade's contribution will buy 50 AR-15 semi-automatic rifles for Phoenix police officers.

Film

Year	Film Title	Role	Notes
1987	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	Kyle
1992	Light Sleeper	Theological Cokehead
1993	Coneheads	Eli Turnbull
1994	Reality Bites	The "Wienerschnitzel" Manager
	PCU	Rand McPherson
1995	Tommy Boy	Richard Hayden	MTV Movie Awards(won 1)
1996	Black Sheep	Steven "Steve" Dodds
	A Very Brady Sequel	Sergio
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Voice
1997	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Ernest "Ernie" Lipscomb
1998	Senseless	Scott Thorpe
	The Rugrats Movie	Ranger Frank "Franklin"	voice only
	Jerome	Executive Producer
1999	Lost & Found	Dylan Ramsey
2000	Loser	The Video Store Clerk
	The Emperor's New Groove	Emperor Kuzco / Llama Kuzco	Kid's Choice Awards(nominated-1)
2001	Joe Dirt	Joseph "Joe" Dirt
2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Dickie Roberts
2005	Racing Stripes	Scuzz
	Lil' Pimp	Principal Nixon
	Kronk's New Groove	Emperor Kuzco
2006	Grandma's Boy	Shilo
	The Benchwarmers	Richie Goodman	Teen Choice Awards(nominated-1)
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry	play boy bunny	Cameo Appearance
2010	Hollywood & Wine	Harvey Harrison	post-production
	Grown Ups	Marcus Higgins
	Divorced Guys	unknown	pre-production

Television

Videos

Year	Show Title	Role	Other notes
1988	The Facts of Life	Scott	cameo
1989	Baywatch	B.J.	cameo
1990	ALF	Larry Slotkin	cameo
	Monsters	Teddy	brief appearance
	Born to Be Mild	Stage Assistant	uncredited; cameo
	Saturday Night Live	Various	writer and cast member from 1990–1996 Emmy Awards(nominated-3)
1994	Beavis and Butt-Head	Mr. Manners/Mr. Candy/Ticket Attendant (voice)	uncredited; cast member from 1994–1997
1997–2003	Just Shoot Me!	Dennis Finch	American Comedy Awards(nominated-1) Emmy Awards(nominated-1) Golden Globe Awards(nominated-2) TV Land Awards(nominated-1)
1998	David Spade: Take the Hit	Himself
2000	Sammy	Sammy Blake/James Blake (voice)	canceled after 2 episodes
2002	Greg The Bunny	Cameo
2004	Father of the Pride	Tommy the Coyote (voice)
	8 Simple Rules	C.J. Barnes	cast member from 2003–2005
2005	The Showbiz Show with David Spade	Himself
2007	Rules of Engagement	Russell	Teen Choice Awards(nominated-1)
Year	Song Title	Performer	Notes
1993	"Buddy"	Adam Sandler

2010-grown ups

Video games

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2006	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning	Sparx

1. "David Spade, TBS plotting animated 'Joe Dirt'" . The Live Feed. Jan. 28, 2010. . 
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5. ^ ,TVSeriesFinale.com. October 7, 2007
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7. ^ Louis B. Hobson, September 5, 2003 .Cinema Confidential. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
8. ^ People Magazine, December 22, 2008
9. ^ Fox News, December 23, 2008

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