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DAVE COULIER'S story is a
refreshing one for Hollywood-nice guys can finish first. As an actor/comedian/voice-over
artist,
he's finding his many talents
much in demand. DAVE starred on the hit ABC-TV series "FULL HOUSE," which
aired for eight
seasons and can now be seen
in worldwide syndication in over 100 countries. COULIER (pronounced 'Cool-Yay')
also
hosted his second prime-time
hit series for the same network with "America's Funniest People," which
ran for four seasons.
DAVE also handled the hosting
chores for "The World's Funniest Videos" on ABC.
Most recently DAVE starred
in a sitcom pilot for CBS entitled "Local Zeroes" and is a reoccuring guest-star
as 'Father Rick'
on the new Bob Newhart/Judd
Hirsch series George & Leo on CBS.
In addition to seeing him
on the tube, you've also heard him as the voice of many Saturday morning
cartoon favorites. On
"Muppet Babies" be portrayed
Animal and Bunsen Honeydew for the run of the show and then became the
voice of three
additional characters: Waldorf
and Statler (the two old guys from the balcony on the original "Muppet
Show") and Bean
Bunny. The "Muppet Babies"
collected several Emmy Awards for best animated series several years in-a-row.
He also
portrayed the Peter Venkman
character on "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon (played by Bill Murray in
the movies).
Having discovered his ability
to do impressions at an early age, DAVE first entertained his friends by
mimicking their neighbors
in St. Clair Shores, Michigan
(a suburb north of Detroit). Being the middle child of five (one brother
and three sisters), he found
other ways to gain attention.
DAVE started doing impromptu stand-up shows in the cafeteria at Notre Dame
High, an all boys
Catholic prep school. It
started going so well that he and his high school cronies designed props
and sets and put on a
two-hour stand-up and sketch
show at the all girls Catholic high school for 900 paying audience members.
Pursuing stand-up comedy
in Detroit at the Comedy Castle in 1979, DAVE ...Tim Allen of TV's "Home
Improvement." "We
used to tell each other
that some day we would become big TV stars!", says DAVE. Little did they
know that some day they
would end up on the same
network. DAVE then headed west and started working as a doorman at the
Comedy Store and
soon became a 'regular'.
He then submitted his voice tape to Hanna-Barbera on a Friday afternoon
and Monday he was
working on the Scooby-Doo
cartoon series.
A small role in Cheech &
Chong's "Things Are Tough All Over" got him a valuable SAG card which enabled
him to get other
roles on the TV series "Newhart,"
"Family Ties," and the hosting duties on the Nickelodeon series "Out of
Control." All the
while improving his stand-up
comedy, DAVE was making appearances on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson
& Jay
Leno, HBO's "Detroit Comedy
Jam," Showtime's "Laugh-A-Thon," and "Evening At The Improv" for the A&E
Network.
In addition, DAVE's credits
include participating in HBO's Comic Relief, frequent guest spots on "The
Arsenio Hall Show," the
"Dennis Miller Show," hosting
"The 4th Annual Kid's Choice Awards" on Nickelodeon and hosting A&E's
"Evening At The
Improv," "The Oprah Winfrey
Show,"and "Live with Regis & Kathie Lee."
DAVE has a strong sense of
adventure that shows up readily in his favorite pastimes. He stills plays
hockey and is a member of
the Celebrity All-Stars,
a team that boasts a roster including Michael J. Fox, Richard Dean Anderson,
Jason Priestly, Matt
Perry and Alan Thicke. They
travel the country playing exhibition games for various children's charities--to
date they have
raised over a million dollars.
DAVE is also Honorary Team Captain of the Detroit Red Wings and a spokesman
for USA
Hockey. His is also a seasoned
airplane pilot having gotten his license in 1978 and is instrument rated
in his own Beechcraft
Bonanza. Golf is also a
passion, having been the grandson of a golf course designer and builder
in Michigan.
In a world of children trying
to be adults too fast, on might take a lesson from DAVE who's found that
it pays to have fun with
your work. As he candidly
admits, "If I ever grow up I'll be out of a job!"