Drew Carey Biography (1958-)

Full name, Drew Allison Carey; born May 23, 1958, in Cleveland, OH; son of Lewis (an automotive drafter) and Beulah (a keypunch operator and secretary) Carey. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Messina Baker Entertainment, 955 South Carrillo Dr., Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90048.; Publicist: Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Comedian, actor, producer, writer
Birth Details: May 23, 1958; Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Drew Clark, The Good Life (also known as The Bowmans), NBC,1994
Drew Allison Carey, The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995-2004
Host, Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (also known as Whose Line?and WliiA?), ABC, beginning 1998
Celebrity talent scout, Last Comic Standing 2, Comedy Central andNBC, 2004
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (live action and animated; also known as The Green Screen), The WB, 2004-
Movies
Stan Horner, "Freaky Friday," The ABC Family Movie (also known asDisney Family Films and Disneyland), ABC, 1995
Title role, "Geppetto," The Wonderful World of Disney (musical), ABC, 2000
Specials
"The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991
Comedy from the Caribbean, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
Drew Carey: Human Cartoon, Showtime, 1993
The NBC Super Special All-Star Comedy Hour, NBC, 1993
The 10th Anniversary of the Montreal Comedy Festival, 1993
Himself, Hot Country Jam '94, NBC, 1994
Aspen Comedy Festival, Comedy Central, 1994
Himself, Comic Relief VII, HBO, 1995
Himself, People Yearbook '95, CBS, 1995
Host, Kicking Aspen: Extreme Comedy, Comedy Central, 1996
Caesars Palace 30th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 1996
Catch a Rising Star 50th Anniversary--Give or Take 26 Years, CBS,1996
Mr. Vegas, Mr. Vegas All-Night Party (also known as Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey), HBO, 1997
All-Star TV Censored Tickle Me Bloopers, NBC, 1997
Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 5, Fox, 1997
Penn & Teller's Home Invasion Magic, ABC, 1997
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party, ABC, 1997
Drew, Drew's Dance Party Special, ABC, 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Sex, Drugs, and Freedom of Choice (also known as Sex, Drugs, and Consenting Adults), ABC, 1998
Honoree, Comedy Central Presents the N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey, Comedy Central, 1998
Host, Disney's Animal Kingdom: The First Adventure, ABC, 1998
Himself, Just for Laughs: Montreal Comedy Festival, 1999
Bloopers, ABC, 1999
Himself, The Best of Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, ABC, 2000
Himself, Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy, Showtime, 2001
Himself, Improv All Stars (also known as Drew Carey's Improv All Stars), Showtime, 2001
Himself, Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Himself, Rock & Roll Back to School Special (also known as Drew Carey's Rock & Roll Back to School Special), ABC, 2001
Himself, Royal Rumble (also known as WWE Pay-Per-View), pay-per-view, 2001
Roaster, Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Hugh M. Hefner, Comedy Central, 2001
Classic TV Bloopers, ABC, 2001
Himself, ABC 50th Anniversary Bloopers Celebration, ABC, 2003
Himself, 100 Years of Hope and Humor, NBC, 2003
Himself and presenter, ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003
Host, Pepsi Play for a Billion (also known as Play for a Billion), The WB, 2003
Host, Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Arts and Entertainment, 2003
(In archive footage) Himself, 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time,Comedy Central, 2004
Awards Presentations
Host, The 18th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1996
Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1997
Presenter, The 19th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1997
Presenter, The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1997
Host, The 25th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1998
Himself, First Annual TV Guide Awards, Fox, 1999
Episodic

Contestant, Star Search, syndicated, 1987
Himself, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1992
Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1991, 1992
Herbie Scroggins, "Say Uncle," The Torkelsons, NBC, 1992
Scientist, "George Really Does It This Time," The George Carlin Show, Fox, 1994
Future Quest, PBS, 1994
Himself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000
Full Frontal Comedy, Showtime, 1995
Herbie Stax (some sources cite Herbie Saxe), "Ghosts," Lois and Clark:The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois and Clark andThe New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1996
Before They Were Stars, ABC, 1996
Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003
Al after using the instant plastic surgery machine, "The Competition," The Weird Al Show, CBS, 1997
Drew Carey, "Secrets and Ellen," Ellen, ABC, 1997
Drew Carey, "To Tell a Mortal," Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, ABC, 1997
Drew Carey, "Vegas" (also known as "Vega$"), Grace under Fire (also known as Grace under Pressure), ABC, 1997
Drew Carey, "Viva Las Ratings," Coach, ABC, 1997
Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997
Himself and Dharma's fantasy man, "Instant Dharma," Dharma and Greg, ABC, 1997
Seymour "Sy" Winterfleffin, "Totally Tool Time," Home Improvement,ABC, 1997
Himself, The Howard Stern Show, E! Entertainment Television, 1997(multiple episodes), 1998
Himself, "Beverly's Secret," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1998
Himself, Late Night with Rita Sever, 1998
Himself, The Magic Hour, syndicated, 1998
Sin City Spectacular (also known as Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular), FX Channel, 1998
Himself and appearance in the "It's All about the Pentiums" music video,"Running with Scissors," Al TV (also known as Weird Al TV), VH1, 1999
(Uncredited) Steve, "Gambling Man," The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 1999
Voice of Hal, "Not in My Back Hoe," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 1999
"Blue Collar Man Makes Good," Turn Ben Stein On, Comedy Central, 1999
Celebrity contestant, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, ABC, 2000
Voice of himself, "Bizzy Moves In," Baby Blues (animated), The WB,2000
Himself, The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel, 2000
Barry Tenzer, "Superhero Blues," Nikki, The WB, 2001
Himself, "Bureaucracy," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 2001
Himself, "Momma Bear," The Geena Davis Show, ABC, 2001
Himself, Intimate Portrait: Shirley Jones, Lifetime, 2001
Himself, The View, ABC, 2002, 2003
"One-Star Hotel," On the Spot, The WB, 2003
Himself, "Hollywood Home Game 1," World Poker Tour, The Travel Channel, 2004
Pilots
Drew Allison Carey, The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995
Himself, ALF's Hit Talk Show, TV Land, 2004
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (live action and animated; also known as The Green Screen), The WB, 2004
Television Work
Series
Creator and consultant, Someone Like Me (also known as Gaby), NBC, 1994
Performer of theme song "Moon over Parma," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995-1996
Producer (with others), The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995-1997
Creator (with Bruce Helford), The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995-2004
Executive producer, The Drew Carey Show, ABC, c. 1997-2004
Executive producer, Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (also known as Whose Line? and WliiA?), ABC, beginning 1998
Creator and executive producer, Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (live action and animated; also known as The Green Screen), The WB, 2004-
Specials
Executive producer, Drew Carey: Human Cartoon, Showtime, 1993
Executive producer, Mr. Vegas All-Night Party (also known as Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey), HBO, 1997
Creator and executive producer, Drew's Dance Party Special, ABC, 1998
Creator, Rock & Roll Back to School Special (also known as Drew Carey's Rock & Roll Back to School Special), ABC, 2001
Executive producer, Improv All Stars (also known as Drew Carey's Improv All Stars), Showtime, 2001
Other
Executive producer, "Geppetto," The Wonderful World of Disney (musical movie), ABC, 2000
Director of episodes of The Drew Carey Show, ABC.
Film Appearances
Taxi passenger, Coneheads, Paramount, 1993
Himself (ringside fan), Play It to the Bone (also known as PlayIt), Buena Vista, 1999
Himself, The Big Tease, Warner Bros., 2000
Voice of first Rustie, Robots (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005
Radio Appearances
Episodic
Himself, The Howard Stern Show, 1997 (multiple episodes), 1998
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
"It's All about the Pentiums," by "Weird Al" Yankovic, 1999
Announcer, "Mexican Wine," by Fountains of Wayne, 2004
Video Games
Voice of himself, The Sims: House Party, Electronic Arts, 2001
Audiobooks
Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, Hyperion, 1999
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Drew Carey: Human Cartoon (special), Showtime, 1993
(With Robert Cohen) Premiere episode, Someone Like Me (also knownas Gaby), NBC, 1994
(With Clay Graham) The Drew Carey Show (pilot), ABC, 1995
Nonfiction
Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, Hyperion, 1997

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Carey's performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson appears on the video The Best of Carson. His performance in the music video "It's All about the Pentiums" appears in the videos "Weird Al" YankovicLive!, 1999, and "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection, Volcano Entertainment Group, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, October 20, 1995, pp. 50-51
In Style, March, 1997
Library Journal, October 15, 2002, p. 17
Maxim, September, 1999, pp. 102-103
People Weekly, November 13, 1995, p. 103; December 29, 1997, p. 96
Playboy, March, 1999, pp. 53-64, 140-41; October, 1999, p. 36
Reason, November, 1997, pp. 32-36
TV Guide, August 31, 1996, pp. 20, 25, 26; August 1, 1998, pp. 14-18; October 26, 2002, pp. 28-29, 55
USA Weekend, March 28, 1997, p. 26; May 5, 2000, pp. 8, 9

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