Adam Savage

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.

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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 59)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television presenter / film producer / engineer / sculptor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

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

• Official sitehttps://adamsavage.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealadamsavage/
• Xhttps://x.com/donttrythis
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Savage
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297618

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television presenter
• film producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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