David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, comedian and television personality who first became famous in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 starred as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!. He also starred as C.J. Barnes, along with Katey Sagal, James Garner and Kaley Cuoco on 8 Simple Rules. He currently stars as Russell Dunbar on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement. He is also working with TBS on an animated series based on his film Joe Dirt.
130 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 130
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Entourage
2004
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Goldbergs
2013
Baywatch
1989
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
ALF
1986
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
Just Shoot Me!
1997
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Rules of Engagement
2007
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Ridiculousness
2011
Beavis and Butt-Head
1993
Grown Ups
2010
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Reichen Show
2005
Chelsea
2016
Lip Sync Battle
2015
8 Simple Rules
2002
Monsters
1988
Grown Ups 2
2013
Hotel Transylvania
2012
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
Outcome
2026
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Rove
1999
Mr. Mayor
2021
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Father of the Pride
2004
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Love
2016
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
Crowded
2016
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
Kronk's New Groove
2005
HouseBroken
2021
Jack and Jill
2011
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
The Rugrats Movie
1998
Sammy
2000
Entourage
2015
Racing Stripes
2005
The Netflix Afterparty
2021
Grandma's Boy
2006
Coneheads
1993
Joe Dirt
2001
Senseless
1998
The Mayor
2017
The Benchwarmers
2006
The Wrong Missy
2020
Reality Bites
1994
The Ridiculous 6
2015
The Spoils of Babylon
2014
The Do-Over
2016
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
2018
Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight
2015
Tommy Boy
1995
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Snake Oil
2023
The Sweatbox
2002
Sandy Wexler
2017
Loser
2000
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003
The Concert for New York City
2001
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
Black Sheep
1996
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Mad Families
2017
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
2015
PCU
1994
Busboys
2026
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019
Lost & Found
1999
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
Light Sleeper
1992
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
2022
Fameless Prankers
2015
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Lil' Pimp
2005
Hollywood & Wine
2011
Father of the Year
2018
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005
Last Laugh '05
2005
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe
2016
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Grown Ups 3
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
2005
I Am Chris Farley
2015
Warning Shot
2018
Saturdays
2017
Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live
1998
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020
Shadow and Bone - The Afterparty
2021
The Upshaws - The Afterparty
2021
Downey Wrote That
2025
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
Ginny & Georgia - The Afterparty
2021
Fate: The Winx Saga - The Afterparty
2021
Buddy
1993
The 13th Annual Young Comedians Show
1989
The Circle - The Afterparty
2021
David Spade: My Fake Problems
2014
David Spade: Nothing Personal
2022
David Spade: Take the Hit
1998
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty
2021
David Spade: Dandelion
2025
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild
1990
Just the Two of Us
2005