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Adam Savage(I)

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Adam Savage at an event for The Green Hornet (2011)
The nation's most talented kids have a chance to show off their amazing ingenuity and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) skills.
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Mythbusters Jr. (2019)
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Adam Savage started his varied career as a child actor. His father worked on Sesame Street as a Muppeteer and he learned very early on about 'behind the scene' work on a television show. He appeared in some episodes of Sesame Street. Later on, as a teenager, he starred in the Billy Joel video for "Second Wind" and a Charmin toilet paper commercial with Mr. Whipple as Jimmy the stock boy.

Adam has worked as an interior designer, a set designer for the Fool's Fury playhouse in San Francisco, and an artist. His artwork has been displayed in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, West Virginia. He also worked in toy prototyping, working in research and development for Zoob toys, and designing several displays and a large "Zoob Dude" model for them. Adam has worked on many TV commercials for Pizza Hut, Burger King and Coca-Cola, among others. He designed his own robot for Battlebots, "Claymore".

However, Adam is best known for his work in Sci-Fi movies and of course, MythBusters (2003). He was employed by George Lucas' special effects shop, Industrial Light and Magic, working with Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara. He has worked on Space Cowboys (2000), Galaxy Quest (1999), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and Bicentennial Man (1999), among others. In 2002, Adam and Jamie Hyneman, long time collaborators on various projects, including the BattleBots (2000) robot Blendo, got together to film 3 pilot episodes for Mythbusters. The rest is history. Adam plays around with heavy machinery, indulges in building elaborate rigs, and gets to blow stuff up - always putting his body on the line for the show. He has donated every body fluid imaginable for scientific testing in the course of the show, and has taken many hits for the team. He provides much of the 'comic relief' to co-host Hyneman's 'straight-man' persona.

Adam is the father of twin sons!
BornJuly 15, 1967
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BornJuly 15, 1967
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  • Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys

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Adam Savage in Savage Builds (2019)
Adam Savage in Savage Builds (2019)
Adam Savage in Savage Builds (2019)
Adam Savage in Savage Builds (2019)
Adam Savage in Savage Builds (2019)
Adam Savage in Mythbusters Jr. (2019)
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)
Adam Savage in MythBusters (2003)
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)
Adam Savage and Kunal Jaggi in The Expanse (2015)
Adam Savage in The Expanse (2015)
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)

Known for

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)
MythBusters
8.3
TV Series
  • Producer
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded
7.2
  • Visual Effects
  • 2003
Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, and Temuera Morrison in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.6
  • Visual Effects(ILM)
  • 2002
Promo Poster
Space Cowboys
6.5
  • Visual Effects
  • 2000

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Producer

  • Adam Savage in Mythbusters Jr. (2019)
    Mythbusters Jr.
  • Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)
    MythBusters
  • Dangerous Toys (2014)
    Dangerous Toys
  • Unchained Reaction (2012)
    Unchained Reaction

Actor

  • Dave Bautista in 2048: Nowhere to Run (2017)
    2048: Nowhere to Run
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, and Dominique Tipper in The Expanse (2015)
    The Expanse
  • Marc Evan Jackson in The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars (2011)
    The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars
  • The Thrilling Adventure Hour: The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam (2011)
    The Thrilling Adventure Hour: The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam
  • Paul F. Tompkins in The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Beyond Belief (2011)
    The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Beyond Belief
  • Anna Akana in Wrestling Isn't Wrestling (2015)
    Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
  • Dee Bradley Baker, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Vincent Martella in Phineas and Ferb (2007)
    Phineas and Ferb
    • (voice)
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (voice)
  • Night of the Little Dead (2011)
    Night of the Little Dead
  • Elisabeth Shue and Ted Danson in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • (uncredited)
  • Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes in The Darwin Awards (2006)
    The Darwin Awards
  • Ever Since the World Ended (2001)
    Ever Since the World Ended
  • Billy Joel: You're Only Human (Second Wind)
  • Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, and Ryan Dillon in Sesame Street (1969)
    Sesame Street
    • (voice)

Visual Effects

  • Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
    The Matrix Revolutions
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kristanna Loken in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
    The Matrix Reloaded
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, and Temuera Morrison in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  • Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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    Space Cowboys
  • Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest (1999)
    Galaxy Quest
  • Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man (1999)
    Bicentennial Man
    • (uncredited)
  • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, and Ray Park in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    • (uncredited)
  • Henry Bumstead, Christopher Curry, Adrianne Duncan, Bruce Green, Darwin Harris, Rya Kihlstedt, Kevin Kilner, Darren T. Knaus, Olek Krupa, Krista Lally, Alex D. Linz, Julio Macat, Haviland Morris, Marian Seldes, David Thornton, and Lenny von Dohlen in Home Alone 3 (1997)
    Home Alone 3
  • Robin Williams and Scott Martin Gershin in Flubber (1997)
    Flubber
  • Robin Williams in Jack (1996)
    Jack
    • (uncredited)
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Videos11

Adam Savage Unveils His Latest Movie Creations
Interview 4:15
Adam Savage Unveils His Latest Movie Creations
Trailer
Trailer 2:05
Trailer
An Honest Liar
Trailer 2:06
An Honest Liar
Mythbusters: Collection 9
Trailer 0:49
Mythbusters: Collection 9
Mythbusters: Collection 10
Trailer 0:55
Mythbusters: Collection 10
Mythbusters: Season 15
Trailer 0:31
Mythbusters: Season 15
Mythbusters: Season 11
Trailer 2:05
Mythbusters: Season 11
Mythbusters
Trailer 0:21
Mythbusters
Adam Savage Goes Incognito at Comic-Con
Video 1:03
Adam Savage Goes Incognito at Comic-Con
Did You Know Adam Savage Worked on 'Star Wars' Movies?
Video 2:01
Did You Know Adam Savage Worked on 'Star Wars' Movies?
Adam Savage Unsheaths His Own Excalibur
Video 2:13
Adam Savage Unsheaths His Own Excalibur

Personal details

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    • July 15, 1967
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • September 11, 2004 - present
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Charmin toilet tissue (80s).
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    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Was born in New York City, but was raised in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
  • Quotes
    I reject your reality and substitute my own.
    • Black "Buddy Holly" style glasses

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