Dana Carvey net worth is $20 Million. Also know about Dana Carvey bio, salary, height, age weight, relationship and more …

Dana Carvey Wiki Biography

Dana Thomas Carvey was born on 2 June 1955, in Missoula, Montana USA, of English, German, Irish, Norwegian and Swedish descent.  The celebrity is best known for being a cast member of the American sketch comedy “Saturday Night Live”. In 1992, he became noted for his role in Penelope Spheeris`s film “Wayne`s World” wherein Dana performed along with Mike Myers. Hence, being a star of television and cinema, Dana Carvey has earned a lot of money and thus increased his net worth. Carvey began making his net worth grow with his debut in the film industry.

So how rich is the famous American comedian Dana Carvey? Sources estimate that throughout his career since 1978, Dana  Carvey has managed accumulate a net worth of around $20 million.

Dana Carvey was born to teacher parents, who moved to the San Francisco Bay area when he was three years old. Dana attended Tierra Linda Junior High , then San Mateo College, and graduated with a degree in broadcast communications from San Francisco State University in 1978. Dana spent several years playing ‘bit’ parts in films, until “Halloween II” directed by Rick Rosenthal and released in 1981. Carvey then starred in “This Is Spinal Tap” along with comedian Billy Crystal in 1984.

Dana Carvey’s net worth was increased when he decided to further perform in films, and has since appeared in such films as “Racing With the Moon” (1984), “Moving” (1988), “Clean Slate” (1994), “Trapped in Paradise” (1994), “Little Nicky” (2000), “The Master of Disguise” (2002), and “Jack and Jill” (2011).

Dana Carvey is a big star on television, too, and that is why Dana’s  net worth has increased steadily. Starting with “One of the Boys” in 1982, Carvey later appeared in such TV series as “Blue Thunder” (1984), “The Larry Sanders Show” (1992 – 1997), “Just Shoot Me!” (1998), “LateLine” (1998 – 1999), and in some episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (2011), “Live with Regis and Kelly” (2011), and “Live with Kelly” (2011). Carvey also joined the team of “Saturday Night Live” in 1986. At that time, the show needed stimulusl, and Carvey`s character “The Church Lady” benefitted the show. Carvey also earned a lot from his character of Garth Algar.

Dana was also the writer and executive producer of “The Dana Carvey Show” released in 1996, which was a comedy sketch show aired on the ABC channel. Dana Carvey’s net worth was also enlarged when he voiced “The Fairly Odd Parents” (2009) and “Rick and Morty” (2013).

For his performances on “Saturday Night Live”, Dana received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 1993, which is not surprising as he is a very talented comedian. He has impersonated many celebrities, among whom were such stars as Woody Allen, Hugh Grant, Prince Charles, Sting, John Travolta, Mike Tyson, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, etc. When George H.W. Bush was the president, Dana Carvey impersonated him on the show, too. Dana Carvey hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2011.In total, Dana Carvey has six Emmy Nominations.

Dana Carvey’s personal life is as interesting as his career in acting. During one of his performances, Dana met Paula Zwaggerman on the set: they became engaged in 1980 and married in 1983. The family has welcomed two sons: Dex, born in 1991, and Thomas, born in 1993.

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Dana Carvey Quick Info

Dana Carvey Quotes

• When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human. While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.
• I used to sneak up to the 8th floor [at NBC] and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing Saturday Night Live and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television.
• [My characters] all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own. Ching Change, the Church Lady and Hans have a meter and pitch that are distinctly their own.
• As the Church Lady: “Well, isn’t that special?”

Dana Carvey Important Facts

• $700,000
• Dana’s brother Brad is an engineer and a pioneer in the video production field. He developed “Video Toaster”, an inexpensive setup for Hollywood quality video making. The character “Garth” from Wayne’s World (1992) is based on Dana’s brother.
• Living in Southern California with wife Paula, he fills his house with grown-up toys, likes to shoot baskets and play guitar and drums.
• Is a fan of the band The Village People.
• Appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999) in 2000 and won $32,000 for his charity.
• Holds the record for having said “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” most often.
• Attended Carlmont High School in Belmont, CA.
• David Letterman publicly suggested Carvey as his replacement on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) after he left for CBS.
• His older brother Mark Carvey was his assistant on Wayne’s World 2 (1993).
• From the same hometown as David Lynch.
• Biography in: “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 98-99. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
• Also a very talented drummer
• His ancestry is seven sixteenths (7/16ths) Norwegian, with his other roots being English, German, Swedish, and Irish.
• Underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery in 1997 but had the wrong artery operated on. Later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded 7.5 million dollars. He’s had to undergo five operations in total to correct his heart problem.
• Formerly worked as a busboy at a Holiday Inn.
• Impersonations include George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ross Perot, and Walter Mondale on Saturday Night Live (1975).
• Has two sons, Dex (born 1991) and Thomas (born 1993).
• Brother of Brad Carvey.
• Celebrity impersonations include John McLaughlin, Charles Grodin, Woody Allen, and Johnny Carson.

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