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Dana Carvey
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General Information (Dana Carvey) |
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| Mostly Credited As: | Dana Carvey |
| Birth Name: | Dana Thomas Carvey |
| Date Of Birth: | April 02, 1955 (Age 54) |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
| Birth Place: | Missoula, Montana |
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| Paula Zwagerman |
Jan/08/1983 - Present |
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Dana Carvey earned a degree in communication arts from San Francisco State University. After graduation, he played clubs in the Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. Dana made his screen debut in This is Spinal Tap. He was on NBC's Saturday Night Live for seven seasons, from 1986 to 1992, where among other things, did impressions of George Bush, Ross Perot, Dan Quayle, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, and Woody Allen. Dana hosted the 1992 MTV Music Awards. Also in 1992, he co-starred in Wayne's World as Garth Algar, a character he based on his brother, Brad, and portrayed on Saturday Night Live. In 1993, he co-starred in Wayne's World 2. Dana won an Emmy Award in 1993 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He starred in The Dana Carvey Show in 1996. He received a total of six Emmy nominations, one of which was for a guest appearance on HBO's highly acclaimed Larry Sanders Show. Dana was formerly married to Leah Carvey and is currently married to Paula Carvey. His two sons are Dex and Thomas Carvey. His brother, Brad, an engineer and a pioneer in the video production field.
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Dana Carvey earned a degree in communication arts from San Francisco State University. After graduation, he played clubs in the Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. Dana made his screen debut in This is Spinal Tap. He was on NBC's Saturday Night Live for seven seasons, from 1986 to 1992, where among other things, did impressions of George Bush, Ross Perot, Dan Quayle, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, and Woody Allen. Dana hosted the 1992 MTV Music Awards. Also in 1992, he co-starred in Wayne's World as Garth Algar, a character he based on his brother, Brad, and portrayed on Saturday Night Live. In 1993, he co-starred in Wayne's World 2. Dana won an Emmy Award in 1993 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He starred in The Dana Carvey Show in 1996. He received a total of six Emmy nominations, one of which was for a guest appearance on HBO's highly acclaimed Larry Sanders Show. Dana was formerly married to Leah Carvey and is currently
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Dana Carvey TV Appearances |
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| Show: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) |
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• Dana Carvey, Anthony Anderson, Allison Iraheta |
01x28: (Jul/15/2009) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
| Show: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) • 13 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Friday November 22nd, 1996) |
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• Dana Carvey, Zack Hample, Marc Broussard |
17x18: (Oct/08/2008) |
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Himself |
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• Dana Carvey, Spencer Breslin, Priscilla Ahn |
16x136: (Jun/11/2008) |
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Himself |
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• Dana Carvey, Malin Akerman, Plain White T's |
16x18: (Oct/10/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Dana Carvey, Nicholas Hearon, T.I. |
14x164: (May/26/2006) |
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Himself |
| Show: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) |
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• Dana Carvey, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus |
05x28: (Oct/11/2007) |
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Himself |
| Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) |
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• Dana Carvey, Jasper Redd, Arctic Monkeys |
14x127: (Apr/30/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Dana Carvey, John Ritter, Ted Nugent |
10x83: (Feb/26/2003) |
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Himself |
| Show: Real Time With Bill Maher (2003) |
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• Episode 98 |
05x08: (Apr/13/2007) |
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Himself |
| Show: Saturday Night Live (1975) • 8 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Saturday October 22nd, 1994) |
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• Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found |
(Nov/13/2005) |
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Himself |
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• Dana Carvey/The Wallflowers |
26x03: (Oct/21/2000) |
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Himself (Host) |
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• Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera |
25x16: (Apr/08/2000) |
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George Bush, [Uncredited] |
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• Heather Graham/Marc Anthony |
25x02: (Oct/16/1999) |
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Hans, [Uncredited] |
| Show: Live with Regis and Kelly (1988) |
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• Brittany Murphy |
17x63: (Mar/30/2005) |
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Co-Host |
| Show: The View (1997) |
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• Dana Carvey |
05x130: (Aug/02/2002) |
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Himself |
| Show: Kid's Choice Awards (1988) |
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• 15th Annual Kids' Choice Awards |
15x01: (Apr/20/2002) |
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Himself |
| Show: Just Shoot Me (1997) |
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• The Emperor |
02x22: (Apr/23/1998) |
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Oskar Milos |
| Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993) |
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• Dana Carvey, Meatloaf, Joan Cusak |
01x60: (Nov/19/1993) |
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Himself |
| Show: MTV Video Music Awards (1984) |
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• 9th Annual MTV Video Music Awards |
09x01: (Sep/09/1992) |
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Himself (Host) |
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Dana Carvey Trivia |
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Dana appeared in a TV commercial for Lay's Original Stax in 2003.
| Dana appeared in a TV commercial for Lay's California Cool Dill Potato Chips in 2002.
| Dana appeared in a TV Commercial for "Why do We Love the Mouse?" in 2001.
| Dana appeared in a TV Commercial for American Express in 1989.
| Dana had a guest appearance in You Don't Know Jack Vol. 2 CD-ROM game.
| Dana appeared at Comic Relief II in 1987.
| Dana is from the same hometown as David Lynch.
| Dana is also an accomplished drummer.
| Dana had a cameo in Moby's video for the song, "We Are All Made of Stars."
| Dana is of Irish and Italian heritage, his mother's family is from Dublin and his father's family is from Rome.
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