edgepedia

Screen and stage

62,279 articles

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle (David Khari Webber Chappelle, born 1973, Washington, D.C.) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of Chappelle's Show (2003), who quit a $50 million deal in 2005, returned via Netflix specials, and holds six Best Comedy Album Grammys.

Dave Coulier

Dave Coulier (born 1959) is an American comedian and actor, Joey Gladstone on Full House and Fuller House, voice of Animal and Peter Venkman, host of Out of Control; treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and HPV-related tongue cancer, in remission since 2026.

Dave England

Dave England (David Joseph England, born 1969) is an American stunt performer and former pro snowboarder, an original Jackass cast member, founder of Skintight magazine, known for scatological stunts and the 2022 cup-test pogo bit.

Dave Filoni

Dave Filoni, American animation producer and director, George Lucas's pick to build Lucasfilm Animation and create Star Wars: The Clone Wars; creator of Rebels, Ahsoka; Lucasfilm President and Chief Creative Officer since January 2026.

Dave Foley

Dave Foley (David Scott Foley, born 1963, Toronto) is a Canadian comedian and actor, co-founder of The Kids in the Hall, star of NBC's NewsRadio, voice of Flik in A Bug's Life, and host of Celebrity Poker Showdown and Hockey Fanatics.

Dave Franco

Dave Franco (born 1985, Palo Alto, California) is an American actor and director, brother of James Franco; known for 21 Jump Street, Neighbors, Now You See Me as Jack Wilder, and directing The Rental and Somebody I Used to Know.

Dave Free

Dave Free (David Isaac Friley, born 1986) is an American filmmaker and record executive from Inglewood, California: former TDE co-president, Kendrick Lamar's video co-director as The Little Homies, and cofounder of pgLang (2020).

Dave Gorman

Dave Gorman (born 1971, Stafford) is an English comedian and writer known for Are You Dave Gorman?, Googlewhack Adventure, America Unchained, and the PowerPoint stand-up series Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave.

Dave Hughes

Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes (born 1970, Warrnambool) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio host, and TV presenter; Perkins started in Perth in 1993, co-hosted The Project, Nova breakfast radio, and tours the 2026 show Cooked.

Dave Lamb

Dave Lamb, English comedy actor and voiceover artist, narrator of Channel 4's Come Dine With Me since 2005; also acted in Goodness Gracious Me, Miranda, Horrible Histories, and Danger Mouse voice roles.

Dave Lawson

Dave Lawson is an Australian performer, writer and comedian known for playing Scott Byrnes in the ABC comedy Utopia (2014-2023) and for creating and hosting Dave's Shed Show; distinct from other entertainers of the same name.

Dave Legeno

Dave Legeno (David Steven Murray, 1963-2014), British actor and Cage Rage MMA fighter, played werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three Harry Potter films and died of heatstroke hiking in Death Valley, California.

Dave Madden

Dave Madden (1931-2014), Canadian-born American actor and comedian, played Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family (ABC 1970-74, 96 episodes), was a Laugh-In regular, and played Earl Hicks on Alice.

Dave Malloy

Dave Malloy, American composer-writer-performer of musicals including Great Comet (12 Tony nominations), Ghost Quartet, Preludes, Octet, and Moby-Dick; New York-based, three OBIEs, collaborates with Rachel Chavkin.

Dave McCary

Dave McCary (born 1985, San Diego) is an American director, writer, and producer: Good Neighbor comedy co-founder, SNL digital shorts director, Brigsby Bear director, and Emma Stone's Fruit Tree producing partner.

Dave Meyers (director)

Dave Meyers, or David Charles Meyers, is an American music video, commercial, and film director known for videos for Missy Elliott, Kendrick Lamar, and Taylor Swift.

Dave Rubin

Dave Rubin, American political commentator and host of The Rubin Report on YouTube; formerly a Young Turks progressive, later right-leaning; founded Locals.com, sold to Rumble; named in 2024 Tenet Media RT funding scandal.

Dave Smith (comedian)

Dave Smith is an American stand-up comedian and libertarian political commentator known for hosting the podcast Part of the Problem and co-hosting Legion of Skanks.

Dave the Barbarian

Dave the Barbarian is a Disney Channel animated comedy created by Doug Langdale, premiering January 23, 2004. It follows cowardly, gourmet-cooking barbarian Dave, sisters Candy and Fang, and Udrogoth's odd foes, with meta humor and narrator Jeff Bennett.

Dave Thomas (actor)

Dave Thomas (David William Thomas, born 1949, St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian SCTV comedian, the co-creator of Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis, star-director of Strange Brew, Emmy-winning writer, and 2020 Order of Canada appointee.

Daveed (ദാവീദ്) (film)

Daveed (ദാവീദ്) is a 2025 Malayalam boxing action drama, Govind Vishnu's debut, starring Antony Varghese Pepe as former boxer Ashiq Abu opposite Mo Ismail's champion; released 14 February 2025, streamed on ZEE5 from 18 April 2025.

Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs (born 1982) is an American actor and rapper from Oakland; Tony and Grammy winner as Lafayette/Jefferson in Hamilton, frontman of Clipping., co-writer and star of Blindspotting, and lead of Snowpiercer.

Daveigh Chase

Daveigh Chase (1990–2026), American actress and voice actress, voice of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, Chihiro in the English Spirited Away dub, and Samara in The Ring; died June 16, 2026, in Los Angeles at 35.

Davey & Jonesie's Locker

Davey & Jonesie's Locker is a Canadian teen sci-fi comedy created by Evany Rosen, premiering March 22, 2024 on Hulu and Prime Video; ten 28-minute episodes about best friends whose locker portals them through the multiverse.

Davey and Goliath

Davey and Goliath: Lutheran-funded stop-motion clay-animated children's series by Gumby creators Art and Ruth Clokey, 65 episodes and six specials, 1961-1975, distributed free to nearly 200 TV markets.

David (2013 film)

David is a 2013 Indian bilingual crime drama directed by Bejoy Nambiar, shot in Hindi and Tamil, following men named David in different eras whose destinies converge.

David (דָּוִד) (2025 film)

David (2025 film) is a 2025 animated musical drama that retells the biblical story of David. It became the highest-grossing faith-based animated theatrical musical of all time.

David A. R. White

David A.R. White (David Andrew Roy White), American actor and producer born 1970 in Dodge City, Kansas; Evening Shade actor, co-founder of Pure Flix, and star-producer of the God's Not Dead faith-based film franchise.

David Ajala

David Ajala (born 1986, Hackney, London) is an English actor known for Cleveland 'Book' Booker in Star Trek: Discovery, Manchester Black in Supergirl, Nightflyers, and Detective Theo Walker on Law & Order season 25.

David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier (born 1955, Detroit) is an American actor and comedian, Yale School of Drama graduate, In Living Color cast member 1990–1994, and 2020 Tony winner for A Soldier's Play; distinct from the GWU computer historian of the same name.