Dana Carvey

At 68 years old, Dana Carvey has this physical status:

Career

Carvey appeared in Halloween II in 1981 and co-starred in One of the Boys, a short-lived television sitcom that also starred Mickey Rooney, Nathan Lane, and Meg Ryan. Carvey appeared in Rob Reiner's film This Is Spinal Tap, in which he played a mime alongside fellow comedian Billy Crystal (who says "Mime is money"). In 1985, he appeared in the Greg Kihn song "Lucky" on YouTube. He appeared in the short-lived film-based action television series Blue Thunder. In 1986, he co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster in Tough Guys, giving him his big break. Carvey, a lifelong Douglas fan, threw in an affectionate image of his mentor while describing a hairy scene on a moving train.

Carvey qualified for the hosting role on Nickelodeon's TV game show Double Dare. After being cast on Saturday Night Live, he eventually pulled his name from consideration. Marc Summers will be in charge of the job.

Carvey made a name for himself in 1986 when he joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live. He, along with newcomers Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, and Victoria Jackson, all helped to reverse the show's declining success and made SNL "must-see" television again. The Church Lady, the uptight, smug, and pious host of Church Chat, was a vital component of the show's revival. When growing up, Carvey based the tale on women he knew from church, who would keep track of other churchgoers' attendance. He became so attached to the role that later cast members, such as Chris Farley, referred to Carvey simply as "the Lady."

Garth Algar (from Wayne's World), who was based on his brother; Hans ("from "Hans and Franz"); and Ching Chang, a Chinese poultry store owner, were among Carvey's other original characters. He was the designated impersonator of the president during the campaign and presidency of George H.W. Bush, making him the leading actor of the regular political sketches on SNL.

Carvey also did an impression of independent candidate Ross Perot during the 1992 US presidential election campaign; in a prime-time special before the election, Carvey portrayed both George H. W. Bush and Perot, portrayed by Phil Hartman. "Why don't you do it, live-boy," Perot, who stood out and timed to give the appearance of interacting with the live Bush and Clinton opening line, told Bush, "Why don't you do it, live-boy?" Carvey appeared on SNL in 1993.

Carvey appeared in Wayne's World in 1992, the film. In 1993, Wayne's World 2 was shot and released as a sequel.

In 1993, Carvey's SNL performance earned him the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety or Music Program. He has received a total of six Emmy nominations. In 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2011, Carvey has appeared in SNL four times, as well as numerous cameo appearances.

Carvey appeared in the film Clean Slate in 1994. Carvey's first HBO stand-up special Critic's Choice was shot in the United States the following year. Carvey appeared on several of his SNL impersonations, as well as ridiculing the premium channel's name and pronouncing it "hobo."

He had to drop a role in Bad Boys because he felt overwhelmed as a new father.

In 1996, he reprised some of his SNL characters for The Dana Carvey Exhibition, a short-lived prime-time variety show on ABC. The show was most notable for launching Robert Smigel's "The Ambitionably Gay Duo," as well as Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert's careers.

In 2002, he returned to film in The Master of Disguise, a spy drama. The film was released a week after former colleague Mike Myers' hit film Austin Powers in Goldmember, but most analysts compared the films and sluggishly sluggish Carvey's effort. Nevertheless, the film did gross $40 million at the North American box office. Rotten Tomatoes, a review website that aggregates reviews, rated the film as the 18th worst-reviewed film of the 2000s decade, with a approval rating of 1% based on 103 reviews. Michael J. Nelson, a comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host, named the film as the third worst comedy ever produced. Carvey did not appear in a film again until 2011's Jack and Jill. It has also been described as one of the worst comedies of all time. Little Nicky was his first appearance in another Adam Sandler film.

He ranked 90th on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time in 2004.

Carvey's fame soon gave way to a focus on his family. He later admitted in an interview that he did not want to be in a profession in which his children would already be grown with him having not invested time with them, which was a big factor in his departure from Late Night's hosting position, which eventually went to Conan O'Brien. During a 2016 Howard Stern interview, Carvey said he prefers stand-up comedy to acting in films and regularly appears in lucrative corporate dates.

Carvey appeared in the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, reprising his SNL character Garth Algar with host Mike Myers in a "Wayne's World" sketch. Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies, Carvey's second HBO stand-up special, the first in 13 years.

Carvey appeared in the Funny or Die original comedy sketch at the 2010 National Reunion. He appeared in the role of President George H. W. Bush alongside other current and former SNL president impersonators.

Spike Feresten, a comedian/writer, and Carvey produced and performed together in Spoof, a Fox sketch comedy pilot. This included a preview of a trailer for "Darwin," a mock film in which he played the evolutionary biologist, as well as a spoof of the hit TV series Lost. Both of these sketches can be seen on YouTube. Carvey, a con artist, appeared on Cosmo Cosmo's animated television series The Fairly OddParents, appeared on Cosmo Cosma's con artist brother Schnozmo.

Carvey appeared in two live performances at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 29, 2016 and a Netflix special was released later this year. Tom and Dex, Tom and Dex's two sons, opened the show for him.

On January 27, 2019, Carvey appeared on Conan O'Brien's podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. Carvey was later included in a six-ep-series of the podcast "Deep Dive with Dana Carvey" that was released in August 2019.

Stephen Colbert, the late show's sketch artist, has frequently sketched sketches including President Joe Biden and former national security advisor John Bolton.

Carvey appeared on the guest panel of the fourth episode of Lights Out with David Spade and also in costume as Tony Montana in a number of later episodes.

"Fantastic!" Carvey launched in 2021, one of the comedy podcasts "Fantastic!" Dana Carvey's "Dana Carvey" is the show. The podcast features mini sketches involving Carvey's numerous celebrity appearances, as well as interview segments with Carvey's family members and others from the stand-up comedy scene. In a series of commercials for Uber Eats that same year, Carvey reprised his role as Garth Algar alongside Myers' Wayne Campbell. The original spot first appeared in Super Bowl LV.

Carvey and fellow Saturday Night Live alum David Spade co-anchored the Fly on the Wall podcast in 2022. Former cast members and hosts of SNL are among the guests.

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