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| Born | Adam Whitney Savage [1] July 15, 1967 New York City, New York, US |
| Occupation | Designer/fabricator, magician, actor, educator |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Savage (2003–present) |
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Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American industrial design and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator, and co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters.[1]
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Biography
Early years
Born in New York City, Savage was raised in Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.[2] His father, Lee Savage, was a painter, filmmaker, and animator known for his work on Sesame Street. His mother is a psychotherapist.
Adam Savage began acting as a child, and has had five years of acting school.[1] His early credits include voicing animated characters that his father produced for Sesame Street, Mr. Whipple's stock boy "Jimmy" in a Charmin commercial, a helper in the special effects of Star Wars, and a drowning young man saved by a lifeguard in the 1985 Billy Joel music video You're Only Human (Second Wind).[3]
Career
Savage has worked as an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, projectionist, film developer, television presenter, set designer, toy designer, and gallery owner.
Savage played the role of a helpful engineer in the film Ever Since the World Ended[4] and the role of an army surplus store owner who sells a man a rocket engine for his pickup truck in The Darwin Awards, which also featured MythBusters co-star Jamie Hyneman.[5] He made a cameo appearance along with Jamie Hyneman on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on the May 1, 2008 episode "The Theory of Everything." In the "making of" material for The Matrix Revolutions, he appears in his role as a special effects artist and discusses some of the miniature effects used and the difficulties involved.
He previously taught advanced model making in the department of Industrial Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[1]
Savage has become a regular presenter at magician James Randi's annual skeptics' conference, The Amaz!ng Meeting since first appearing in January 2006.[6] He has also been announced to appear in the UK, at the Amazing Meeting London from 3-4 October 2009, hosted at the Mermaid Conference Centre, Blackfriars.[7]
MythBusters
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In an interview Savage gave at The Amaz!ng Meeting 5, he expressed an interest in proving natural selection over creationism on MythBusters.
| “ | My goal this year is to prove natural selection on the show. It's gonna take a while, it's gonna be very hard to make it fascinating on film in the context of our narrative structure, but I figure screw it. The sky's the limit. Let's do natural selection. I'm sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It's appalling. And I have the unique ability, maybe, to sell this idea to Discovery, and they'll, they might allow me to do it, and I'm gonna try as hard as I can.[8] | ” |
Savage has since claimed that such an episode is unlikely because MythBusters has a policy of not trying to disprove supernatural phenomena.[9]
Personal life
Savage and his wife Julia were married in 2003. He has twin sons from a previous relationship.[10] He wears a hearing aid on his left ear due to a congenital condition.[11] Savage has also contributed nearly $5000 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Adam Savage. Interview with Steve Novella, et al.. The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. 2008-08-20. (Interview [Audio/.MP3]). Retrieved on 2008-11-18.
- ^ (.PDF) Bio-Adam Savage 2008. http://vision.symantec.com/upload/adam_savage_bio.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ^ "Adam Savage, Co-Host". The Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/adam-savage.html. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ "Ever Since the World Ended (2001)". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283337. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ "The Darwin Awards". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428446. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ "The Amaz!ng Meeting 6". James Randi Educational Foundation. 2008. http://www.randi.org/joom/component/option,com_registrationpro/Itemid,33/func,details/did,1. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ "Amazing Meeting London (2009)". Speakers at Amazing Meeting London. 2009. http://www.tamlondon.org/speakers/. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ Adam Savage. Interview with "Swoopy". Skepticality (0:12:15). 2007-02-13. (Interview [Audio/.MP3]). Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
- ^ Adam Savage. Interview with "Swoopy". Skepticality (0:30:00). 2008-07-01. (Interview [Audio/.MP3]). Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
- ^ Purdy, Kevin (2009-05-30). "MythBusters' Adam Savage Talks Tech, Obsessions, and Science". Lifehacker. http://lifehacker.com/5190354/mythbusters-adam-savage-talks-tech-obsessions-and-science. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Confirmed on his twitter account
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External links
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- Adam Savage's personal website
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- Adam Savage at the Internet Movie Database
- Adam Savage's biography from the Discovery Channel
- Interview with Adam at The Sneeze
- Interview with Adam from Reddit.com
- Adam Savage interviewed on Penn Radio
- Adam talks about his newfound fame
- Savage Presentation at The Entertainment Gathering (December 2008)
- Adam Savage on Diggnation (September 2009)
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