Chris Farley - Wikipedia. Chris Farley. Born. Christopher Crosby Farley(1. February 1. 5, 1. Madison, Wisconsin, U. S. Died. December 1. Chicago, Illinois, U.

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S. Cause of death. Cocaine intoxication, morphineoverdose and atherosclerosis. Resting place. Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin.

Alma mater. Marquette University. Occupation. Actor, comedian. Years active. 19.

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Parent(s)Tom Farley, Sr. Mary Anne Farley. Relatives. Tom Farley (brother)John P. Farley (brother)Kevin Farley (brother)Barbara Farley (sister)Jim Farley (cousin)Christopher Crosby Farley (February 1.

December 1. 8, 1. American actor and comedian. Farley was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre[1] and later a cast member of the NBCsketch comedy show Saturday Night Live between 1. Farley died of a drug overdose in 1. Early life[edit]Farley was born on February 1. Madison, Wisconsin. His father, Thomas John Farley, Sr.

Mary Anne (née Crosby), was a housewife.[2][4][5] He had four siblings: Tom Jr., Kevin, John, and Barbara. His cousin, Jim, is the CEO and Chairman at Ford Motor Company Europe.[6][7]Farley's family is Roman Catholic and of Irish and Scottish descent, and Farley attended numerous Catholic schools in his hometown, including Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart. According to Joel Murray, a fellow Second City cast member, Farley would "always make it to Mass."[8]Many of his summers were spent as a camper and counselor at Red Arrow Camp, near Minocqua, Wisconsin. He graduated from Marquette University in 1. At Marquette, he played rugby and discovered a love for comedy.[1. After college, he worked with his father at the Scotch Oil Company in Madison.[1.

He got his start in professional comedy at the Ark Improv Theatre in Madison, and at the Improv Olympic theater in Chicago. He then performed at Chicago's Second City Theatre, initially as part of Second City's touring group. He was eventually promoted to their main stage.[citation needed]Saturday Night Live[edit]Along with Chris Rock, Farley was one of two new Saturday Night Live cast members announced in the spring of 1. On SNL, Farley frequently collaborated with fellow cast members Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade, among others. This group came to be known as the "Bad Boys of SNL."[1. Popular characters performed by Farley included Matt Foley, an over- the- top motivational speaker who constantly reminded other characters that he "lived in a van, down by the river".

The name of the character was drawn from a real life friend of Farley's who, during a troubled period, lived in a van near a river. The real Matt Foley later became a Catholic priest and appeared in the 2.

I am Chris Farley. In early renditions of the character, Farley used other names, depending on whom he knew in the audience, until the real life Foley went to the show and had his name used, at which point Farley felt the name best suited the character and refused to change it. Some of the mannerisms of the character were a combination of the positions Farley noticed his rugby teammates took on the pitch coupled with the angry and high- pitched, yet low volume/muffled voice his father used when he was angry.[1. Other famous characters of Farley's included Todd O'Connor of Bill Swerski's Superfans, a group of stereotypical Chicagoans who constantly shouted "da Bears!"; [1. Chippendale's dancer, in a famous sketch that paired him with guest host Patrick Swayze; [1.

Gap Girls", who hung out together at a local mall; a stereotypical lunch lady, to the theme of Lunchlady Land performed by Adam Sandler; [1. Bennett Brauer, a Weekend Update commentator who often divulged his personal and hygienic problems via air quotes; and himself on The Chris Farley Show, a talk show in which Farley quite often "interviewed" the guest, regularly getting very nervous. Some of these characters were brought to SNL from his days at Second City. Farley also performed impersonations of Tom Arnold, who gave Farley's eulogy at his private funeral; Andrew Giuliani, Jerry Garcia, Meat Loaf, Norman Schwarzkopf, Dom De. Luise, Roger Ebert, Carnie Wilson, Newt Gingrich, Mindy Cohn, Mama Cass, Hank Williams, Jr., and Rush Limbaugh.[1. Off screen, Farley was well known for his pranks in the offices of Saturday Night Live. Sandler and Farley would make late- night prank phone calls from the SNL offices in Rockefeller Center, with Sandler speaking in an old woman's voice and Farley farting into the phone and mooning cars from a limousine.

He was also known to frequently get naked and do various stunts for laughs. Chris Rock once claimed that he probably saw Farley's private parts more than Farley's girlfriend did.[1. Sandler told Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him and Farley from the show in 1. Film career[edit]During his time on SNL, Farley appeared in the comedy films Wayne's World,[2. Coneheads,[2. 3]Airheads,[2.

Billy Madison.[2. Rick And Morty Full Episodes 3. He also appeared in the Red Hot Chili Peppers music video for "Soul to Squeeze", which was a song featured on the Coneheads soundtrack.[2.

After Farley and most of his fellow cast members were released from their contracts at Saturday Night Live following the 1. Farley began focusing on his film career.

His first two major films co starred his fellow SNL colleague and close friend David Spade. Together, the duo made the films Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. These were a success at the domestic box office, earning around $3. The two films established Farley as a relatively bankable star and he was given the title role of Beverly Hills Ninja, which finished in first place at the box office on its opening weekend.[2. Drug and alcohol abuse related problems interfered with Farley's film work at this time.

Production of his final film, Almost Heroes, was held up several times so Farley could enter rehab. He was known among comedic contemporaries and friends to be sensitive about how his comedy was perceived ("fatty falls down, everybody goes home happy"), and was particularly hurt by harsh critical reactions to Tommy Boy, a film he enjoyed making. He was particularly dissatisfied with Black Sheep, an attempt by the studio to recapture the chemistry on Tommy Boy and was only 6.

As a result, he relapsed on the night of the premiere, which required further rehab before he could begin work on Beverly Hills Ninja.[3. After his death on December 1.

Almost Heroes and Dirty Work, were released posthumously. Unfinished projects[edit]Farley was originally cast as the voice of the title character in the movie Shrek, recording about 8. A story reel featuring a sample of Farley's recorded dialogue was released officially in 2. The original version of Shrek was more like Farley himself, according to his brother.[3. Farley was slated for another voice role in Dinosaur as a young male brachiosaurus named Sorbus who, despite his gigantic nature, was frightened of heights.

After his death, the character was rewritten as Baylene, an elderly female Brachiosaurus played by British actress Joan Plowright.[3. At the time of his death, Farley had been in talks to costar with Vince Vaughn in The Gelfin, and to star in a biographical film about comedian Fatty Arbuckle.[3. Jim Carrey's role in the 1.

The Cable Guy was originally intended for Farley, but scheduling conflicts forced him to decline.[3. Farley was slated to appear in a third Ghostbusters film, which was at the time intended to be about a new trio of Ghostbusters taking on overpopulation in Hell.[3.