Adam Savage(I)
- Producer
- Actor
- Visual Effects
Adam Savage started his varied career as a child actor. His father
worked on Sesame Street as a Muppeteer and he learned very early on
about 'behind the scene' work on a television show. He appeared in some
episodes of Sesame Street. Later on, as a teenager, he starred in the
Billy Joel video for "Second Wind" and a Charmin toilet paper
commercial with Mr. Whipple as Jimmy the stock boy.
Adam has worked as an interior designer, a set designer for the Fool's
Fury playhouse in San Francisco, and an artist. His artwork has been
displayed in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, West Virginia. He
also worked in toy prototyping, working in research and development for
Zoob toys, and designing several displays and a large "Zoob Dude" model
for them. Adam has worked on many TV commercials for Pizza Hut, Burger
King and Coca-Cola, among others. He designed his own robot for
Battlebots, "Claymore".
However, Adam is best known for his work in Sci-Fi movies and of
course, MythBusters (2003). He
was employed by George Lucas'
special effects shop, Industrial Light and Magic, working with
Tory Belleci and
Grant Imahara. He has worked on
Space Cowboys (2000),
Galaxy Quest (1999),
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999),
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002),
The Matrix Reloaded (2003),
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
and Bicentennial Man (1999),
among others. In 2002, Adam and
Jamie Hyneman, long time collaborators on
various projects, including the
BattleBots (2000) robot Blendo,
got together to film 3 pilot episodes for Mythbusters. The rest is
history. Adam plays around with heavy machinery, indulges in building
elaborate rigs, and gets to blow stuff up - always putting his body on
the line for the show. He has donated every body fluid imaginable for
scientific testing in the course of the show, and has taken many hits
for the team. He provides much of the 'comic relief' to co-host
Hyneman's 'straight-man' persona.
Adam is the father of twin sons!
worked on Sesame Street as a Muppeteer and he learned very early on
about 'behind the scene' work on a television show. He appeared in some
episodes of Sesame Street. Later on, as a teenager, he starred in the
Billy Joel video for "Second Wind" and a Charmin toilet paper
commercial with Mr. Whipple as Jimmy the stock boy.
Adam has worked as an interior designer, a set designer for the Fool's
Fury playhouse in San Francisco, and an artist. His artwork has been
displayed in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, West Virginia. He
also worked in toy prototyping, working in research and development for
Zoob toys, and designing several displays and a large "Zoob Dude" model
for them. Adam has worked on many TV commercials for Pizza Hut, Burger
King and Coca-Cola, among others. He designed his own robot for
Battlebots, "Claymore".
However, Adam is best known for his work in Sci-Fi movies and of
course, MythBusters (2003). He
was employed by George Lucas'
special effects shop, Industrial Light and Magic, working with
Tory Belleci and
Grant Imahara. He has worked on
Space Cowboys (2000),
Galaxy Quest (1999),
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999),
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002),
The Matrix Reloaded (2003),
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
and Bicentennial Man (1999),
among others. In 2002, Adam and
Jamie Hyneman, long time collaborators on
various projects, including the
BattleBots (2000) robot Blendo,
got together to film 3 pilot episodes for Mythbusters. The rest is
history. Adam plays around with heavy machinery, indulges in building
elaborate rigs, and gets to blow stuff up - always putting his body on
the line for the show. He has donated every body fluid imaginable for
scientific testing in the course of the show, and has taken many hits
for the team. He provides much of the 'comic relief' to co-host
Hyneman's 'straight-man' persona.
Adam is the father of twin sons!