Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey

Known for
Acting
Born
June 2, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Missoula, Montana, USA

Biography

Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1993 and for playing the role of Garth in Wayne's World (1992) and Wayne's World (1993). Carvey is also known for his film roles in comedies such as Moving (1988), Opportunity Knocks (1990), Trapped in Paradise (1994), and The Master of Disguise (2002).

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Playing POTUS

Playing POTUS

Movie · as Self

2026
Lorne poster

Lorne

Movie · as Self, Self (uncredited)

2026
Miller Night Football poster

Miller Night Football

Movie · as Self

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self

2025
Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
The White House Effect poster

The White House Effect

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Mulligan poster

Mulligan

TV · as Sentator Cartwright LaMarr (voice) · 20 eps

2020
Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2 poster

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Movie · as Pops (voice)

2019
Lights Out with David Spade poster

Lights Out with David Spade

TV · as Self - Panelist, Cocaine Expert · 1 ep

2017
Becoming Bond poster

Becoming Bond

Movie · as Johnny Carson

2017
Sandy Wexler poster

Sandy Wexler

Movie · as Testimonial

2017
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show poster

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

Movie · as Self

2017
The Gong Show poster

The Gong Show

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2016
The Comedy Club poster

The Comedy Club

Movie · as Self

2016
The Secret Life of Pets poster

The Secret Life of Pets

Movie · as Pops (voice)

2016
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60 poster

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60

Movie · as Himself

2016
First Impressions

First Impressions

TV · as Himself - Expert-In-Residence · 6 eps

2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ poster

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

TV · as Prince Borislav · 1 ep

2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon poster

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

TV · as John F. Kennedy · 1 ep

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 poster

Hotel Transylvania 2

Movie · as Dana (voice)

2015
41 on 41 poster

41 on 41

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
3 Still Standing

3 Still Standing

Movie

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Norm Macdonald Live poster

Norm Macdonald Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Birthday Boys poster

The Birthday Boys

TV · 1 ep

2013
Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty

TV · as Leonard Smith (voice) · 1 ep

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee poster

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Jack and Jill poster

Jack and Jill

Movie · as Scraggly Puppeteer

2010
Presidential Reunion poster

Presidential Reunion

Movie · as George H.W. Bush

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies poster

Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies

Movie · as Himself

2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Movie · as Self

2005
Earth to America poster

Earth to America

Movie · as Self

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Movie · as Self

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Movie · as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
The Master of Disguise poster

The Master of Disguise

Movie · as Pistachio Disguisey

2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell poster

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

Movie · as Self

2001
The Fairly OddParents poster

The Fairly OddParents

TV · as Schnozmo (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Little Nicky poster

Little Nicky

Movie · as Referee

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey

Movie · as Massive Headwoound Harry

1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas poster

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Movie · as Self / H. Ross Perot / Various Characters

1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley poster

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Milos · 1 ep

1996
The Shot poster

The Shot

Movie · as Dana Carvey

1996
The Dana Carvey Show poster

The Dana Carvey Show

TV · as Various Characters · 8 eps

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice poster

Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice

Movie · as Himself

1995
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected poster

The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected

Movie · as George H. W. Bush

1995
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story poster

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Movie · as Himself

1994
The Road to Wellville poster

The Road to Wellville

Movie · as George Kellogg

1994
Trapped in Paradise poster

Trapped in Paradise

Movie · as Alvin Firpo

1994
Clean Slate poster

Clean Slate

Movie · as Maurice L. Pogue

1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! poster

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Movie

1993
Wayne's World 2 poster

Wayne's World 2

Movie · as Garth Algar

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Wayne's World poster

Wayne's World

Movie · as Garth Algar

1992
The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show poster

The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show

Movie

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 8 eps

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Dana Carvey · 3 eps

1991
Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special poster

Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special

Movie · as Garth Algar

1990
Opportunity Knocks poster

Opportunity Knocks

Movie · as Eddie

1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary poster

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Movie · as Self

1989
Cranium Command poster

Cranium Command

Movie · as Right Ventricle (voice)

1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel poster

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

Movie · as Self

1988
Moving poster

Moving

Movie · as Brad Williams

1986
Tough Guys poster

Tough Guys

Movie · as Richie Evans

1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera poster

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Movie · as Dwayne Bimster

1984
This Is Spinal Tap poster

This Is Spinal Tap

Movie · as Mime Waiter

1984
Racing with the Moon poster

Racing with the Moon

Movie · as Baby Face

1984
Blue Thunder poster

Blue Thunder

TV · as Clinton Wonderlove · 11 eps

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1982
One of the Boys poster

One of the Boys

TV · as Adam Shields · 13 eps

1981
Halloween II poster

Halloween II

Movie · as Assistant

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self / Church Lady (archive footage), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Hans (uncredited), George Bush (uncredited), Hippie (voice) · 134 eps