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.

Filmography

• 2026Busboys — Markie, Writer, Producer
• 2026Outcome — Buddy, Buddy Gomorrah
• 2025David Spade: Dandelion — Self, Writer, Director, Producer
• 2023Once Upon a Studio — Kuzco (voice) (archive sound)
• Snake Oil — Self - Host, Producer
• 2022Hotel Transylvania: Transformania — Griffin (voice)
• 2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2021Fate: The Winx Saga - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2021Ginny & Georgia - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• HouseBroken — David Spade (voice)
• 2021Shadow and Bone - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2021The Circle - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• The Netflix Afterparty — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2021The Upshaws - The Afterparty — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Westley
• 2020The Wrong Missy — Tim Morris
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2018Father of the Year — Wayne
• 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation — Griffin (voice)
• 2018Warning Shot — Bobby
• 2017Mad Families — Johnny Jon-John, Writer
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Testimonial
• 2017Saturdays
• The Mayor — Ed Gunt
• Crowded — Kyle Sullivan
• Love — Steven Hopkins
• 2016The Do-Over — Charlie
• Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight
• 2015Entourage — David Spade
• 2015Hotel Transylvania 2 — Griffin (voice)
• 2015Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser — Joe Dirt, Writer, Producer
• 2015The Ridiculous 6 — General George Custer
• The Spoils of Babylon — Talc Munson
• 2013Grown Ups 2 — Marcus Higgins
• The Goldbergs — Gus
• 2012Hotel Transylvania — Griffin (voice)
• 2011Hollywood & Wine — Harvey Harrison (uncredited)
• 2011Jack and Jill — Monica
• 2010Grown Ups — Marcus Higgins
• Hot in Cleveland — Christopher
• 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — Transvestite Groupie (uncredited)
• Rules of Engagement — Russell Dunbar
• 2006Grandma's Boy — Shiloh
• 2006The Benchwarmers — Richie
• 2005Kronk's New Groove — Kuzco (voice)
• 2005Lil' Pimp — Principal Nixon (voice)
• 2005Racing Stripes — Scuzz (voice)
• 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade — Self - Host, Writer
• Entourage — David Spade
• Father of the Pride — Tommy (voice)
• 2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star — Dickie Roberts, Screenplay
• 2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley — Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 8 Simple Rules — C.J. Barnes
• 2001Joe Dirt — Joe Dirt, Writer
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — David Spade
• 2000Loser — Video Store Clerk (uncredited)
• Sammy — Sammy Blake / James Blake (voice), Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2000The Emperor's New Groove — Kuzco (voice)
• 1999Lost & Found — Dylan Ramsey, Writer
• 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas — (archive footage)
• 1998David Spade: Take the Hit — Himself, Writer
• 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman — The Receptionist
• 1998Senseless — Scott Thorpe
• 1998The Rugrats Movie — Ranger Frank (voice)
• 19978 Heads in a Duffel Bag — Ernie
• Just Shoot Me! — Dennis Finch
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — Sergio (uncredited)
• 1996Black Sheep — Steve Dodds
• 1995Tommy Boy — Richard Hayden
• 1994PCU — Rand McPherson
• 1994Reality Bites — The "Wienerschnitzel" Manager (Uncredited)
• Beavis and Butt-Head — Ticket Attendant (voice), Mr. Manners (voice), Mr. Candy (voice)
• 1993Buddy — Buddy 2
• 1993Coneheads — Eli Turnbull, INS Agent
• 1992Light Sleeper — Theological Cokehead
• The Larry Sanders Show — David Spade
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1990Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild — Stage Assistant, Thanks
• Baywatch — B.J.
• 1989The 13th Annual Young Comedians Show
• Monsters — Teddy
• 1987Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol — Kyle
• ALF — Larry Siotkin
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, Self (uncredited), Patron (uncredited), Michael J. Fox (uncredited), Servant (uncredited), Thumper (voice), Dog (voice), Writer
• Grown Ups 3 — Marcus Higgins

Appearances as themselves (48)

• 2026Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2022David Spade: Nothing Personal — Self
• 2022Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — Self
• Mr. Mayor — Himself
• 2020The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year — Self - Host
• Biography: Comedy Icons — Self
• 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh — Self
• Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik — Self
• Norm Macdonald Has a Show — Self - Guest
• Chelsea — Self
• 2016Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe — Self - Roastmaster
• Fameless Prankers — Self - Host
• 2015I Am Chris Farley — Self
• Jay Leno's Garage — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• 2014David Spade: My Fake Problems — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• Norm Macdonald Live — Self
• Ridiculousness — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — Self
• 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation — Self
• 2006Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 — Self
• 2005Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson — Self
• 2005Just the Two of Us — Self
• 2005Last Laugh '05 — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest Host
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Guest
• 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. — Self
• 2002The Sweatbox — Self
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• Rove — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1998Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live — Self / Various (archive footage)
• 1998Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter