Dave Thomas

ActorWriterDirectorProductionProducer May 20 (age 76) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1962–2025 (63 year career)

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Biography

David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where he attended Dundas District high school and later, graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from McMaster Univ…

Known For

Film

Bones

Consulting Producer

Film

Brother Bear

Tuke (voice)

Film

The Blacklist

Writer

Film

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

Cleve Kelso (voice)

Film

Brother Bear 2

Tuke (voice)

Film

Rat Race

Harold Grisham

Film

Stripes

M.C.

Film

Coneheads

Highmaster

Filmography

Acting (93)

Movies (56)

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

as Self - Actor, SCTV

7.9

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2025

as Self

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

2020

as Self

6.7

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

as Himself

Misery Loves Comedy

as Self

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007

as Doug McKenzie

6.0

Angel Wars: Grace and Glory

2006

as Michael

Christmas with SCTV

2006

Brother Bear 2

2006

as Tuke (voice)

6.7

As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story

2006

as Narrator

The Aristocrats

as Self

Santa's Slay

as Pastor Timmons

Angel Wars: Blue Moon

2005

as Michael

6.0

Angel Wars: About Face

as Michael

Who's Your Daddy?

as Carl Hughes

White Coats

as Dr. Omar Olson

Love on the Side

as Red

A Beachcombers Christmas

2004

as Dave McGonigal

Brother Bear

2003

as Tuke (voice)

7.3

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

as Tuke (voice)

Beethoven's 5th

as Freddy Kablinski

The New Beachcombers

as Dave McGonigal

Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials

2002

as The Ghost of Christmas Specials Past (Bob Hope)

5.0

Fancy Dancing

2002

as Uncle Billy Gemmill

Rat Race

2001

as Harold Grisham

6.3

Uncle Gus: Not So Fast!

2001

as Flapjack

MVP: Most Valuable Primate

2000

as Willy Drucker

4.7

Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys

1999

as Flapjack

Kidz in the Wood

as Tom Foster

Picture Perfect

as Ernie Barrett

Coneheads

as Highmaster

Cold Sweat

as Larry

Friends of Gilda

as Himself

Boris and Natasha

as Boris Badunov

Lucky Luke

as Chief Prairie Dog

Public Enemy #2

as Wynn Dalton / Dwayne Gary Steckler

Andrea Martin... Together Again

The Rocket Boy

as Rocket Boy

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

as Roger Ebert

Moving

as Gary Marcus

The Best of SCTV

Love at Stake

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

as Professor Henry Osgood

5.5

The Canadian Conspiracy

as Self

Follow That Bird

as Sam Sleaze

The Last Polka

as Narrator

My Man Adam

as Jerry Swit

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

1985

9.0

The Adventures of the Get Along Gang

1984

as Leland Lizard (voice)

Strange Brew

as Doug McKenzie

Stripes

as M.C.

Double Negative

as Howie

From Cleveland

as Various

Riel

as Militia Captain

Home to Stay

as Petrie

Just Me and You

Television (37)

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

2019

as Cleve Kelso (voice)

7.0

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

2019

as Cleve Kelso (voice)

7.0

The Legend of Korra

2012

as Additional Voices (voice)

Perception

as Bill Duffy

Pound Puppies

as Agent Todd (voice)

5.2

Bob & Doug

2009

3.8

Second City: First Family of Comedy

2006

as Self

Bones

2005

as Andrew Jursic

8.2

How I Met Your Mother

as Chuck Gerussi

Weeds

as Dr. Bertner

Arrested Development

as Trevor

Justice League

as Harv Hickman (voice)

The Legend of Tarzan

as Hugo (voice)

Primetime Glick

as Bob Hope

Even Stevens

as Uncle Tug

Mission Hill

as Mr. Czelanski (voice)

That '70s Show

as Chris

CatDog

King of the Hill

as (voice)

Duckman

as Tad Venom (voice)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994

7.8

Animaniacs

1993

as King Arthur (voice)

8.0

Grace Under Fire

1993

as Russell Norton

5.6

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

as Dave Thomas

7.7

Raw Toonage

1992

as Additional Voices (voice)

8.2

Bobby's World

1990

7.0

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1990

as Lionel Tower

7.3

The Dave Thomas Comedy Show

1990

The Simpsons

1989

as Bob Hope (voice)

8.0

George Burns Comedy Week

1985

The New Show

1984

4.4

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

1982

as Himself

SCTV Network 90

1981

as Various

8.0

Second City Television

1976

as Self - Various Characters

7.6

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Doug McKenzie (uncredited)

7.0

The David Steinberg Show

1972

6.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Crew (26)

Movies (19)

MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill

2021

Writer

6.6

Three-Legged Race

2017

Director

Three-Legged Race

2017

Writer

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Writer

White Coats

Director

White Coats

Writer

Catching Kringle

Executive Producer

Ambushed

Producer

Bury Me in Niagara

Director

Bury Me in Niagara

Teleplay

The Rocket Boy

Writer

The Experts

Director

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

Director

5.5

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

Writer

5.5

The Steel Collar Man

1985

Creator

The Steel Collar Man

1985

Screenplay

Strange Brew

Director

Strange Brew

Writer

From Cleveland

Writer

Television (7)

The Blacklist

2013

Writer

7.6

Second City: First Family of Comedy

2006

Writer

Bones

Consulting Producer

Bones

Writer

Grace Under Fire

Writer

Maniac Mansion

Writer

SCTV Network 90

Writer