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Dave Foley

Dave Foley

28 movies on Netflix

Biography

Born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Dave Foley is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director and producer who co-founded The Kids in the Hall. He dropped out of high school to pursue stand-up in Toronto, where he took improv classes and met Kevin McDonald. The troupe formed in 1984, and their sketch series ran from 1988 to 1995. Foley also starred as Dave Nelson in NewsRadio, a role written for him, and voiced Flik in A Bug's Life (1998) and Terry in Monsters University (2013). His film work includes Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996), The Wrong Guy (1997), Blast from the Past (1999) and On the Line (2001). He hosted Celebrity Poker Showdown and later played Dr. Fulton in The Middle, Bob in Hot in Cleveland and Danish Graves in Fargo.

63years old

Turns 64 on January 4in 83 days

  • Born Etobicoke
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
  • Also credited as David Scott Foley

Movie Career

Films
28
Career span
30 years1994 to 2024

Genres

First and latest

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  1. Early training

    After leaving high school, Foley tried standup comedy for roughly a year at the Toronto Second City Training Centre. There he took improv classes and got to know Kevin McDonald, who hired him as an usher at a nearby art house theater.

Dave Foley movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. A Bug's Life1998 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Flikvoice

    IMDb rating 7.2342K votes

  2. Monsters University2013 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Terryvoice

    IMDb rating 7.2431K votes

  3. Blast from the Past1999as Troy

    IMDb rating 6.778K votes

  4. Postal2007as Uncle Dave

    IMDb rating 4.526K votes

  5. Sky High2005as Mr. Boy

    IMDb rating 6.3102K votes

  6. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy1996as Marv / Psychiatrist / New guy / Raymond Hurdicure

    IMDb rating 6.99.8K votes

  7. It's Pat: The Movie1994as Chris

    IMDb rating 2.811K votes

  8. Prep & Landing2009as Wayne

    IMDb rating 7.64.7K votes

Most often with

Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers directed three of these films together. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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William Morgan Sheppard, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with William Morgan SheppardJulia Sweeney, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Julia SweeneySarah Chalke, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Sarah ChalkeDerek Richardson, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Derek RichardsonJohn Goodman, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John GoodmanCarlos Alazraqui, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Carlos AlazraquiKevin DetersDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Kevin DetersStevie WermersDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Stevie Wermers

Films together

Box office

What Dave Foley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.5 billion

14 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 28 films: 14 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.

  • 14Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 7Figure not found

Top grosser

Monsters University2013as Terry (voice)$744 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Monsters University2013as Terry (voice)
    $744M49.1% of the total
  2. 2
    A Bug's Life1998as Flik (voice)
    $363M24.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Sky High2005as Mr. Boy
    $86M5.7% of the total
  4. 4
    South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut1999as The Baldwin Brothers (voice)
    $83M5.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Vampires Suck2010as Principal Smith
    $81M5.3% of the total
  6. 6
    Second Act2018as Felix Herman
    $72M4.8% of the total
  7. 7
    Blast from the Past1999as Troy
    $40M2.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Dick1999as Bob Haldeman
    $28M1.8% of the total
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996), $8.0 millionMonkeybone (2001), $5.4 millionOn the Line (2001), $4.5 millionPostal (2007), $146,741It's Pat: The Movie (1994), $60,822Stark Raving Mad (2002), $54,028

$18.2 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors.

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Dave Foley's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2014Canadian Comedy Award for Comedic Artist of the YearWon
Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male - TelevisionWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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