Biography for
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Date of Birth

7 January 1977, San Jose, California, USA

Birth Name

Dustin Neil Diamond

Nickname

Dirty Sanchez

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

Attended Zion Lutheran School in Anaheim, California. While in fifth grade, he portrayed 8th-grader Samuel "Screech" Powers in the television series "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987), which evolved into "Saved by the Bell" (1989) and its various television movies and spin-offs. Also appeared in the television series "The Wonder Years" (1988).

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Trivia

When Dustin was younger, he was a live mannequin for a store.

He likes chess and computers.

Son of Mark Diamond, who also appeared in an episode of "Saved by the Bell" (1989) in 1989.

Defeated Ron Palillo (Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975)) on Fox's Celebrity Boxing 2 (2002) (TV).

Noted fan of professional wrestling and he has a side gig as a professional wrestler for an independent promotion in Wisconsin. Has also made televised appearances as a fan on WWE programming.

Has a black belt in karate.

Plays bass in the band Salty the Pocketknife.

Ranked #16 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars

The only "Saved by the Bell" (1989) cast member with whom he still speaks is Dennis Haskins. The cast disliked Diamond so intensely that not only was he not invited to the photo shoot and cover story that PEOPLE magazine did for the show's 20-year anniversary in 2009, but Diamond's picture was cropped out of an 1989 group photo of the cast; ironically, Haskins was not invited to join the 2009 group either.

His girlfriend Jennifer suffered a miscarriage of their first child in December 2004 due to an ectopic pregnancy. They later created the Dustin Diamond foundation, which supports organizations that specialize in child care.

In the May 2006 issue of Stuff magazine, readers voted Diamond the third most annoying former child actor that they would like to punch in the face.

On BBC Three he was listed in their Top 100 Annoying People List of 2006.

Isolated himself from the rest of the teenage cast of "Saved by the Bell" (1989).

Started to work as a stand-up comedian after "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993).

He has played the same character (Samuel "Screech" Powers) in five different series: "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (1987), "Saved by the Bell" (1989), "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (1993), "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993) and "Robot Chicken" (2005).

Personal Quotes

A lot of people do stand-up comedy in hopes of landing a television series. Well, I'm just the opposite. I've already had a TV series and now I'm doing stand-up. If this doesn't work, soon I'll be doing security with Gary Coleman,

I hope people stop remembering me as Screech and remember me as Dustin Diamond. I think my stand-up routine is helping that.

Screech and I have a lot in common. We are both strange, funny, interested in computers, good at chess, and chick magnets.

When all is said and done I'm going to look back on my career . . . and I'm going to be proud of it all.

Salary

"Celebrity Fit Club" (2005)

$120 per episode

Where Are They Now

Keeping busy making guest appearances on television, movies and selling out colleges and comedy clubs around the country as a stand up comic.

(August 2004) Performing in Winnipeg at Rumours Comedy Club as a stand up comedian.

(April 2005) Currently lives in Port Washington, Wisconsin.

(December 2004) His first child was miscarried as a result of a ectopic pregnancy.

(2005) Set up The Dustin Diamond Foundation after the loss of his first child. The foundation helps to support organizations that care for children.

(June 2006) Trying to sell 30,000 T-shirts at $15-$20 each, by the end of June 2006, in order to save his $250,000 Wisconsin home, that he purchased on contract.

(2001) Working as a stand-up comedian.

(September 2009) Release of his book, "Behind the Bell".