Adam Savage

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Adam Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American television co-host on the program MythBusters on the Discovery Channel.

Born in New York City, Savage was raised in Westchester County, New York. The son of a painter/animator/director, Adam was a child actor, voicing animated characters that his father produced for Sesame Street. He played Mr. Whipple's stockboy "Jimmy" in a Charmin commercial, and 2nd lead in Billy Joel's music video "You're Only Human."

He has also been an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, set designer, toy designer, and has many sculptures on display in museums across the country. Before becoming a TV host, Adam spent ten years as an artisan in special effects, specifically modelmaking for companies such as Industrial Light and Magic, Warner Bros. and Disney. He worked on such films as Star Wars Episodes I and II, The Matrix sequels, Bicentennial Man, A.I., Space Cowboys, and others.

On MythBusters, Savage is famous for silly and juvenile behavior and sometimes doing ill-advised things for a laugh. His best known show quote appears in the beginning of most of the episodes: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" (This quote was originally from the movie The Dungeonmaster and popularized during the show's 10th regular episode, where he and fellow Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman tested the "rip a car off its rear axle" myth as seen in the movie American Graffiti.) He used the quote after being challenged about earlier predictions of the likelihood of the myth's validity (the possible values added up to more than 100%). In later episodes, he wears a T-shirt that contains the aforementioned quote.

Savage is prone to seasickness (which has been used as cinematic fodder on several MythBusters episodes).

He currently lives in San Francisco and is the father of twin sons.

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MythBusters
Main crew
Jamie Hyneman - Adam Savage
Build Team
Kari Byron - Tory Belleci - Grant Imahara
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Season 1 - Season 2 - Season 3 - Season 4 - Pilots, Specials and Mini-myths
Additional cast - M5 Industries