Adam Savage

Adam was born in New York City, and was raised in Westchester County, New York.

Together, Adam and Jamie Hyneman built the robot "Blendo" for the TV show BattleBots.

Adam designed his own robot for BattleBots -- it was named "Claymore."

Adam first met Jamie Hyneman when he was working on creating theatrical props. Some of his co-workers also worked with Jamie, so Jamie eventually heard about Adam's talents and he called him up. Adam has said that he and Jamie got along marvelously from the first moment they met.

Out of all the special effects that Adam has worked on, he is most proud of the space shuttle he worked on for the movie Space Cowboys.

Adam has said that the scariest thing he ever did on MythBusters was when he was testing to see if a sinking ship would drag someone down with it.

Adam has stated that he believes Lego blocks are the best toys ever invented.

Adam's father helped influence him to get into the line of work he has chosen; his father was a painter/animator/director.

Adam teaches advanced model making at various schools in his spare time, including the San Francisco Academy of Art.

Adam has worked for several toy companies where he helped with research and development.

Adam has experience working with a wide variety of materials, such as metal, glass, plastics, injection molding, neon and electronics, amongst others.

Adam once appeared in a commercial for Charmin, where he played a stock boy.

Adam wasn't initially planned to be a part of MythBusters.Jamie Hynemandidn't believe that he could handle hosting the show on his own, so he hired Adam Savage because they worked together in the past.

Adam has been injured several times on the set of MythBusters: he cut his lip after putting a vacuum engine too close to his mouth, he suffered some burns when a jawbreaker exploded during a test, he was bitten by a daddy long-leg spider, he was in a vehicle that crashed into a fence when it left the range of the remote control and he lost some hair and suffered some slight burns during an explosion test.

Adam has had a varied career: he has been an animator, a graphic designer, a carpenter, a set designer, a toy designer and a rigger.

Adam started making his own toys when he was five years old.

Adam is a former child actor, he provided the voices for animated characters that his father created for the series Sesame Street.

Adam once appeared in a Billy Joel music video for the song You're Only Human.

Adam has provided special effects for over one hundred different commercials. He has also worked on twelve movies, including Star Wars: Episodes I and II, both of the sequels for The Matrix, Galaxy Quest and Terminator 3, amongst others.