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Dustin Diamond

ダスティン・ダイアモンド　/　だすてぃん・だいあもんど

American actor

January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021　・　San Jose, California, United States

California
actor
film director
pornographic actor

My Take

To my generation Dustin Diamond will always be Screech, and that's both his blessing and his curse. Carrying one oddball character from child actor through more than a decade of Saved by the Bell spinoffs is a strange kind of endurance most performers never face. He later veered into directing and even pro wrestling, which I read as a restless man trying to outrun a single role. He never quite escaped it, and the later years were rocky, but I find something honest in that struggle. Losing him at 44 in 2021 felt far too soon.

Overview

Dustin Neil Diamond (January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for portraying Samuel "Screech" Powers throughout the Saved by the Bell franchise, appearing from the first episodes of Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1988–89) through the subsequent spinoffs with The College Years (1993–94) and the last six seasons of The New Class (1994–2000); alongside Dennis Haskins,…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Dustin Diamond
Name (Japanese): ダスティン・ダイアモンド
Reading: だすてぃん・だいあもんど
Born: January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Snake
Origin: San Jose, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film director / pornographic actor / television actor / professional wrestler

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

Motto

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