1. David Benjamin Wain was born on August 1,1969 and is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director.
17 Facts About David Wain
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David Wain has co-written and directed six feature films, including Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, and They Came Together.
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David Wain has served as a creator, producer, writer and director on a number of television series, including Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Childrens Hospital, Medical Police, and Mr Throwback.
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David Wain has had small roles in most of the films and TV series he has produced or directed.
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David Wain began his career as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The State.
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The group had their own TV show on MTV from 1993 to 1995, The State, for which David Wain directed many of the sketches.
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David Wain is a member of the comedy trio Stella, along with two other members of The State who were involved in Wet Hot American Summer, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter.
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David Wain was born to a Jewish family in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the son of Nina and Norman David Wain.
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In 1988 while attending NYU film school, David Wain became a founding member of the sketch comedy group The New Group.
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Wain's first feature film, Wet Hot American Summer, was an absurdist summer camp comedy starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Ken Marino and Elizabeth Banks.
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David Wain directed the film, and co-wrote and co-produced it with Showalter, who plays a lead role.
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David Wain was a featured commentator in the I Love the 70s series, I Love the 90s Part Deux series, and the weekly VH1 show Best Week Ever.
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David Wain has appeared in such movies as The Baxter, Keeping the Faith and Role Models.
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David Wain directed the film, from a screenplay he wrote with Ken Marino, and has a cameo in the film as a TV weatherman.
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David Wain returned to co-write and direct another Netflix sequel Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, which premiered in 2017.
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In 2018 David Wain directed A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a feature film biography of National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney, starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson and Joel McHale.
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David Wain has two sons and is divorced from Zandy Hartig, an actress and producer.