 David Spade - Nominated for a 1999 Emmy Award for his
memorable role as Dennis Finch, the wise-cracking, power-hungry assistant on
Just Shoot Me, David Spade was previously best known for his five-year stint as
a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Nominated for a Golden Globe in 1999
and 2000, and an American Comedy Award in 1999 for his work on Just Shoot Me,
David Spade's film career also continues to grow.
In 2005, David Spade created The Showbiz Show with David
Spade, which he executive produces, hosts and writes along with pal and former
SNL writer Hugh Fink. The Showbiz Show is a half-hour comedy spoof on Hollywood,
a la David Spade's famed Saturday Night Live sketch Hollywood Minute.
In 2005, David Spade also filmed Sony's Benchwarmers about a
trio of guys who try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by
forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league
squads. The film also stars Jon Heder, Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider.
Born in Birmingham, Michigan, and raised in Scottsdale,
Arizona, David Spade began his career by performing stand-up comedy in clubs,
theaters and colleges across the country. He made his television debut on SNL,
and was soon named the Hot Stand-Up Comedian of the Year by Rolling Stone
magazine. Some of David Spade's memorable characters on SNL, where he served as
both a writer and a performer, included the sarcastic Hollywood Minute reporter
on Weekend Update and he also started the catch phrases "And you are?" and "Buh-Bye!"
In addition to SNL, David Spade has guest starred on the
critically acclaimed The Larry Sanders Show and appeared in HBO's 13th Annual
Young Comedians Special. In 1999 he headlined his own HBO special, David Spade:
Take the Hit.
David Spade co-starred with SNL alumnus Chris Farley in the
films Tommy Boy and Blacksheep, and the pair won a 1996 MTV Movie Award for Best
On-Screen Duo for the former. His other feature credits include Reality Bites,
Joe Dirt, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Racing Stripes, The Emperor's New
Groove and Coneheads.
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