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Dan Gilvezan

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Dan Gilvezan
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Dan Gilvezan was born in south St. Louis, just a stone's throw (although you really shouldn't throw stones, it's not nice) away from the legendary Anheuser-Busch brewery. The oldest of three children, Gilvezan's penchant for performing became apparent at an early age when he began charging the neighborhood kids a nickel apiece to attend impromptu talent shows in his parent's garage.

Following this auspicious beginning, he performed in many elementary school plays in roles as diverse as Little Boy Blue, Jack Horner and Wee Willie Winkie. "He was really something," one of his teachers once observed, "He not only had his own lines memorized, but everyone else's as well. What a pain in the ass!" By the eighth grade Dan had built an impressive resume, but it was his turn as Harold Hill in a high school production of "The Music Man" that the acting bug truly took hold.

Upon graduating from Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri with a BA in drama, Gilvezan joined the cast of the National Players touring company bringing the classics to grade schools, universities and civic auditoriums nationwide. After completing the tour he further honed his skills performing in regional theater, summer stock, dinner theater and children's theater all along the Atlantic seaboard.

Hoping the world of West Coast show business would welcome him with open arms, Gilvezan moved to Los Angeles and found that finding fame and fortune in Hollywood wasn't going to be as easy as he had imagined. "It was when I saw all these character actors I had watched on TV as a kid, who I had always imagined as living in big mansions in Beverly Hills, standing in line at the unemployment office that the realities of this business truly hit me."

After a time working odd jobs just to keep food on the table, lightening finally struck when he won the role of Spider-Man in the NBC Saturday morning series "Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends." Roles in other animated shows of the 1980s soon followed. He was cast as Bumblebee in the original Transformers television series, jet pilot Slipstream in "GI Joe," Cooler in Hanna Barbera's "Pound Puppies" along with a host of other notable cartoon characters during the 8os and early 90s.

His television appearances are too numerous to mention, but include recurring roles on "Diagnosis Murder," "She-Wolf of London" and the FX series "Baskets."

Expanding into the world of the written word, Dan is the author of "Bumblebee & Me: Life as a G1 Transformer," a memoir of his time working on the seminal series, and the novels, "Drowned in the Grenadine" and "Soul."
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Still of Dan Gilvezan and Emma Kenney in Shameless and Citizen Carl
Still of Dan Gilvezan in Feud: Bette & Joan and And the Winner is...
Still of Dan Gilvezan and Patrick Duncan in Parks and Recreation and William Henry Harrison
Still of Dan Gilvezan in Baskets and Renoir
Rebecca Holden, Dan Gilvezan - Pressed
Dan Gilvezan & Friends
Dan Gilvezan and John Kassir in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010)
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Dan Gilvezan

Known for

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Transformers: The Movie
7.2
  • Bumblebee(voice)
  • 1986
Transformers: Devastation (2015)
Transformers: Devastation
7.1
Video Game
  • Bumblebee(voice)
  • 2015
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010)
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
7.7
Video Game
  • Spider-Man 2099
  • Miguel O'Hara(voice)
  • 2010
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man
7.2
Video Game
  • Spike
  • Security Guard(voice)
  • 2002

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Actor

  • Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
    • (as Dan Givezan)
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Pressed
  • Until Then (2018)
    Until Then
  • Pancho Moler, Tiago Felizardo, Francisco Froes, and Tom Albanese in No Actor Parking (2017)
    No Actor Parking
  • Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in Feud (2017)
    Feud
  • Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Cierra Ramirez, Maia Mitchell, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, and Hayden Byerly in The Fosters (2013)
    The Fosters
  • Baskets (2016)
    Baskets
  • Transformers: Devastation (2015)
    Transformers: Devastation
    • (voice)
  • Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
    Justice League: Gods and Monsters
    • (voice)
  • Dying Light (2015)
    Dying Light
    • (voice)
  • Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Retta, Aziz Ansari, and Aubrey Plaza in Parks and Recreation (2009)
    Parks and Recreation
  • Springer vs Cereal
    • (voice)
  • Alamo City Comic Con '13 Official Promo
    • (voice)
  • Ahmed Ahmed, Valerie Azlynn, Steve Byrne, Roy Wood Jr., and Owen Benjamin in Sullivan & Son (2012)
    Sullivan & Son
    • (voice)

Writer

  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985)
    Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Soundtrack

  • Pound Puppies (1985)
    Pound Puppies

Videos12

Dan Gilvezan Theatrical Demo
Demo Reel 2:53
Dan Gilvezan Theatrical Demo
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Demo Reel 0:50
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Video games
Demo Reel 1:13
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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Complete Seasons 2 & 3
Clip 1:09
Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Complete Seasons 2 & 3
30th Anniversary Trailer
Trailer 1:03
30th Anniversary Trailer
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions -- Negative Zone Vignette
Trailer 0:50
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions -- Negative Zone Vignette
Spider-Man: Shattered Illusions
Trailer 1:04
Spider-Man: Shattered Illusions
Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Complete Season 1
Trailer 0:36
Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: Complete Season 1
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Vol. 6
Trailer 0:49
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Vol. 6
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Vol. 5
Trailer 0:49
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Vol. 5
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Trailer 0:50
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Dying Light: The Following (VG)
Promo 1:22
Dying Light: The Following (VG)

Personal details

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    • Dan Gilvezan
    • October 26
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    • 2001 - present
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Energizer Built-in battery tester (1996)

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    Was considered for the role of Spike in the original Transformers television series, but since Spike and Bumblebee had so many scenes together the producers thought it best to cast another actor in the role. The part of Spike went to voice actor Corey Burton.
  • Quotes
    In acting the most important thing is honesty. If you can fake that you've got it made.

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