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My Take
Adam Savage won me over the way he wins most people over: through MythBusters. What I admire is that the Discovery show was never really about busting myths, it was about modeling curiosity and rigor on camera, and Savage made the scientific method look like the best job on earth. His background is fascinating too, real film model work on Star Wars: Episode II and The Matrix Reloaded before TV. He's since become a genuine science-communication figure, picking up a Humanist of the Year nod. I like that he treats building things and explaining things as the same act.
Overview
Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American special effects creator and educational video presenter. He is best known as the former co-host, with Jamie Hyneman, of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters and Unchained Reaction. His model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and The Matrix Reloaded.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adam Savage
- Name (Japanese)
- アダム・サヴェッジ
- Reading
- あだむ・さゔぇっじ
- Born
- July 15, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television presenter / film producer / engineer / sculptor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Humanist of the Year
- 2018 Emperor Has No Clothes Award
- 2018 Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.