Dave Foley

This article is about the actor. For other people named Dave Foley, see Dave Foley (disambiguation).

Dave Foley
Foley in 2012
Born	David Scott Foley (1963-01-04) January 4, 1963 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Other names	David Foley
Occupation	Actor, comedian, director, producer, writer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Tabatha Southey (m. 1991; div. 1997) Crissy Guerrero (m. 2002; div. 2008)
Children	3

David Scott "Dave" Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, writer and producer, best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, A Bug's Life and NewsRadio.

Early life

Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, the son of Mary, a homemaker, and Michael, a steam-fitter.

Career

Acting and stand-up comedy

The Kids in the Hall at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

After dropping out of high school, Foley pursued standup comedy for about a year in the Toronto Second City Training Centre, where he began taking improv classes and met Kevin McDonald who got Foley a job with him as an usher at a local art house movie theatre. In 1987, he played Lewis Allen in the TV mini-series Anne of Avonlea. Together, they formed the original The Kids in the Hall. In October 1988, the group debuted on television, with the cast of Foley, McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Foley played some characters, including, Hecubus, one of the Sizzler sisters, the A. T. & Love boss, Bruno Puntz Jones, Mr. Heavyfoot, Jocelyn and Lex. The series ended in 1995. Initially involved with Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, he left the troupe in the middle of the writing, dissatisfied with the internal strife and the quality of the script, and joined the NewsRadio cast instead. As the remaining Kids still hadn't signed any contract with the studio, Foley agreed to sign a deal, which would allow the rest of the troupe to get paid for the script, though he was convinced that it would never be shot. When it was greenlighted, Foley did the film because he was contractually obligated. He is the only member of the group who is not credited as a writer. Foley rejoined the troupe in 2000 and has been an integral part of their various reformations. He appeared in the Kids in the Hall 2010 reunion project Death Comes to Town. Paul Simms, creator of NewsRadio, happened to be a huge fan of Foley's work, and wrote the role of Dave Nelson specifically for him. Much of his character on the show was based on his own personality quirks, including his coffee addiction and his love of the sitcom Green Acres. He was recently reunited with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey, when he recorded the special featurette Working with Joe Furey, an add-on to Furey's comedy Love and Support. Foley released his stand-up special, Relatively Well in January 2013, distributed by Showtime. In the comedy-thriller The Wrong Guy, Foley played Nelson Hibbert, an office worker who finds his boss murdered, mistakenly believes he will be blamed for the crime and runs off as a fugitive. In A Bug's Life, he voiced Flik, an ant who tries to gain respect for his colony. In 2001, he played the boss of 'N Sync singer Lance Bass in the film On the Line. Foley hosted the CBC Christmas Special, The True Meaning of Christmas Specials, in which he, a Mexican Elvis, Elvis Stojko and Dick Dale travel to Canada in search of the true meaning of Christmas specials. In 2004, Foley became host of Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo. In 2007, he appeared, nude in Uwe Boll's film adaptation of the controversial PC game Postal and became the judge for the US version of Thank God You're Here. He portrayed a middle management employee who happens to be a vampire) in the undead office comedy Netherbeast Incorporated (2007) and voiced the disgruntled elf Wayne in the holiday special series, Prep & Landing. He also guest-starred in the 2007 special, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary. He played a high school principal in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In 2011, he appeared in How I Met Your Mother as Marshall's possible future boss, Mr. Bloom. From 2011 to 2012, Foley played Jerry Dunham, the boss of Andrew Carlson (David Hornsby) in the short-lived CBS sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. In 2012 and 2013, Foley played Dr. Fulton, Brick's (Atticus Shaffer) school therapist in The Middle, which in "Life Skills", he refers to Brick's classmates as "the kids in the hall", after an awkward pause and glance by both characters and mentioned their behavior similar to those of comedy sketches from The Kids in the Hall. In February 2013, Foley played Detective Bob in the TV Land sitcom, Hot in Cleveland, starred in the third season of Robson Arms on CTV and also starred CTV's new sitcom Spun Out in 2014. In 2015, it took the role of hospital administrator Pat on the cast on the ABC sitcom, Dr. Ken.

Web series

In 2009, Foley was hired by 49 North Inc./Fuel Industries, a multi-national branded content and entertainment company, to star in a web series titled, The Sensible Traveler with Bobby Fargo with six episodes that are written by TV writer Stephen Hibbert and directed by a number of people, including Leslie Iwerks and Chris Roach. To date, the series is one of 49 North Inc./Fuel Industries' most successful web series at well over 20,000 hits since the beginning of 2010. No word has yet been released as to a second season being filmed.

Music video appearances

In 1993, Foley appeared along with Mark McKinney and Kevin McDonald in the music video for the Vancouver band Odds. In the video for "Heterosexual Man", the three comedians played stereotypical macho jocks in the audience of a small bar where Odds are playing until Foley inexplicably turns into a woman. In 2008, he appeared in Hollerado's original music video for their song 'Americanarama' where he portrays a sexually promiscuous boss/ underwear model, in the band's parody to American Apparel. He also appeared in another of the band's music videos for the song 'Desire 126'. In 2010, Foley appeared in a music video for the Los Angeles band Black Robot. The song is a cover of the JJ Cale classic "Cocaine". The video was released on May 5, 2010 exclusively on top rated gaming website IGN.com and was filmed at the legendary burlesque club Jumbo's Clown Room. Foley starred in Neva Dinova's video for the song "Yellow Datsun" from their album Hate Yourself Change released on Side Cho Records. In 2012, Foley starred in Off!'s music video for their song Borrow and Bomb, playing a "professional educator" by the name of Dale Antwerp who hosts a public access talk show entitled Teen Talk. He appeared in another Off! video in 2014 for their song "Red White and Black", playing the role of a Fascist dictator.

Songwriting

He co-wrote the Stripper's Union single "Give Up and Go Away".

Personal life

Foley married Tabatha Southey on December 31, 1991 and had two children: Edmund "Ned" (born in 1991) and Basil (born in 1995). They divorced in 1997 after six years of marriage. In 2011, Foley stated that as a result of having been judicially mandated to pay Southey "literally 400 per cent of [his] income" in child support, he cannot return to Canada without facing imprisonment.

On August 1, 2002, Foley married Crissy Guerrero and they had a daughter, Alina, who is also a child actress. Foley and Guerrero divorced in 2008.

Foley is an atheist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Source
1987	Three Men and a Baby	Grocery Store Clerk
1994	It's Pat	Chris
1996	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Marv / Psychiatrist / New guy / Raymond Hurdicure
1997	The Wrong Guy	Nelson Hibbert
1997	Hacks	Neal
1998	A Bug's Life	Flik (voice)
1999	Blast from the Past	Troy
1999	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	The Baldwin brothers (voice)
1999	Dick	Bob Haldeman
2001	Monkeybone	Herb
2001	On the Line	Higgins
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Network Executive #1
2002	Swindle	Michael Barnes
2002	Stark Raving Mad	Roy
2003	Grind	Tour Manager
2004	Employee of the Month	Eric
2004	Ham & Cheese	Tom Brennemen
2004	Childstar	Philip Templeman
2005	Sky High	Mr. Boy
2006	Cars	Flik Car (voice)
2007	California Dreaming	Stu Gainor
2007	Netherbeast Incorporated	Henry Welby
2007	Postal	Uncle Dave
2009	Suck	Jeff
2010	Vampires Suck	Principal Smith
2011	Monster Brawl	Buzz Chambers
2012	Last Call	Mr. Nunley
2013	Monsters University	Terry (voice)
2014	Party Central	Terry (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	American Playhouse	Welsh Rabbit / Old Ironsides / Smith	Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey"
1988–95	The Kids in the Hall	Various characters / Jaques	102 episodes
1995–99	NewsRadio	Dave Nelson	97 episodes
1996	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Todd	Episode: "Operation Hell on Earth"
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Alan Bean	Episode: "That's All There Is"
2001	Becker	Owen	Episode: "Hanging with Jake"
2002	The Tick	Francis	Episode: "Arthur, Interrupted"
2002	Just Shoot Me!	Jay	Episode: "Blind Ambition"
2003	The Toronto Show	Various	Episode: "#1.1"
2003	Odd Job Jack	Gary Gerbil	Episode: "The Wheel Is Not Enough"
2003	The King of Queens	Psychiatrist	Episode: "Jung Frankenstein"
2003	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Laslow Oswald (voice)	Episode: "High-Tech House of Horrors"
2003	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Priest (voice)	Episode: "Fibber: Experiment 032"
2003	Grounded for Life	Derek Purcell	Episode: "Baby Come Back"
2004	Will & Grace	Stuart Lamarack	5 episodes
2004	I'm with Her	Principal Harris	Episode: "Friends in Low Places"
2004	Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story	Mr. Warrick	Movie
2005	Las Vegas	Mertens	Episode: "Letters, Lawyers and Loose Women"
2005	Father of the Pride	Kelsey Grammer's Cat (voice)	Episode: "Stage Fright"
2005	Hot Properties	Ted Begley Jr.	Episode: "The Return of the Ring"
2006	Lovespring International	Timothy Entsweiler	Episode: "The Loser Club"
2006	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Dr. Dave Foley	Episode: "Glass Eyes"
2006; 2007	Scrubs	Dr. Lester Hedrick	2 episodes
2007	The Batman	Francis Grey (voice)	Episode: "Seconds"
2007	Slacker Cats	Cult cat
2007	Little Mosque on the Prairie	U.S. Consulate Clerk	Episode: "No Fly List"
2007–09	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Tom	3 episodes
2008	Carpoolers	Mr. Latero	Episode: "Take Your Daughter to Work Day"
2008	In Plain Sight	Horst Vanderhof	Episode: "Trojan Horst"
2008	Robson Arms	Chuck Hoskins	5 episodes
2008	Brothers & Sisters	Paul	Episode: "Going Once... Going Twice"
2008	Stargate: Atlantis	Malcolm Tunney	Episode: "Brain Storm"
2009	True Jackson, VP	Ted Begley, Jr.	Episode: "Company Retreat"
2009–11	Prep & Landing shorts	Wayne (voice)	Short
2010	Less Than Kind	Dr. Raymond Sheasgreen	Episode: "Third Death's a Charm"
2010	The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town	Marilyn Bowman / Levon Blanchard / Doc Porterhouse / Bingo Lady	Miniseries 8 episodes
2010	The Soup	Grownup Pageant Princess	Episode dated August 6
2010	Leverage	Eben Dooley Jr.	Episode: "The Ho Ho Ho Job"
2010; 2013	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Principal MacIntyre	3 episodes
2010; 2013–15	Hot in Cleveland	Bob / Dr. Moore	19 episodes
2011	Desperate Housewives	Monroe Carter	Episode: "Flashback"
2011	How I Met Your Mother	Mr. Bloom	Episode: "Challenge Accepted"
2011	Friends with Benefits	Keith	Episode: "The Benefit of Forgetting"
2011	Pound Puppies	Agent Rick	Episode: "Homeward Pound"
2011	Eureka	Dr. Plotkin	Episode: "One Giant Leap"
2011	Nick Swardson's Pretend Time	Captain Rudd	Episode: "The Mis-Education of Garry Gaga"
2011–12	How to Be a Gentleman	Jerry	9 episodes
2011–2013	Dan vs.	Chris	47 episodes
2012	Unsupervised	Darren (voice)	Episode: "Rich Girl"
2012–14	The Middle	Dr. Fulton	4 episodes
2013	Robot Chicken	Flik / Space Invader / Allan Sherwood (voices)	Episode: "Choked on a Bottle Cap"
2013	Newsreaders	Donny Hayflack	Episode: "31-Up"
2013	Maron	Dave Foley	Episode: "Internet Troll"
2013	Veep	Osmo Häkkinen	Episode: "Helsinki"
2013	The Goodwin Games	Mr. Quilty	Episode: "Hamletta"
2013	We Are Men	Carter's Dad	Episode: "Pilot"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	The Bomber	Episode: "Rashida Jones Wears a Black Blazer & Flowered Pants"
2013	Dads	Ben	Episode: "Dad Abuse"
2014	Justified	Canadian Gangster	Episode: "A Murder of Crowes"
2014	Mr. Pickles	Scientist	Episode: "The Lair"
2014	Spun Out	Dave Lyons	13 episodes
2015	The Odd Couple	Roy	4 episodes
2015	Harvey Beaks	Dr. Roberts
2015	Dr. Ken	Pat

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1998	A Bug's Life	Flik
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Yes Man

External links

• Dave Foley at the Internet Movie Database