David Foley

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Foley
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jan 4, 1963(1963-01-04)
Age	61
Birthplace	Etobicoke
Country	Canada
Birth City	Toronto
Horoscope	Capricorn

David Foley Biography

David Foley is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on January 4, 1963 in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada. David Scott Foley (born January 4 in 1963) is an Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and producer, as well as a director and writer. He is the co-founder of comedian group The Kids in the Hall and has appeared in numerous film, stage and television productions, including The 1988-1995 TV sketch comedy series The Kids in the Hall as well as The 1996 movie Brain Candy. He also appeared as Dave Nelson in the sitcom NewsRadio and in which he voiced the main character Flik, in A Bug’s Life and played the role of Bob Moore in the sitcom Hot in Cleveland and was host of the popular game show Celebrity Poker Showdown.

He was on the official music video of the single “Yellow Datsun” by Neva Dinova. He also was a guest in the music video alternative to the tune “Americanarama” by Ottawa band Hollerado in which he parodied American Apparel CEO Dov Charney. Foley also appeared on the official music video of the song “Desire 126”. In the year 2010, Foley was featured in a music video featuring The Los Angeles band Black Robot’s version of JJ Cale song “Cocaine” that was shot in the Jumbo’s Burlesque Club’s Clown Room. The year 2012 was the time that Foley appeared in Off! The music video of Off! for their hit song Borrow and Bomb, playing the role of a “professional educator” named Dale Antwerp who hosts a talk show called Teen Talk. He was also featured in an Off! video from 2014, for their track “Red White and Black” as an organizer who is fascist.

Foley was recently reunited with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey when he recorded the special featurette Working with Joe Furey, an add-on to Furey’s comedy Love and Support. Foley released his stand-up special, Relatively Well in January 2013, distributed by Showtime. In the comedy-thriller The Wrong Guy, Foley played Nelson Hibbert, an office worker who finds his boss murdered, mistakenly believes he will be blamed for the crime and runs off as a fugitive. In 2001, he played the boss of ‘N Sync singer Lance Bass in the film On the Line. Foley hosted the CBC Christmas Special, The True Meaning of Christmas Specials, in which he, a Mexican Elvis impersonator, Elvis Stojko and Dick Dale travel to Canada in search of the true meaning of Christmas specials. He portrayed Jack McFarland’s boyfriend Stuart Lamarack on Will & Grace in its 2003-2004 season. In 2004, Foley became host of Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo. In 2007, he appeared nude in Uwe Boll’s film adaptation of the controversial PC game Postal and became the judge for the US version of Thank God You’re Here. He portrayed a middle management employee who happens to be a vampire in the undead office comedy Netherbeast Incorporated (2007) and voiced the disgruntled elf Wayne in the holiday special series, Prep & Landing. He also guest-starred in the 2007 special, Bob & Doug McKenzie’s Two- Four Anniversary. He played a high school principal in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In 2011, he appeared in How I Met Your Mother as Marshall’s possible future boss, Mr. Bloom. From 2011 to 2012, Foley played Jerry Dunham, the boss of Andrew Carlson (David Hornsby) in the short-lived CBS sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. In 2012 and 2013, Foley played Dr. Fulton, Brick’s (Atticus Shaffer) school therapist in The Middle, where in “Life Skills”, he refers to Brick’s classmates as “the kids in the hall”, after an awkward pause and glance by both characters and mentioning that their behavior is similar to those of comedy sketches from The Kids in the Hall. In February 2013, Foley played Detective Bob Moore for the three last seasons in the TV Land sitcom, Hot in Cleveland (with an unrelated guest appearance as a charity doctor in the first season), starred in the third season of Robson Arms on CTV and also starred in the CTV sitcom Spun Out in 2014. Foley also starred in ABC’s Dr. Ken.

Foley has suffered from depression his entire life. The comedian “used to drink quite a bit”, but stopped consuming alcohol on December 22, 2014 after an incident wherein he took a hard fall backwards while intoxicated, resulting in a severe head injury. Foley received a subdural hematoma, spent four days in the intensive care unit, and the fall occurred “with enough force that my brain gave me a black eye from the inside of my head.” In February 2019, he remarked that he hadn’t “had a drink in four years,” and had experienced almost no depression following his brain injury.

The year 1993 was the time that Foley made an appearance along Mark McKinney and Kevin McDonald in the music video for the track “Heterosexual Man” by Vancouver group Odds. In the clip the comedians played stereotyped macho jocks in an patrons of a tiny bar in which Odds play until Foley suddenly transforms into an attractive woman.

David Foley Net Worth

David Foley is one of the richest Actor from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Foley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After leaving High School, Foley pursued standup comedy for a period of about a year at the Toronto Second City Training Centre in Toronto, where he started taking classes in improv. He also met Kevin McDonald, who gave him the job of an usher at an art house local movie theater. Foley was Lewis Allen in the miniseries Anne of Avonlea. Foley, McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson formed The Kids in the Hall in 1984. The TV show based on the group’s name began in 1988 and concluded in 1995. Foley played characters such as Hecubus One of the Sizzler sisters and Hecubus, the A. T. & Love boss, Bruno Puntz Jones, Mr. Heavyfoot, Jocelyn and Lex. Initially , he was a part of Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Foley resigned from the group in the middle of the script’s writing process, dissatisfied with the internal conflict as well as the writing and was a part of in the NewsRadio crew instead. Since he was not a party to any agreement for the production, Foley agreed to sign an agreement that would allow the other members of the group to receive a fee for the script even though he was certain it was never going to be made. Once it was greenlit Foley was in the film as he was contractually bound to participate. Foley is the sole member of the group that is not acknowledged as writer. Foley returned to the group in 2000 and has since been an integral part of their numerous changes. Foley was a part in his role in the Kids in the Hall 2010 reunion project Death Comes to Town. Paul Simms, creator of NewsRadio was an admirer of the work of Foley and wrote the character Dave Nelson specifically for him. A large portion of his character in the show was based off his personal traits like his addiction to coffee and his love for The sitcom Green Acres.

Foley got married to Tabatha Southey on December. 31st November, 1991. The couple separated in 1997. The couple have two kids: Edmund (born the year 1991) as well as Basil (born in 1995). The year 2011 was the first time Foley said that, as due to being ordered by the court to pay Southey around $17,700 per month, which is “literally 400 per cent of [his] income” in child support, he is convinced that if he goes back to Canada the country, he could be detained.

In 2009, Foley was hired by 49 North Inc./Fuel Industries, a multi-national branded content and entertainment company, to star in a web series titled, The Sensible Traveler with Bobby Fargo with six episodes that are written by TV writer Stephen Hibbert and directed by a number of people, including Leslie Iwerks and Chris Roach. To date, the series is one of 49 North Inc./Fuel Industries’ most successful web series at well over 20,000 hits since the beginning of 2010. No word has yet been released as to a second season being filmed.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

David Foley height 5 ft 8 in David weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is David Foley Dating?

According to our records, David Foley married to Crissy Guerrero , Tabatha Southey. As of December 1, 2023, David Foley’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. David Foley celebrates birthday on January 4 of every year.

What happened to David Foley?

In the U.S., Foley is keeping busy. He’s doing standup in L.A. and sporadic TV work in the last year : a significant role recently on Desperate Housewives; last year’s Kids in the Hall miniseries Death Comes to Town; a regular voice role in the animated series Dan Vs.

How old is David Foley?

59 years (January 4, 1963)

How tall is Dave Foley?

5′ 8″

How old is Tom Green?

50 years (July 30, 1971)

Is Dave Foley married?

Spouse