Date
of Birth
21 September 1959, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth Name
David Lee Coulier
Nickname
Mr. Duplicity
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse
Jayne Modean (1990 - 1992) (divorced) 1 son, Luc
Trade Mark
Known for his imitiations of various celebrities
Known
for his standup comedy and acting in TV and Movies.
Trivia
Member of comedy troupe Ducksbreath Mystery Theater.
Has
a great passion for playing hockey. He is a member
of the Celebrity All-Stars squad whose team includes
Jason Priestley, Matthew Perry, Alan Thicke, Michael
J. Fox, Michael Keaton and Richard Dean Anderson.
Boasts
his comedy routine is clean - without any four
letter words - but also states it isn't as wholesome
as _"Full House" (1987/I)_
Coulier
is pronounced Cool-Yay
Highly
regarded for his voice-over talent, Dave's additional
credits include many Saturday morning cartoon
favorites. He started out doing voices on Hanna-Barbera's
"Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" (1979)
and the re-syndicated version of "The Jetsons"
(1962). Dave then went on to lend his versatile
voice to Jim Henson's Emmy Award-winning animated
series, "Muppet Babies" (1984), where
he portrayed Animal and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew for
the run of the series, and then became the voice
of three additional characters: Waldorf and Statler
(the two old guys on the balcony on the original
"The Muppet Show" (1976)) and Bean Bunny.
Additionally, Dave also voiced the character of
Peter Venkman on "The Real Ghost Busters"
(1986) cartoon (played by Bill Murray in the movies).
Formed
his own children's entertainment company, F3 Entertainment
was founded in early 2001.
Introduced
Candace Cameron Bure, then his co-star on _"Full
House" (1987/I)_ , to hockey player, and
her future husband, Valeri Bure at a charity hockey
game.
He
has said he is the person Alanis Morissette is
singing about in her song "You Ought to Know".
First
lover of Alanis Morissette - they met at a celebrity
hockey game.
Imitated
various celebrites throughout several episodes
of _"Full House" (1987/I)_ , including
Bill Murray, Bob Hope, Walter Brennan, Bill Cosby,
and Joe Pesci.
Plays
guitar and harmonica.
Is
a long-time friend of Anchor Bay High School English
instructor Christopher LaMilza, who has played
hockey with him in the past.
Was
a substitute voice-over for the character Garfield
on the cartoon "Garfield and Friends"
(1988) when Lorenzo Music was ill. He also voiced
Peter on "The Real Ghost Busters" (1986)
for a long time.
Still
close with his _"Full House" (1987/I)_
cast mates, in particular Candace Cameron Bure,
whom he introduced to Valeri Bure, NHL star of
the Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars, who
became Cameron's husband.
A
Detroit native, is a huge Red Wings fan, and wore
Red Wings jerseys on some episodes of _"Full
House" (1987/I)_ .
His
famous tag line "Come on now, cut-it-out!"
complete with hand motions that he became known
for during _"Full House" (1987/I)_ actually
was created before he did that show. He invented
the saying while he was on the variety show "Out
of Control" (1984) on Nickelodeon in 1985.
Dave,
Lorenzo Music, and Bill Murray are connected together
in two ways. Music was the voice of Garfield on
"Garfield and Friends" (1988) while
Coulier substituted as the voice when Music was
ill, and Murray did the voice for the movie Garfield
(2004). Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in the
movie Ghost Busters (1984) while Music started
off as the voice of Peter in the cartoon "The
Real Ghost Busters" (1986) and Coulier took
over the voice duties from Music. Coulier also
imitated Murray on a few episodes of his show
_"Full House" (1987/I)_ .
Partnered
with former Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan on the
TV show "Skating with Celebrities" (2006).
Parents
are Paul (1924-1990) and Terri (1927-2004), grandparents
are Theodore Coulier (1892-1971) and Miriam Coulier
(1901-1998).
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