Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase was born in Lower Manhattan, New York, United States, on October 8, 1943, is an American actor. Young Chevy Chase first started performing as a member of underground comedy ensemble "Channel One", which he co-founded in 1967. He began his full-time professional career as a writer and cast member of comedy radio show The National Lampoon Radio Hour (1973–1974). He made his big screen debut in comedy movie The Groove Tube (1974) in role as The Fingers / Geritan / Four Leaf Clover. Chevy's breakthrough performance came as Lieutenant Tony Carlson in comedy mystery thriller film Foul Play (1978).
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Chevy Chase
October 8, 1943
81 years old
United States
Libra
Grey
Dark Brown
6 ft 3½ in | 192 cm
$50 Million
78 kg | 172 lbs
11 US | 44 EU
He played Clark W. Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation films:
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Vacation (2015)
He portrayed Ty Webb in comedy movies:
Caddyshack (1980)
Caddyshack II (1988)
He played Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher in comedy mystery films:
Fletch (1985)
Fletch Lives (1989)
He played portrayed Repairman in science-fiction comedy films:
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for his role as Nick Halloway in comedy science fiction movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992).
He was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male for his role as Lieutenant Tony Carlson in comedy mystery thriller film Foul Play (1978).
Three Amigos! (1986) Western comedy as Dusty Bottoms
Spies Like Us (1985) comedy as Emmett Fitz-Hume
Seems Like Old Times (1980) farce romance as Nicholas Gardenia
Dirty Work (1998) buddy comedy as Dr. Farthing
Funny Farm (1988) drama comedy as Andy Farmer
Nothing But Trouble (1991) horror comedy as Chris Thorne
Modern Problems (1981) fantasy comedy as Max Fiedler
Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980) comedy as Browning
Deal of the Century (1983) comedy as Eddie Muntz
Under the Rainbow (1981) comedy as Bruce Thorpe
Funny Money (2006) comedy as Henry Perkins
The Last Laugh (2019) comedy as Al Hart
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020) comedy as Chevy
He voiced King Karoth in animated sci-fi film Panda vs. Aliens (2021).
He was a performer and a writer in Saturday Night Live (1975–2015), for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program and for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for television special The Paul Simon Special (1977).
He hosted his own late night talk show The Chevy Chase Show (1993).
He won the Gold Derby TV Award for Ensemble of the Year for his role as Pierce Hawthorne in NBC comedy television series Community (2009–2014).
Attended Riverdale Country School in New York City.
Graduated from the Stockbridge School in Massachusetts.
Studied at Haverford College (1962–1963).
Graduated from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (1967), with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Has English, Scottish, Irish and Danish ancestry.
He was one of original cast members of Saturday Night Live (1975-1976).
Played drums with college band "The Leather Canary".
Huge jazz fan.
He plays drums, piano and saxophone.
He is an environmentalist and charity fundraiser.
Received a Star on the Walk of Fame in 1993.
He hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988.
Best friend with singer Paul Simon.
Has a fear of snakes.
Published book "I'm Chevy Chase - And You're Not" by 'Rena Fruchter' in 2007.
He was married to Susan Hewitt (1973-1976) and Jacqueline Carlin (1976-1980).
He married Jayni Luke in 1982, they have three daughters: Cydney Cathalene, Caley Leigh and Emily Evelyn.