David Spade has had and continues to have a broad career as a both a comedic actor and writer. Born in Birmingham, Michigan on July 24, 1964, Spade grew up mainly in Arizona and cut his comedy chops at the University of Arizona, from which he graduated in 1986. The ‘class clown’ began to perform at comedy clubs and participated in college stand-up shows.

Making the comedy club rounds paid off in the form of a jump-start in comedic films. Spade was cast in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol just one year after he graduated from college. Television appearances followed shortly thereafter. He appeared in a 1988 episode of The Facts Of Life and an episode of Baywatch.

Spade went from guest appearances in TV shows to a solid position during Saturday Night Live's "renaissance" in the 1990s. From 1990 to1997, Spade was as a writer and performer on the show. One of his most popular sketches featured him as the snippy flight attendant who dismissed passengers with a dry "buh-bye." In addition, he was anchorman for the popular "Hollywood Minute sketch."

Spade's comedy sketches with fellow SNL member Chris Farley also endeared him to fans. Farley and Spade went on to make the films Tommy Boy in 1995 and Black Sheep in 1996. The death of Chris Farley in 1997 without a doubt affected Spade as a friend, but also may have hurt his film career. Films he appeared in without Farley, Joe Dirt in 1991 and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star in 2003, did not fare as well at the box office.

In 1997, Spade returned to the small screen, playing a brown-nosing and mean assistant at Blush magazine in Just Shoot Me!

Following Just Shoot Me!, Spade appeared in the 2002 John Ritter show, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and in 2007, Rules of Engagement. Spade currently hosts The Showbiz Show with David Spade on Comedy Central which is an expansion of his 'Hollywood Minute' sketch on SNL in the 1990s.

In 2007, he became paparazzi fodder for what many believed to be an unusual romantic pairing with Heather Locklear. If the name Spade reminds you of handbags and not comedy, you are not off base. David Spade’s sister-in-law is the famous handbag designer Kate Spade.