Pauly Shore

For those of a similar name, see Paul Shaw (disambiguation).

Pauly Shore

Shore in 2008
Pseudonym The Weasel
Birth name Paul Montgomery Shore
Born (1968-02-01) February 1, 1968
Hollywood, California, United States
Medium Stand-up, television, film
Nationality American
Years active 1989present
Genres Improvisational comedy
Notable works and roles Host of MTV
Stoney Brown in Encino Man
Crawl in Son in Law
Bones Conway in In the Army Now
Tommy Collins in Jury Duty
Bud Macintosh in Bio-Dome
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Adopted

Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director, writer and producer. Shore is best known for his roles in several comedy films in the 1990s including Encino Man (1992), Son in Law (1993), and Bio-Dome (1996). He also hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Shore's acting career has declined since the late 1990s; he has since appeared only infrequently in a number of films and has primarily focused on stand-up comedy.[1]

Early life

Shore was born Paul Montgomery Shore,[2] the son of Mitzi Shore (née Saidel), who founded The Comedy Store, and Sammy Shore, a comedian.[3][4] Shore was raised Jewish,[5] and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986.[6]

Career

Stand-up career

Inspired by his parents' work in comedy and show business, a 17-year-old Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in Culver City. "Everyone else in school was filling out their SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college."[7] Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona, "The Weasel".

"The Weasel" involved Shore speaking in a surfer parlance, heavily peppered with dudespeak slang such as "edged", "melons" and "grinding" as well as his catchphrase, "Hey, BU-DDY."[8]

MTV

Shore's big break came as an on-air MTV VJ, a position he held from 1989 to 1994. At the height of his MTV fame, Shore had his own show, Totally Pauly, serving as a host, most memorably on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. He also released a music video, "Lisa, Lisa, the One I Adore".[8]

Film career

In 1992, Shore starred in Encino Man, which was a modest hit. The film's success propelled Shore to star in additional personalized vehicles, albeit less successful: Son in Law (1993), In the Army Now (1994), Jury Duty (1995), and Bio-Dome (1996). All five films received sharply negative reviews, with the last three each holding a rating below 10% at Rotten Tomatoes; in addition, each of the movies grossed less at the box office than the one before. In 1997, Shore starred in the eponymous TV show Pauly; the show was cancelled after five episodes aired. Shore makes a cameo appearance in the American rock band Limp Bizkit music video "N 2 Gether Now",[9][10] as a pizza deliveryman, and a briefer appearance in "Break Stuff".[11]

In 2003, Shore produced, wrote, directed and starred in Pauly Shore Is Dead, a semi-autobiographical mockumentary, and in 2005 starred in the short-lived reality television series Minding the Store. In 2010, Shore starred in Adopted, which sees him traveling to Africa to adopt a child.[12] In addition, he has several short subject films and multiple projects in the works such as his MTV pilot called The Shores and various projects with such as Funny or Die.[13]

Filmography

Year Title Role Gross
1988 For Keeps Retro $17.5 million
18 Again! Barrett $2.6 million
1989 Rock & Read Host
Lost Angels Kid #3 $1.2 million
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge Buzz
1990 Wedding Band Nicky
1992 Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You Himself
Encino Man Stanley "Stoney" Brown $40.6 million
Class Act Julian Thomas $13.3 million
1993 Son in Law Crawl $36.4 million
1994 In the Army Now Bones Conway $28.8 million
1995 A Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski $35.3 million
Jury Duty Thomas B. "Tommy" Collins $17 million
1996 Bio-Dome Bud Macintosh $13.4 million
Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy Himself
1997 The Curse of Inferno Chuck Betts
Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years Himself
Casper: A Spirited Beginning Snivel (voice)
1998 Junket Whore Himself
Casper Meets Wendy The Oracle
1999 King of the Hill MTV DJ
2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski
Red Letters Anthony Griglio
The Princess and the Barrio Boy Wesley
The Bogus Witch Project Himself
2001 The Wash Man in Trunk $10.2 million
2002 Rebel Fish Himself/DVD Host
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself/Bucky's Cousin
2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Himself
2007 Natural Born Komics Himself
2009 Opposite Day Robert Benson
2010 Pauly Shore's 'Adopted' Himself
Stonerville Rod Hardbone
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star AFA emcee
2012 Whiskey Business Nicky Ferelli

References

  1. "Pauly Shore- Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. "Interview: Pauly Shore biography". AskMen.com.
  3. Pauly Shore Biography (1968-). FilmReference.com
  4. Unknown page. Findarticles.com
  5. Meyers, Kate (July 23, 1993). "Shore Thing", Entertainment Weekly
  6. Biography for Pauly Shore at the Internet Movie Database
  7. Beato, G. (October 1999). "Behind the Weasic". Spin. 15 (10): 118. Retrieved 2011-01-14. (Google books).
  8. 1 2 Sullivan, Jim (June 24, 1991). "Hey dude, the Weasel is, like, the future of America". Spokane Chronicle. (Boston Globe). p. B5. Retrieved 2011-01-14. (Google news archive)
  9. Devenish, Colin (2000). Limp Bizkit. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-312-26349-2. {Google books}.
  10. N 2 Gether Now (Flash video). Limp Bizkit VEVO official YouTube channel.
  11. Break Stuff (Flash video). Limp Bizkit VEVO official YouTube channel.
  12. Berkowitz, Lana (July 14, 2010). "Pauly Shore takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  13. About. paulyshore.com.
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