Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 and for playing the role of Garth in the Wayne's World movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Carvey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
as Pops (voice)
Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, ne...

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017
as Self
It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends...

Sandy Wexler
2017
as Testimonial
When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

Becoming Bond
2017
as Johnny Carson
The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the r...

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
2016
as Himself
Emmy-winning comedian Dana Carvey blends pitch-perfect tales on big personalities with so-true-it-hurts stories from his life as a dad of millennials.

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
Emmy-winning comedian Dana Carvey blends pitch-perfect tales on big personalities with so-true-it-hurts stories from his life as a dad of millennials.

The Secret Life of Pets
2016
as Pops (voice)
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

The Comedy Club
2016
as Self
When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggli...

Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Dana (voice)
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of sup...

41 on 41
2015
as Self
Interviewees discuss the life of former president George H. W. Bush
3 Still Standing
2014
Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s.

Jack and Jill
2011
as Scraggly Puppeteer
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...

Presidential Reunion
2010
as George H.W. Bush
In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush, dead or alive,...

Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies
2008
as Himself
As always, Carvey never crosses the line into mean-spiritedness, but easily glides in and out of every impression & expression, reminding us of th...

Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies
2008
Writer, Executive Producer
As always, Carvey never crosses the line into mean-spiritedness, but easily glides in and out of every impression & expression, reminding us of th...

Earth to America
2005
as Self
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley, ...

The Master of Disguise
2002
as Pistachio Disguisey
After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, It...

The Master of Disguise
2002
Writer
After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, It...

Little Nicky
2000
as Referee
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999
as Massive Headwoound Harry
From 1986 to 1993 Dana Carvey dominated the stage at Saturday Night Live with dead-on impressions and some of the most popular characters in SNL histo...

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Self / H. Ross Perot / Various Characters
Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
as Self
Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "Saturday Night Live," which featured Matt Foley, ev...

The Shot
1996
as Dana Carvey
This low-budget satire takes a shot a Hollywood as it follows two desperate, unsuccessful actors, Dern Reel and Patrick St. Patrick, who steal 10 rece...

Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice
1995
as Himself
Dana Carvey headlines his first HBO solo special, taped before an audience in San Francisco. Features Carvey's characters and impressions, as well as ...

Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice
1995
Writer
Dana Carvey headlines his first HBO solo special, taped before an audience in San Francisco. Features Carvey's characters and impressions, as well as ...

The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected
1995
as George H. W. Bush
This hilarious collection of accidental comedy is packed with unforgettable foul-ups by an all-star comedy cast, plus wedding bloopers, sports blunder...

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story
1995
as Self
Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endura...

Trapped in Paradise
1994
as Alvin Firpo
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

The Road to Wellville
1994
as George Kellogg
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...

Clean Slate
1994
as Maurice L. Pogue
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle...

Wayne's World 2
1993
as Garth Algar
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headlin...

Wayne's World
1992
as Garth Algar
The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World...

Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special
1991
as Garth Algar
Compilation of Halloween themed sketches from various seasons of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Wayne's World's Wayne and Garth.

Opportunity Knocks
1990
as Eddie
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine th...

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Moving
1988
as Brad Williams
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as Self
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Tough Guys
1986
as Richie Evans
Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving the...

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Dwayne Bimster
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.

Racing with the Moon
1984
as Baby Face
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...

This Is Spinal Tap
1984
as Mime Waiter
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...

Halloween II
1981
as Assistant
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie t...
Playing POTUS
N/A
as Self
Explores the uniquely American tradition of presidential parody, a bold art form that has transformed our perceptions of real-world presidents and pol...