Dave Coulier

**Dave Coulier** portrays Joey Gladstone in Fuller House

Cosmo (Voice)
Jack (Voice)

## Biography

Dave Coulier informally began his career at a young age, doing impressions of neighbors and friends. He cites both grandmothers as strong comedic influences. His parents, an interior decorator and a foreman at Chrysler, disapproved of his comic leanings, and considered him a mischief-maker.

In 1973, Coulier began attending Notre Dame High School, an all-boys Catholic school in Harper Woods, Michigan. The avid hockey player capitalized on his mimicry skills, and performed perfect impressions of various teachers and even his principal, over the school's public address system. Dave feared he'd be punished, but was instead rewarded for his talent.

Paired with close friend and fellow humorist Mark Cendrowski, the duo was encouraged to write and perform comedic sketches, and became responsible for the school's morning announcements. Soon, he expanded his stomping grounds, and put together sketch comedy shows for Notre Dame's all-girls sister school. He also began performing stand up at Detroit's Comedy Castle; comedian Tim Allen worked at the venue, and the two aspiring stars struck up a friendship.

Two years after his 1977 graduation, Dave Coulier moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up comedy in earnest. At 19, he became a regular performer at the Comedy Store and decided to make a voice-over demo. Writing, producing and voicing his own material, he sent the reel to Hanna Barbera Studios, and was hired within the week.

With the beginnings of a voice-over career in place, Dave began to focus on acting work. After landing a part in Cheech and Chong's *Things Are Tough All Over*, he began earning character roles on shows like Newhart and performing stand up on A&E's *Evening at the Improv*. In 1984, he was cast in Nickelodeon's *Out of Control*, a faux, late-night show for kids. The wacky program lasted less than a season, but the show and Dave's signature catchphrase, "Cut it out" became a cult favorite.

In 1987, Dave appeared on *The Tonight Show*, and landed several voice-over roles on the animated series, *Muppet Babies*. Most notably, he was cast as Joey Gladstone, Bob Saget's crazy best-friend on the series *Full House*.

As *Full House* enjoyed nationwide popularity, Dave Coulier became a voice-over artist on the animated *The Real Ghost Busters*. In 1990, he was also cast as the host of ABC's *America's Funniest People*, a home-video show featuring silly and outrageous video clips, as well as Dave's own sketches. That same year, he met actress Jayne Modean on the set of *Full House*. The couple quickly married, and their son, Luc, was born on November 14; they divorced two years later. Not long after their split, Dave dated up-and-coming singer Alanis Morissette.

Dave is proud of his "clean," family-appropriate humor, and founded a multimedia organization called The Clean Guys of Comedy. Ironically, he recently admitted that he might be the inspiration behind Alanis Morissette's contemptuous single, "You Oughta Know." He continues to be an avid hockey player, and is a member of the Celebrity All-Stars team.

Dave Coulier married photographer and producer Melissa Bring on July 2, 2014 in Montana. Several *Full House* cast members were present to celebrate the nuptials including John Stamos, Candace Cameron-Bure, Andrea Barber and Bob Saget.

Dave was the voice of both Cosmo and Jack in the first episode he ever directed: Nutcrackers.

He is the voice-over in the syndicated *Full House* repeats, closing each episode with "Full House is produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, with Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television/Warner Bros. Television, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution."

## Contribution

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 4
* Season 5
* Credits Gallery

* Our Very First Show, Again (appeared)
* Funner House (appeared)
* Love is in the Air (appeared)

- Fuller Thanksgiving (appeared)

- Glazed and Confused (appeared)

- Nutcrackers (directed)

- Happy New Year, Baby (appeared)

- Maybe Baby (appeared)

- Surrogate City (directed)

- Fullers in a Fog (appeared)

- Here Comes the Sun (appeared)

- Oh My Santa (appeared)

- Angels' Night Out (appeared)

- President Fuller (directed)

- The Prom (appeared) / (directed)

- Ready Player Fuller (directed)

- A Modest Proposal (appeared)

- If the Suit Fits (appeared)

- Cold Turkey (appeared) / (directed)

- Our Very Last Show, Again (appeared)

## Selected Credits

* *Out of Control (TV Series)*
* *Full House (TV Series)*
* *The Real Ghostbusters (TV Series)*
* *Muppet Babies (TV Series)*
* *Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (TV Series)*
* *George & Leo (TV Series)*
* *Bob & Doug (TV Series)*
* *Robot Chicken (TV Series)*
* *China, IL (TV Series)*

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