Biography - Dave Coulier

Who is Dave Coulier?

Dave Coulier is an American actor as well as a comedian.

Dave Coulier – Age, Parents, Siblings

Dave Coulier was born on September 21, 1959, in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, the U.S.A. as David Alan Coulier. His mother’s name is Arlen Coulier and his father’s name is  David Alan Coulier. The family name was formerly known as Couwlier. Also, there is no information available on his three siblings and childhood.

One of his brothers is named Adrian Coulier while the name of his sister/brother is not known.

Education, Ethnicity

Coulier attended Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan. There he was a member of the ice hockey team and graduated in 1977. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan for further education. But after a year, he dropped out to pursue a career in comedy.

His ethnicity is Canadian and German.

Dave Coulier – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce, Affair

Dave Coulier was in a relationship with girlfriend Jayne Modean, an American actress and model. They married in June 1990 and have a son together. Their son Luc Coulier was born in November 1990. But the couple soon divorced in 1992.

After the divorce, he started to date Alanis Morissette. The affair did not last and they soon broke up. In 2005, he began to date Melissa Bring, a photographer, and producer. The couple tied the knot on July 2, 2014, in Montana.

Dave Coulier was the one who introduced his Full House co-star Candace Cameron Bure to the future husband and hockey player Valeri Bure. Bure has been married for more than two decades!

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Dave Coulier – Career

Early Days

Dave Coulier first got the taste of stand-up comedy in high school. Back then he used to impersonate his principal and teachers over the school’s PA system. 

But a career for a young man with no links in Hollywood was hard. While he struggled as a comedian, his good friend Bob Saget let him live on his couch in the early 1980s.

In 1986, Dave Coulier was cast as a player for the show Saturday Night Live but was left off the show when casting was changed. Fortunately, the next year in 1987, he was cast as Joey Gladstone in the sitcom Full House along with his friend Bob Saget. Coulier played the role until the show was canceled in 1995.

Apart from his role in Fuller House, Dave Coulier has done extensive voice acting. He has lent his voice for Scooby and Scrappy-Doo, The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, Muppet Babies, The Jetsons, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Detention, and Bob & Doug, among others.

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Films, Series, TV Shows

He has also appeared in The Thirteenth Year, The Even Stevens Movie, The Surreal Life while he has participated in Skating with Celebrities (2006) with on-screen partner Nancy Kerrigan. 

Dave Coulier has also hosted the Nickelodeon comedy series Out of Control from 1984-1985, America's Funniest People, America's Most Talented Kid, and Opportunity Knocks. In 2000, Coulier founded F3 Entertainment, his own children's entertainment company.

In 2016, it was announced that Coulier would reprise his role of Joey Gladstone in Netflix’s Full House spin-off series Fuller House.

Co-stars

On the set of Fuller House, he has worked with  John Stamos, Ashley Liao, Jeff Franklin, Bob Saget, Soni Nicole Bringas.

Comedy

In comparison to his acting career, Dave Coulier’s career in stand-up comedy is a "little laid" back. His excellence rather lies in his ability to mimic celebrities and cartoon characters. His comedy material is known to be family-friendly and has his youth-oriented comedy website, cleanguys.TV.

Currently, he tours with the  Clean Guys of Comedy Tour which includes Ryan Hamilton and Kivi Rogers.

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Dave Coulier – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Dave Coulier is estimated at $5 million while the figure on his salary is under review.

Dave Coulier – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media sites Instagram, and Twitter, Dave Coulier is followed by over a million followers but is absent from Facebook. He also has an official website - davecoulier.com.

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