Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and in the Wayne's World movies.
Carvey was born in Missoula, Montana, the son of Billie, a schoolteacher, and William Carvey, a high school business teacher. Carvey is the brother of Brad Carvey, the engineer/designer of the Video Toaster. The character Garth Algar (from the movie Wayne's World) is a loosely-based portrayal of...
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Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and in the Wayne's World movies.
Carvey was born in Missoula, Montana, the son of Billie, a schoolteacher, and William Carvey, a high school business teacher. Carvey is the brother of Brad Carvey, the engineer/designer of the Video Toaster. The character Garth Algar (from the movie Wayne's World) is a loosely-based portrayal of Brad. Carvey was raised Lutheran. When he was three years old, his family moved to San Carlos, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his first drum kit at an early age. He attended Tierra Linda Junior High in San Carlos, California, Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, College of San Mateo in San Mateo, CA, and received his Bachelor's degree in communications from San Francisco State University.
In 1979, while performing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, he met Paula Zwaggerman, who would later become...
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