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).

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2020
Late Show with David Letterman
2014
Conan
2011
Saturday Night Live
1986
The View
2002
Rick and Morty
2013
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1996

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
99
Writing
4
Producing
2
2026
Playing POTUS
as Self
2026
Lorne
as Self
2026
Lorne
as Self (Uncredited)
2026
Miller Night Football
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Church Lady (archive footage)
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024
The White House Effect
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Mulligan
as Sentator Cartwright LaMarr (voice)
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2
as Pops (voice)
2019
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
as Prince Borislav
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self - Panelist
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Cocaine Expert
2018
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2017
Becoming Bond
as Johnny Carson
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
as Self
2017
Norm Macdonald Live
as Self
2017
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge
2016
The Comedy Club
as Self
2016
The Secret Life of Pets
as Pops (voice)
2016
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
as Himself
2016
First Impressions
as Himself - Expert-In-Residence
2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
as John F. Kennedy
2016
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2016
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Dana (voice)
2015
41 on 41
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2014
3 Still Standing
2014
The Birthday Boys
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
2013
Rick and Morty
as Leonard Smith (voice)
2011
Jack and Jill
as Scraggly Puppeteer
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
Presidential Reunion
as George H.W. Bush
2010
The Fairly OddParents
as Schnozmo (voice)
2010
Saturday Night Live
as Hippie (voice)
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2008
Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies
as Himself
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2005
Earth to America
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
The Reichen Show
as Self
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2002
The Master of Disguise
as Pistachio Disguisey
2002
The View
as Self
2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
as Self
2000
Little Nicky
as Referee
2000
Saturday Night Live
as George Bush (uncredited)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
as Massive Headwoound Harry
1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Saturday Night Live
as Hans (uncredited)
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
as Self / H. Ross Perot / Various Characters
1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
as Self
1998
Just Shoot Me!
as Milos
1996
The Shot
as Dana Carvey
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1996
The Dana Carvey Show
as Various Characters
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1995
Dana Carvey: Critics' Choice
as Himself
1995
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected
as George H. W. Bush
1995
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story
as Himself
1994
The Road to Wellville
as George Kellogg
1994
Trapped in Paradise
as Alvin Firpo
1994
Clean Slate
as Maurice L. Pogue
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Garth Algar
1993
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
1992
Wayne's World
as Garth Algar
1992
The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Dana Carvey
1992
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Host
1991
Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special
as Garth Algar
1990
Opportunity Knocks
as Eddie
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
Cranium Command
as Right Ventricle (voice)
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Self
1988
Moving
as Brad Williams
1986
Tough Guys
as Richie Evans
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Dwayne Bimster
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
as Mime Waiter
1984
Racing with the Moon
as Baby Face
1984
Blue Thunder
as Clinton Wonderlove
1982
One of the Boys
as Adam Shields
1981
Halloween II
as Assistant