It has been said time and time again that laughter is the best medicine. If that is the case, then David Spade is the doctor to see. Since childhood, he has been well versed in making people laugh with his dry wit and unique sense of humor. This Michigan native moved with his family to Scottsdale, Arizona as a young child and was quickly singled out at his elementary school for being smarter than average. Because he was small and academic, he often relied on his comedic skills to make friends. After graduation, he enrolled in Arizona State University, where he became a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The university had a sketch comedy show, which still exists today, called Farce Side Comedy Hour,ù and David would often perform standup on it.

Even though David had success in college with his standup routines, he wasn't planning on pursuing a career in comedy until 1990, when his friend and fellow comedian, Dennis Miller, helped him join the successful comedy sketch series on NBC known as Saturday Night Live.ù David became instantly popular by using that same sarcastic wit he had as a child to create fan favorite characters such as the flight attendant who says an obnoxious Buh-Byeù to all the disembarking passengers and the Hollywood Minuteù reporter who taunts celebrities with numerous one-liners. After a good run on the series, commonly known to loyal viewers as simply SNL,ù David quit in 1996 to pursue other projects.

In the midst of his successful run on the show, David worked on several feature films. He teamed up with fellow SNLù alum and good friend, Chris Farley, for the motion pictures, Tommy Boyù and Black Sheep.ù He also did Coneheadsù with Dan Aykroyd, which was based on the infamous SNLù skit, as well as the comedy, PCUù with Entourage's Jeremy Piven. Once David retired from SNL,ù he was able to concentrate more on his film career and expanded his resume to include Lost and Found,ù Joe Dirt,ù and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,ù a project David wrote and had several former child actors participate in, such as Alyssa Milano, Corey Feldman, Dustin Diamond, Leif Garrett, and Danny Bonaduce.

Even though he was busy with motion pictures, David returned to television and completed another successful run as the acerbic receptionist/assistant, Dennis Finch, in the hit television series, Just Shoot Me.ù He followed up his seven seasons on the show with a hosting gig on the Comedy Central series, The Showbiz Show with David Spade,ù which gave him a forum in which to expand on the Hollywood Minuteù reporter sketch he created on SNL.ù He was also a featured character for a season on the John Ritter comedy, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.ù Following that, he starred in the motion picture, Benchwarmersù alongside more fellow SNLù alums, Rob Schneider and Jon Lovitz, before returning once again to television as a single guy amongst married friends on his current comedy series, Rules of Engagement.ù

For almost two decades, David has been busy cultivating his acting career, and his incredible gift to make people laugh has made him synonymous with some of the top names in comedy, both past and present. In September of 2003, he was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been nominated for Golden Globes and Emmys in recognition of his work, a prime example of his success among both his peers and fans. We here at Young Hollywood enjoy David's sense of humor and look forward to seeing what else he has up his sleeve in the future!