Dave Coulier

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Comedian • Actor • Host • Impressionist

Birth Date: September 21, 1959

Age: 64 years old

Birth Place: St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Boyishly attractive stand-up comic who sequed into voiceovers for various animated series, hosted a weekly comedy show and became a regular on longrunning sitcom "Full House" (1987-95). As the third member of primetime's only all male parenting team, the low-key Coulier contrasted nicely with his two co-stars, high-strung Bob Saget and heartthrob John Stamos. While starring as one of the surrogate fathers on "Full House," Coulier also hosted "America's Funniest People" (1990-94), a series featuring videos of average Americans doing "funny" or unusual things.

Coulier, who had aspired to be a hockey player but was sidelined by injury, got his start in comedy by cracking up his classmates in the school cafeteria. He soon produced an evening in a local hall that attracted 900 paying customers. A stint at a local radio station writing and voicing commercials followed. He started doing stand-up at local clubs in Detroit and, on the advice of a comedian he opened for, moved to L.

A in the late 1970s. Taking a job as a doorman at LA's Comedy Store, he soon got stage time and became a regular. On the basis of voice tapes he submitted to an agent, Coulier landed voiceover work with several animated series including "Scooby Doo" "Mork & Mindy," "The Muppet Babies" and "The Real Ghostbusters." He made occasional appearances on episodic TV and hosted the cable series "Out of Control" and "Kids' Choice Awards" (both 1990). He co-wrote and co-starred on the ABC Special "Inside America's Totally Unsolved Lifestyles" (1992). Following the end of "Full House," Coulier continued his stand-up career and moved further into voiceover work both in the United States and Canada. He appeared on several episodes of the stop-motion animated series "Robot Chicken" (Adult Swim 2005- ), playing various pop culture characters, and provided the voice of Bob McKenzie in the short-lived animated series "Bob and Doug" (2009), replacing the retired Rick Moranis. In 2013, Coulier played himself on an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS 2005-2014), in a mockumentary about the late career of Canadian teen pop star Robin Sparkles, the former alter ego of the character Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders). The storyline concerned Robin's last hit single "P.S. I Love You," about her obsessive crush on a mystery man; that plot was a riff on an episode in Coulier's own past. Coulier, who had dated former teen actress and pop singer Alanis Morrissette prior to her breakthrough alt-rock single "You Oughta Know," has long been assumed to be the subject of Morrissette's venomous song.

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Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget TributeStream

Self
Stand-up
2022

AFL Bite

Actor
Show
2022

NRL Bite

Actor
Show
2022

The Adam Carolla Show

Guest
Show
2021

Access Daily

Guest
Show
2019

Tamron Hall

Guest
Talk
2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

Guest
Show
2019

Today 3rd Hour

Guest
Show
2018

Muppet BabiesStream

Voice
Animal/Bunsen/Bean Bunny/Janice
Series
2018

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

Actor
Movie
2018

Funny You Should Ask

Guest Star
Game Show
2017

Battle of the Network Stars

Guest
Reality
2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Guest
Talk
2017

Fuller HouseStream

Guest Star
Series
2016

GrandfatheredStream

Guest Star
Patient
Series
2015
71%

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Guest
Talk
2015

The Meredith Vieira Show

Guest
Talk
2014

Hollywood Today Live

Guest
Show
2014

The Clean Guys of Comedy

Actor
Show
2013

The Clean Guys of Comedy

Executive Producer
Show
2013

The Ricki Lake Show

Guest
Talk
2012

The Talk

Guest
Talk
2010

Access Hollywood Live

Guest
Show
2010

Worst Cooks in AmericaStream

Contestant
Reality
2010

Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

Guest
Talk
2009

Bob & Doug

Voice
Show
2009

Kevin Pollak's Chat Show

Guest
Show
2009

Shredderman Rules

Actor
Dad
Movie
2007

The Family Holiday

Actor
Donald 'Doc' Holiday
Movie
2007

Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen

Guest
Talk
2006

ET Canada

Guest
Show
2005

Robot ChickenStream

Guest Voice
Series
2005

Felix the Cat Saves Christmas

Voice
Show
2004

America's Most Talented Kids

Host
Show
2004

The Surreal Life

Self
Show
2003

The Even Stevens Movie

Actor
Lance LeBow
Movie
2003

An Evening at the Improv

Guest
Show
2000

The Thirteenth YearStream

Actor
Whit Griffin
Movie
1999

George & Leo

Guest Star
Show
1997

Head Over Heels

Guest Star
Show
1997

The View

Guest
Talk
1997

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher

Guest Star
Show
1996

World's Funniest Videos

Host
Show
1996

Burke's Law

Guest Star
Show
1994

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanStream

Guest Star
Series
1993
86%

America's Funniest People

Host
Show
1990

Free Spirit

Guest Star
Show
1989

The Joan Rivers ShowStream

Guest
Talk
1989

CoachStream

Guest Star
Dave Coulier
Series
1989

Full HouseStream

Actor
Joey Gladstone
Series
1987

Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose

Voice
Firkin
Movie
1987

Muppet Babies

Voice
Animal/Bunsen/Bean Bunny/Janice
Show
1984

NewhartStream

Guest Star
Series
1982

Good Morning America

Guest
News
1975

Today

Guest
News
1952

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