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Tommy Boy is a 1995 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Bonnie and Terry Turner, produced by Lorne Michaels, and starring former Saturday Night Live castmates and close friends Chris Farley and David Spade.
After Farley and most of his fellow cast members were released from their contracts at Saturday Night Live following the 1994–95 season, Farley began focusing on his film career. In his first two major films, Tommy Boy and Black Sheep, he starred with SNL colleague and close friend David Spade.
She dated Chris Farley in 1993, and both starred and shared a brief scene together in the 1995 comedy film Tommy Boy. She has appeared in other films such as Mickey Blue Eyes, and television productions such as 22 episodes of Veronica's Closet.
27 years ago, comedian Chris Farley’s life came to a tragic end.. The Wisconsin-born star was discovered dead in his Chicago apartment from an apparent drug overdose on Dec. 18, 1997. He was 33 ...
Farley translated that fame to the big screen, starring in comedies like “Tommy Boy” with frequent collaborator David Spade, “Black Sheep” and “Beverly Hills Ninja.” ...
Spade starred with fellow Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Farley in two buddy comedy films, Tommy Boy (1995) and Black Sheep (1996), both of which were distributed by Paramount Pictures. The two were planning a third film together, but Farley died of a drug overdose in 1997 at the age of 33 and thus it was cancelled.
Although his agent lined up possible roles for Farley in The Cable Guy (for which he was offered $3 million) [4] and Kingpin, Paramount remained firm on wanting another buddy comedy with Farley and Spade. [3] Having performed an uncredited rewrite on Tommy Boy, Fred Wolf wrote the script for Black Sheep. [5]
In 2015, Farley appeared, with his brother, Kevin, in the documentary I Am Chris Farley, about the life of his brother, Chris, alongside many other Hollywood stars, like Adam Sandler and Dan Aykroyd. In 2019, Farley appeared on the Comedy Central series Lights Out with David Spade, [4] where he is also the television show's announcer. [5]