Do you know of an age-long myth, or tall tale, which you would like to disprove? Then, Adam Savage is your guy. He is an American special effects fabricator/designer who has risen to become a TV star. Armed with an energetic and animated personality, he has capably co-hosted the hit Discovery Channel show Mythbusters. The series has become so popular that Savage and his co-host are now Hollywood celebrities. The duo have lectured at several fora, and have even featured a sitting American president on their show!

Adam Savage Biography (Age)

Adam Whitney Savage was born on the 15^th of July 1967 in New York City. He grew up in the Big Apple and attended Sleepy Hollow High School. He received his high school diploma in 1985. Whilst growing up, the young Savage dabbled into acting and appeared in a few commercials, music videos, and TV series. He, therefore, enrolled at the famed Tisch School of Arts in order to hone his acting skills. The media personality however just spent a year at Tisch before realizing that his true passion lay in graphics design. He, therefore, dropped out of school and delved into graphics design, animation, special effects, and theatre.

Adam Savage has gone on to establish a reputation as an accomplished model maker. He has created crafts for several popular movies including Space Cowboys, Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, The Matrix Reloaded and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The New York native has also become a respected educator and has taught advanced model-making at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco. He has also lectured at the South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive festival as well as the San Francisco based NGO – City Arts & Lectures.

Wife and Kids

Adam Savage has been married on two occasions. His first marriage was to an anonymous lady and the union later ended in divorce. The TV personality found love a second time with a lady named Julia Ward. Legend has it that the couple first met online and subsequently commenced a romantic relationship. They later tied the knot in the year 2002. Savage has two children, twin sons – Addison and Riley, from his first marriage. The children reside primarily with their dad and he fondly refers to them as thing1 and thing2.

Family

Savage hails from what can be rightly described as illustrious family background. His father’s name is Whitney Lee Savage while his mother’s name is Karen. His father was an accomplished filmmaker and animator who produced some characters for legendary children’s show, Sesame Street. His mother, on the other hand, is a psychotherapist.

Adam Savage’s maternal grandfather was the respected surgeon, Cushman Haagensen. He was a pioneer in the field of breast cancer surgery. With regards to siblings, the Mythbusters host has a total of five siblings. They comprise of two older half-brothers, two older half-sisters and a younger sister named Kate Savage. Kate is an artist who has exhibited her works both nationally and internationally. Her art has been described as psychologically-charged imagery based on folktales and personal history in paintings, sculpture and works on paper.

Net Worth

Adam Savage’s net worth is estimated at a cool $8 million. His significant fortune largely stems from his successful TV career. Savage is the co-host of the popular Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters. The science-cum-entertainment show tests the veracity of long-held myths, rumors, internet videos, news stories, and movie scenes. The show places high emphasis on safety and thus asks viewers not to replicate the often dangerous processes at home.

Mythbusters debuted in 2003 and has gone on to become one of the most popular shows on the Discovery Channel Network. Adam Savage is also a judge and an executive producer on another Discovery Channel show known as The Unchained Reaction. The engineering game show features two teams competing to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption otherwise known as a Rube Goldberg machine. The winning team is then selected by Savage, his co-judge – Jamie Hyneman, as well as a guest judge.

Other facts about Adam Savage

He received an honorary doctorate from a Dutch university, University of Twente, in 2011. The doctorate is in recognition of his efforts in popularising science.

Savage appeared as himself in an episode of the popular TV series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, back in 208

The TV personality suffers from a condition known as otosclerosis and thus has to use a hearing aid in one of his ears.

He was named humanist of the year by the American Humanist Society in 2017.

The Mythbusters star also co-hosts a weekly podcast known as Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project.

Savage is an atheist meaning that he does not believe in the existence of God.