Screenwriter

David Spade

Contemporaryb. 1964ComedyDocumentaryAdventureFantasy

Comic Visionary

Also directed 1 film ↗Also starred in films ↗

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The Screenplays

14 total writing credits

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Joe Dirt

2001

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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

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Full Writing Credits

2026BusboysWriter4.0 2025David Spade: DandelionWriter6.7 2021Fate: The Winx Saga - The AfterpartyWriter7.6 2021The Circle - The AfterpartyWriter5.2 2021The Upshaws - The AfterpartyWriter7.2 2021Shadow and Bone - The AfterpartyWriter

About

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.