Oct 8, 1943

Woodstock, New York, USA

Born Cornelius Crane Chase, he changed his name to Chevy Chase, joined the Saturday Night Live crew, and embarked on a highly successful movie career. Chase scored in the eighties with hits such as _Caddyshack (1980)_ , the National Lampoon movies and the Fletch movies. All his films show his talent for deadpan comedy. Sadly, his career has generally worsened throughout the nineties, starring in flops such as the wholly mediocre Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), and Cops and Robbersons (1994).... ... (read more...) <br/><br/>
He Prefers to do family-oriented movies and has turned down roles in several films including the lead in American Beauty (1999). He was the winner of Harvard Lampoon Lifetime Achievement Award 1996 and was the valedictorian of his high school class.