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).

Filmography

• Mulligan — Sentator Cartwright LaMarr (voice)
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Panelist, Cocaine Expert
• 2019The Secret Life of Pets 2 — Pops (voice)
• 2017Becoming Bond — Johnny Carson
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Testimonial
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Prince Borislav
• 2016Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60 — Himself, Writer, Executive Producer
• Great Minds with Dan Harmon — John F. Kennedy
• 2016The Secret Life of Pets — Pops (voice)
• 2015Hotel Transylvania 2 — Dana (voice)
• 20143 Still Standing
• Rick and Morty — Leonard Smith (voice)
• The Birthday Boys
• 2011Jack and Jill — Scraggly Puppeteer
• 2010Presidential Reunion — George H.W. Bush
• 2008Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies — Himself, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley — Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2002The Master of Disguise — Pistachio Disguisey, Writer
• The Fairly OddParents — Schnozmo (voice)
• 2000Little Nicky — Referee
• TV Funhouse — Creator
• 1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey — Massive Headwoound Harry
• Just Shoot Me! — Milos
• The Dana Carvey Show — Various Characters
• 1996The Shot — Dana Carvey
• 1995Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice — Himself, Writer
• 1995The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected — George H. W. Bush
• 1994Clean Slate — Maurice L. Pogue
• 1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
• 1994The Road to Wellville — George Kellogg
• 1994Trapped in Paradise — Alvin Firpo
• 1993Wayne's World 2 — Garth Algar
• 1992The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show
• The Larry Sanders Show — Dana Carvey
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992Wayne's World — Garth Algar
• 1991Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special — Garth Algar
• 1990Opportunity Knocks — Eddie
• 1989Cranium Command — Right Ventricle (voice)
• 1988Moving — Brad Williams
• 1986Tough Guys — Richie Evans
• Blue Thunder — Clinton Wonderlove
• 1984Racing with the Moon — Baby Face
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — Mime Waiter
• 1984Young Lust: A Soap Opera — Dwayne Bimster
• One of the Boys — Adam Shields
• 1981Halloween II — Assistant
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self / Church Lady (archive footage), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Hans (uncredited), George Bush (uncredited), Hippie (voice)

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2026Lorne — Self, Self (Uncredited)
• 2026Miller Night Football — Self
• 2026Playing POTUS — Self
• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2024The White House Effect — Self (archive footage)
• Reunited Apart — Self
• The Gong Show — Self - Judge
• 2017Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show — Self
• First Impressions — Himself - Expert-In-Residence
• 2016The Comedy Club — Self
• 201541 on 41 — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• Norm Macdonald Live — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• Conan — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation — Self
• 2005Earth to America — Self
• 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2001Adam Sandler Goes to Hell — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley — Self
• 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman — Self / H. Ross Perot / Various Characters
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• 1995Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story — Himself
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self
• 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
• 1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Host