20 Facts About Adam Savage

Adam Savage is most active on the platform Adam Savage's Tested which includes a website and a YouTube channel.

Adam Savage was born in New York City and was raised in North Tarrytown, New York, which was renamed Sleepy Hollow in 1996.

Adam Savage's maternal grandfather Cushman Haagensen was a surgeon who pioneered breast cancer surgery.

Adam Savage's father Whitney Lee Savage was a painter, filmmaker, and animator known for his work on Sesame Street, and he has work in the permanent collection of the Clay Center in Charleston, West Virginia.

Adam Savage was the second youngest of six children, with the four older children coming from his parents' previous marriages.

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Adam Savage has two older brothers, two older sisters, and one younger sister.

Adam Savage began acting as a child and had five years of acting school.

Adam Savage has worked as an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, projectionist, film developer, television presenter, set designer, toy designer, and gallery owner.

Adam Savage worked as a model maker on the films Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, The Mummy, The Matrix Reloaded, and Space Cowboys, among others.

Adam Savage played the role of a helpful engineer in the 2001 film Ever Since the World Ended and the role of an army surplus store owner who sells a man a rocket engine for his pickup truck in 2006 in The Darwin Awards, which featured MythBusters co-star Jamie Hyneman.

Adam Savage previously taught advanced model making in the department of Industrial Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Adam Savage was a featured performer at the three w00tstock v1.

Adam Savage has been a regular guest speaker at the annual Maker Faire since 2008, speaking on different topics such as his obsession with the dodo bird and problem-solving, and taking questions from the audience members about MythBusters, among other topics.

Adam Savage hosted an episode of the Discovery Channel series Curiosity, in which he speculated as to whether or not it is possible for humans to live forever.

In 2011, Adam Savage appeared as "Dan" in a short film directed by Frank Ippolito titled Night of the Little Dead.

In June 2017 Adam Savage was named "Humanist of the Year" by the American Humanist Association at their annual conference.

October 2017, Adam Savage played a cameo as a merchant selling blood bags in the Blade Runner 2049 short film prequel, 2048: Nowhere to Run.

In 2019 Adam Savage published his first book, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It, exploring his approach to making.

Adam Savage wears hearing aids in both ears due to congenital otosclerosis.

Adam Savage later moved in with his parents for less than a year, working for a graphic design firm in Manhattan.