Dave Sheridan (actor)

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Dave Sheridan
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Born
Dave Sheridan

March 10,1969 (age 55)
Newark City in Delaware
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1996–present

Dave Sheridan is an American actor, producer and writer. [1] He played Special Officer Doofy in the comedy Scary Movie (2000), a spoof of deputy sheriff Dewey Riley from Scream . [2]

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Career

He began his career as an intern at Saturday Night Live during the 1991–1992 season. From there, he entered Chicago's famed comedy troupe, The Second City, where he wrote, directed, and produced "Dave Sheridan's America", a multimedia stage show. He starred on Buzzkill , a 1996 MTV reality series that featured three slacker buddies staging elaborate pranks and catching it all on video. [3]

Sheridan is well known for his role in Scary Movie (2000) as Officer Doofy. [4] He portrayed the character Doug in the 2001 film Ghost World . [3] Sheridan also appeared in the 2002 music videos for "By the Way" (playing a crazy taxi driver) [5] and "Universally Speaking" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. [6] Sheridan toured with his band that formed in 2004, Van Stone. [3]

Sheridan hosted a series called Smile...You're Under Arrest! on the Fox Reality Channel in 2008–09. In 2014, he portrayed Sheriff Lincoln in the parody film The Walking Deceased , inspired by The Walking Dead . [4]

In 2016, Sheridan started co-hosting The Dave and Creech Show podcast with actor/podcaster CJ Creech.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Buzzkill VariousTV series; also creator
1998Short CinemaVideo
2000 Scary Movie Doofy Gilmore / The Killer
2001The Det. Kent Stryker One-Man FilmDet. Lee
2001 Corky Romano Agent Terrence Darnell
2001 Bubble Boy Mark
2001 Ghost World Doug Gormley
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Frank McKluskyAlso story
2003 Windy City Heat Travis BickleTV film
2003 Grounded for Life JackTV series (1 episode)
2003 The Fighting Temptations Bill
2003 Scare Tactics Various CharactersTV series (1 episode)
2005 The Devil's Rejects Officer Ray Dobson
2006 Little Man Rosco
2006 Free Ride DoveTV series (6 episodes)
2006Van Stone: Tour of DutyRandy Van StoneTV film; also writer and executive producer
2008Stone & EdMan In The Yellow Hat
2008 Sex Drive Bobby Jo
2008 Your Name Here IRS Agent Duke
2008 Smile...You're Under Arrest! TV series
2011 Horrible Bosses Bartender (Bradford's Bar)
2013 A Haunted House Bob
2013 Dealin' with Idiots Forrest
2014 A Haunted House 2 Aghoul
2015 The Walking Deceased Sheriff LincolnAlso producer
2016 Fifty Shades of Black The Great Mysterio
2017 Naked Officer Mike Bentley
2017 Victor Crowley Dillon
2018 Beyond White Space Stubniski
2020 Spy Intervention Rick
2020 Sky Sharks Kifo MletaUncredited
2021 The Resort Detective
2022Bloody Summer CampSheriff Wilmore
2024 Stream Mark [7]

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