Dave Sheridan (actor)

Dave Sheridan
Sheridan in 2023
Born (1969-03-10) March 10, 1969
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1996–present

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

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

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Buzzkill Various TV series; also creator
1998 Short Cinema Video
2000 Scary Movie Doofy Gilmore/The Killer
2001 The Det. Kent Stryker One-Man Film Det. Lee
Corky Romano Agent Terrence Darnell
Bubble Boy Mark
Ghost World Doug Gormley
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Frank McKlusky Also story
2003 Windy City Heat Travis Bickle TV film
Grounded for Life Jack TV series (1 episode)
The Fighting Temptations Bill
Scare Tactics Various characters TV series (1 episode)
2005 The Devil's Rejects Officer Ray Dobson
2006 Little Man Rosco
Free Ride Dove TV series (6 episodes)
Van Stone: Tour of Duty Randy Van Stone TV film; also, writer and executive producer
2008 Stone & Ed Man in the Yellow Hat
Sex Drive Bobby Jo
Your Name Here IRS Agent Duke
2008–2009 Smile...You're Under Arrest! TV series
2009 All's Faire in Love Jester Roy/Horny
2011 Horrible Bosses Bartender (Bradford's Bar)
2013 A Haunted House Bob
Dealin' with Idiots Forrest
2014 A Haunted House 2 Aghoul
2015 The Walking Deceased Sheriff Lincoln Also producer
2016 Fifty Shades of Black The Great Mysterio
2017 Naked Officer Mike Bentley
Victor Crowley Dillon
2018 Beyond White Space Stubniski
2020 Spy Intervention Rick
Sky Sharks Kifo Mleta Uncredited
2021 The Resort Detective
2022 Bloody Summer Camp Sheriff Wilmore
2024 Stream Mark [7]
Meat the Carvers My Monster Pal [8]
2026 Scary Movie Doofy Gilmore Post-production

References

  1. ^ "Dave Sheridan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ Li, Shirley (October 26, 2017). "Inside the making of 'Scary Movie,' the hilarious, highest-grossing horror-film spoof ever made". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Manning, Sean (April 25, 2013). "Whatever Happened to MTV's "Buzzkill"?". The Awl. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Hanley, Ken W. (February 3, 2015). "Exclusive Q&A, Merch; New Clip: "THE WALKING DECEASED"". Fangoria. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  5. ^ Schiller, Rebecca (January 19, 2018). "Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith Recalls Making 'By The Way' Video in 'Chart Rewind'". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "Chad Smith's Daughter Covers Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Universally Speaking': Watch". Billboard. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Miska, Brad (June 2, 2023). "'Stream' Poster Puts Skin In the Game!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  8. ^ Alexa, L'wren (October 3, 2024). "Deliciously Dark Horror-Comedy 'Meat the Carvers' Now on YouTube". awn. Retrieved October 3, 2024.