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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, Spade's film career also continues to grow.
In 2005, 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 Spade's famed Saturday Night Live sketch Hollywood Minute.
In 2005, 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, 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 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?"... [MORE]
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Riding Napoleon
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Posted: 01/24/06
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