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'''Adam Whitney Savage''' (born July 15, 1967)<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's calendar of events 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Professional]] |isbn=978-0-07-159956-6 |page=363 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoV51PohNjwC&q=%22Adam+Savage%22+%221967%22&pg=PA363 }}</ref> is an American [[special effects]] designer and [[manufacturer|fabricator]], actor, educator, television personality, and producer, best known as the former co-host, with [[Jamie Hyneman]], of the [[Discovery Channel]] television series ''[[MythBusters]]'' and ''[[Unchained Reaction]]''.<ref name="skeptics_2008">{{cite interview|title = Skeptics' Guide to the Universe #215 with guest Adam Savage |subject=Adam Savage |interviewer=Steve Novella |interviewer2=Bob Novella |interviewer3=Rebecca Watson |interviewer4=Evan Bernstein |format=MP3 |work=The Skeptics Guide to the Universe |url=http://brainonink.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/skeptics-guide-to-the-universe-215-with-guest-adam-savage/ |date=August 20, 2008 |access-date=November 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219061010/http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2008-08-20.mp3 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> His model work has appeared in major films, including ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. He hosts the TV program ''Savage Builds'', which premiered on the [[Science Channel]] on June 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pereira |first1=Alyssa |title=Iron Man suits and Mad Max-mobiles: Adam Savage to build cool stuff in new Science Channel show |url=https://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/new-mythbusters-show-savage-builds-channel-date-13792733.php |website=SFGate.com |date=April 24, 2019 |publisher=SF Gate |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> He is most active on the platform [[Adam Savage's Tested]], which includes a website and a [[YouTube]] channel.

==Early life==
Savage was born in [[New York City]] and raised in [[North Tarrytown]], [[New York (state)|New York]] (now Sleepy Hollow).<ref name="2008bio">{{cite web| title=Bio-Adam Savage 2008 | url=http://vision.symantec.com/upload/adam_savage_bio.pdf | publisher=Symantec| format=.PDF | access-date=November 25, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627061420/http://vision.symantec.com/upload/adam_savage_bio.pdf| archive-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> He graduated from Sleepy Hollow High School in 1985.<ref name="journalnews_sleepyhollow">{{cite news | first = Peter D. | last = Kramer | title = Reminiscing with 'Mythbuster' Adam Savage | date = October 29, 2011 | publisher = Journal News Media Group | url = http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2011/10/28/reminiscing-with-sleepy-hollow-mythbuster-adam-savage/ | work = The Journal News | pages = B1–B2 | access-date = December 15, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120122143115/http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2011/10/28/reminiscing-with-sleepy-hollow-mythbuster-adam-savage/ | archive-date = January 22, 2012 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> His maternal grandfather, Cushman Haagensen, was a surgeon who pioneered [[breast cancer]] surgery.<ref>Adam tells this in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0rX7t1J0Q Tour of Adam Savage's Home Office]</ref> His father, [[Whitney Lee Savage]] (1928–1998), was a painter, filmmaker, and [[animator]] known for his work on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and ''[[The Electric Company]]'', two nationally syndicated public television children's shows. The [[Clay Center (West Virginia)#The Avampato Discovery Museum|Clay Center]] in [[Charleston, West Virginia]], features some of his work in its permanent collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theclaycenter.pastperfectonline.com/Search?search_criteria=savage&onlyimages=false|title=Clay Center Permanent Collection: W. Lee Savage (1928-1998)|access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-02 |title=Episode 219: Adam Savage |url=https://www.jordanharbinger.com/adam-savage-every-tools-a-hammer/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=[[Jordan Harbinger|The Jordan Harbinger Show]] |language=en-US |quote=My dad was not a muppeteer. My dad was an animator […]}}</ref> Whitney Lee was also known for directing the 1969 underground short film ''[[Mickey Mouse in Vietnam]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Doctorow|first1=Cory|title=Mickey Mouse in Vietnam|url=http://boingboing.net/2013/06/22/mickey-mouse-in-vietnam.html|website=Boing Boing|access-date=1 June 2016|date=23 June 2013}}</ref>

His mother, Karen, was a [[Psychotherapy|psychotherapist]]. Savage was the second youngest of six children, with the four older children coming from his parents' previous marriages. He has two older brothers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/411963956840767489|title=Adam Savage on Twitter|website=Twitter|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> two older sisters, and one younger sister.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Tested|title=Adam Savage Growing Up: In Conversation with Adam's Mom|date=2013-04-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHZwb_UblEs&list=PLJtitKU0CAegkVFp3ZGt7JR5T79kUZ-r0&index=8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410081722/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHZwb_UblEs&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-04-10 | url-status=dead|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> His sister Kate Savage is an artist.

Savage began acting as a child and had five years of acting school.<ref name="skeptics_2008"/> His early credits include voicing animated characters that his father produced for ''Sesame Street'', [[Mr. Whipple]]'s stock boy Jimmy in a [[Charmin]] commercial, and a drowning young man saved by a lifeguard in the 1985 [[Billy Joel]] music video "[[You're Only Human (Second Wind)]]".<ref>{{cite web| title=Adam Savage, Co-Host| work=The Discovery Channel| url=http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/adam-savage.html| access-date=September 20, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913192113/http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/adam-savage.html| archive-date=September 13, 2008| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Savage abandoned acting at age 19. "I had passed on that in favor of doing stuff with my hands," he said. He describes ''[[MythBusters]]'' as "the perfect marriage of two things, performance, and special effects".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/tv/2010/05/the-men-behind-the-mythbusters/| title=The men behind the MythBusters| first=John Stephen| last=Dwyer| publisher=Blast Magazine| date=May 5, 2010| access-date=October 1, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101104030854/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/tv/2010/05/the-men-behind-the-mythbusters/| archive-date=November 4, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>  As a teenager in Sleepy Hollow, Savage routinely visited the local bike shop to have flat tires fixed. The shop showed him how to do the repairs himself. From this experience, Savage said, "I realized you could take a bike apart and put it back together and it wasn't that hard... I've been building and putting bicycles together since then."<ref name="journalnews_sleepyhollow"/>

Savage [[Vertebral compression fracture|broke his neck]] on his eighteenth birthday in a swimming accident, an injury he survived without suffering long-term consequences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 July 2021 |title=Ask Adam Savage: "How I Broke My Neck" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ZYMUc8vng |access-date=12 August 2021 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Cropped Adam Savage HOPE.jpg|thumb|upright|Savage in July 2008]]
[[File:Mythbusters (7613445734) (cropped).jpg|thumb|MythBusters [[Tory Belleci]], [[Kari Byron]], [[Jamie Hyneman]], [[Grant Imahara]], and Savage in 2012]]

Savage has worked as an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, projectionist, film developer, television presenter, set designer, toy designer, and gallery owner. He worked as a model maker on ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', ''[[Bicentennial Man (film)|Bicentennial Man]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'', ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', and ''[[Space Cowboys]]'', among others. He played the role of a helpful engineer in the 2001 film ''Ever Since the World Ended ''and the part of an army surplus store owner who sells a man a rocket engine for his pickup truck in the 2006 film ''[[The Darwin Awards (film)|The Darwin Awards]],'' which also featured ''[[MythBusters]]'' co-star [[Jamie Hyneman]].

Savage appeared with Hyneman on ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' on the May 1, 2008 episode "[[The Theory of Everything (CSI)|The Theory of Everything]]". He appears as a special effects artist in the "making of" material for ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'', where he discusses some of the miniature effects used and the difficulties involved. He previously taught advanced model making in the Department of Industrial Design at the [[Academy of Art University]] in [[San Francisco]].''<ref name="skeptics_2008" />''

Savage has become a regular presenter at magician [[James Randi]]'s annual [[Scientific skepticism|skeptics]] conference [[The Amaz!ng Meeting]] since first appearing in January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Amaz!ng Meeting 6 |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/156.html |first=Jeff |last=Wagg |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=February 4, 2008|access-date=October 1, 2010| archive-url= http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090710083729/http%3A//www%2Erandi%2Eorg/site/index%2Ephp/component/content/article/156%2Ehtml| archive-date= July 10, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> He credits [[Michael Shermer]] with introducing him to the skeptical community. Shermer interviewed him for [[Skeptic (U.S. magazine)|''Skeptic Magazine'']] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skepticality|date=December 12, 2006|url=http://www.skepticality.com/the-mythbusters/|publisher=Skeptic Magazine|access-date=6 September 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713100324/http://www.skepticality.com/the-mythbusters/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He appeared in the United Kingdom, giving a talk at the first Amaz!ng Meeting London in October 2009 hosted at the Mermaid Conference Centre, [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]].<ref>{{cite web | title=''Amazing Meeting London'' (2009) | url=http://www.tamlondon.org/speakers/ | work=Speakers at Amazing Meeting London | year=2009 | access-date=March 28, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403185546/http://tamlondon.org/speakers/ | archive-date=April 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was a featured performer at the three [[w00tstock]] v1.x shows in 2009 and appeared in four w00tstock v2.x shows in 2010. He appeared as a guest on ''[[Diggnation]]''{{'s}} 220th show.<ref>[http://revision3.com/diggnation/dnadamsavage ''Episode 220: Mythnation!''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922165900/http://revision3.com/diggnation/dnadamsavage |date=September 22, 2009 }} at Revision3</ref>

Savage has been a regular guest speaker at the annual [[Maker Faire]] since 2008, speaking on different topics such as his obsession with the [[dodo bird]] and problem-solving, and taking questions from the audience members about ''MythBusters'', among other topics. He hosted an episode of the [[Discovery Channel]] series ''[[Curiosity (TV series)|Curiosity]]'', in which he speculated whether humans could live forever. He discussed various topics during the program, such as limb regeneration, organ printers, and [[age reversal]]. In 2011, he appeared as "Dan" in a short film directed by Frank Ippolito entitled ''Night of the Little Dead''. On November 25, 2011, he received an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Twente]] ([[Enschede]], Netherlands) for popularizing science and technology.<ref>[http://www.utwente.nl/organization/stories/honorary-doctorates/ UT awards honorary doctorates to MythBusters, two leading scientists and a business pioneer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703152646/http://www.utwente.nl/organization/stories/honorary-doctorates/ |date=July 3, 2011 }} - website of the University of Twente</ref><ref>[https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/mythbuster-in-nederland/ Mythbuster in Nederland] - website EenVandaag ''([[Dutch language|Dutch]])''</ref>

Savage and Hyneman were judges on the game show ''[[Unchained Reaction]]'' which premiered in March 2012.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |title='MythBusters' hosts launching new show |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/20/mythbusters-unchained-reaction/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 20, 2012 |first=James |last=Hibberd |access-date=January 20, 2012 |archive-date=January 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122195104/http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/20/mythbusters-unchained-reaction/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Savage is an occasional guest host for lecture events at the San Francisco-based non-profit [[City Arts & Lectures]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityarts.net/event/adam-savage-john-hodgman/|title=Adam Savage & John Hodgman - City Arts & Lectures}}</ref> and he delivered a keynote address at the [[South by Southwest]] conference on March 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2013/adam-savage-keynote-sxsw-interactive-monday-march-10|title=Adam Savage to Keynote SXSW Interactive on Monday, March 10|work=South by Southwest 2016 Music, Film and Interactive Festivals - Austin Texas}}</ref> On March 24, 2012, he appeared as a featured speaker at the first [[Reason Rally]] in [[Washington D.C.]]<ref name="5//1/2012">{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Savage|title=Adam Savage at the Reason Rally|website=[[YouTube]]|date=March 25, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1nSuWztIrY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/O1nSuWztIrY| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On May 18, 2012, he was the commencement speaker at [[Sarah Lawrence College]].<ref>[https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/commencement/archives/2012/ "84th Commencement: May 18, 2012"]. [[Sarah Lawrence College]]. May 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Adam Savage, Commencement Keynote Address | publisher = Sarah Lawrence College | url = http://www.slc.edu/news-events/events/commencement/adam-savage-commencement-keynote-address.html | access-date = August 26, 2013 }}</ref> He co-hosts the weekly podcast ''Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project''. The project launched on June 5, 2012, and is in the format of a conversation between Savage, [[tested.com]] editors-in-chief Will Smith<!--no, not [[Will Smith]]--> and Norman Chan, and [[Simone Giertz]] about topics from science and movies to do it yourself and work ethics. Episodes typically last 30 to 45 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/still-untitled-adam-savage/id586730504?mt=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418071424/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/still-untitled-adam-savage/id586730504?mt=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2014|title=Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project|website=iTunes}}</ref> Savage is a co-owner, editor, and contributor at tested.com.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS7mlM5yy1A&t=1572s|title=Myths Adam Regrets Tackling on MythBusters and Much, Much More|website=[[YouTube]]|date=October 13, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://y98.cbslocal.com/2015/04/16/viral-video-mythbusters-tested/|title=Viral Video: MythBusters' "Tested"|access-date=November 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208105151/http://y98.cbslocal.com/2015/04/16/viral-video-mythbusters-tested/|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://flymagazine.net/unleashing-a-myth-buster-qa-with-adam-savage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524161408/http://flymagazine.net/unleashing-a-myth-buster-qa-with-adam-savage/ |url-status=usurped|archive-date=2015-05-24|title=Unleashing a Myth Buster: Q&A with Adam Savage|work=FLY}}</ref>

[[File:Adam Savage by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|238x238px|Savage in May 2019]]
In 2017, Savage toured with [[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]] on the Brain Candy LIVE! tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nerdist.com/adam-savage-talks-up-new-science-tour-brain-candy-live/|title=Adam Savage Talks up New Science Tour BRAIN CANDY LIVE!|publisher=Nerdist.com|access-date=March 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129121243/http://nerdist.com/adam-savage-talks-up-new-science-tour-brain-candy-live/|archive-date=January 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/curious-minds-come-together-for-brain-candy-live-in-richmond/article_be7fbfdd-7285-592d-acf9-9ba1089347d0.html |title=Curious minds come together for 'Brain Candy Live' in Richmond on Feb. 22|first=Joan|last=Tupponce|date=February 15, 2017 }}</ref> In April 2017, he played the role of a mission specialist in the episode ''[[Caliban's War]]'' of the series ''[[The Expanse (TV series)|The Expanse]]''. In June 2017, he was named "[[Humanist of the Year]]" by the [[American Humanist Association]] at their annual conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=Building Humanism, Busting Myth and Privilege |url=https://thehumanist.com/magazine/november-december-2017/features/building-humanism-busting-myth-privilege |website=The Humanist.com |date=October 24, 2017 |publisher=The American Humanist Association |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122005149/https://thehumanist.com/magazine/november-december-2017/features/building-humanism-busting-myth-privilege |archive-date=January 22, 2018}}</ref> In October 2017, he played a cameo as a merchant selling blood bags in the ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' short film ''[[2048: Nowhere to Run]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Savage Becomes an Extra in Blade Runner 2049 Short! - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQUObfBXYk&feature=youtu.be| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/cXQUObfBXYk| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-17|website=www.youtube.com| date=October 11, 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2018, Discovery Channel announced that Savage would host and produce a new series called ''[[MythBusters Jr.]]'' which focused on a group of young scientists tasked with completing various experiments using [[STEAM fields|STEAM]] skills.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/entertainment/adam-savage-mythbusters/index.html|title=Adam Savage is returning with a 'MythBusters' series for kids|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=2018-04-12|work=CNN|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/adam-savage-to-host-mythbusters-jr-on-discovery-channel/|title=Adam Savage to host new show, MythBusters Jr.|last=Burton|first=Bonnie|date=2018-04-10|work=CNET|access-date=2018-05-02|language=en}}</ref> In July 2018, he created and acted in the short film ''A Farewell To Arms in collaboration with [[Weta Workshop]]''.<ref>{{YouTube|XV7qb5Ct3J4|Adam Savage presents: "A Farewell to Arms"}}</ref> The same year, he won the [[Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication]].<ref>[https://science.orf.at/v2/stories/2907598/ Oberhummer-Award an „MythBuster" Adam Savage]</ref> In February 2020, [[SiliCon]] Valley Comic Con appointed him as its Creative Director, succeeding [[Steve Wozniak]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://8bitdigi.com/adam-savage-is-the-new-creative-director-of-silicon-valley-comic-con/|title=Adam Savage is the new Creative Director of Silicon Valley Comic Con|last=Rezaee|first=Stan|date=2020-02-20|work=8Bit/Digi|language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, Savage became godfather of the ''[[Discovery Princess]]'' cruise ship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://crew-center.com/princess-cruises-announces-godparents-discovery-princess |access-date=3 August 2023 | title=Princess Cruises Announces Godparents of Discovery Princess|date=April 26, 2022 }}</ref> In 2023, he created a box for [[Isaac Newton]]'s death mask held by the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{Citation |title=A New Box for Isaac Newton (feat. Adam Savage) - Objectivity 275 | date=June 7, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ukv0sPsePY |access-date=2023-08-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Savage's Tested: One Day Builds--Isaac Newton's Death Mask Box |url=https://dcmp.org/media/20183-adam-savage-s-tested-one-day-builds-isaac-newton-s-death-mask-box |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=dcmp.org |language=en}}</ref>

===''MythBusters''===
{{see also|List of MythBusters cast members|MythBusters}}
[[File:AdamSavageJul2011 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Savage in July 2011]]
Savage starred on ''MythBusters'' from 2003 to 2016. His role with his co-hosts was to disprove or confirm myths through testing and experiments done at different scales. His demeanor on ''MythBusters'' is animated and energetic, providing a foil to [[Jamie Hyneman]]'s more reserved straight-man persona.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news | first=Gary | last=Strauss | title='MythBusters' is the stuff of legends, tall tales | date=January 15, 2008 | url =https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-01-15-mythbusters_N.htm | work =USA Today | pages =1 | access-date = February 14, 2010 }}</ref> Savage and Hyneman were the sole hosts of the show for the first season of ''MythBusters''. They introduced members of Hyneman's staff in the second season, who began to appear regularly. [[Kari Byron]], [[Tory Belleci]], and welder [[Scottie Chapman]] appeared in the second season.

In the third season, robot-builder and model-maker [[Grant Imahara]] replaced Chapman. MythBusters was filmed in San Francisco and edited in [[Artarmon, New South Wales]]. It aired 282 total episodes before its cancellation at the end of its 2016 season. In November 2017, Discovery's sister network [[Science Channel]] revived the series with new hosts [[Jon Lung]] and Brian Louden.<ref name="Deadline 2017">{{Cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 26, 2017 |title=Science Channel Sets 'Mythbusters' Return Date – TCA |language=en-US |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/science-channel-mythbusters-return-date-mysteries-of-the-missing-series-hosted-terry-oquinn-tca-1202136003/ |access-date=July 30, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Savage hosted the spin-off series ''[[Mythbusters Jr.]]'', featuring a team of teenagers skilled in [[STEAM fields|STEAM]] topics.

===Other work===
In 2019, Savage published his first book, ''Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Xeni |first1=Jardin |title=Adam Savage, 'Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It' [BOOKS] |url=https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/adam-savage-every-tools-a.html |website=BoingBoing |date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> exploring his approach to making.

==Personal life==
[[File:Adam Savage 416506 by Christopher Michel 1172025 02.jpg|thumb|upright|Savage at his "cave" in 2025]]
Savage married Julia Ward on September 11, 2004.<ref name="Chan 2018">{{cite web | last=Chan | first=Norman | title=Unlicensed Art - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 9/12/18 | website=Tested | date=2018-09-12 | url=https://www.tested.com/art/makers/846906-unlicensed-art-still-untitled-adam-savage-project-91218/ | access-date=2018-09-12 | archive-date=September 12, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204650/https://www.tested.com/art/makers/846906-unlicensed-art-still-untitled-adam-savage-project-91218/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has twin sons from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Purdy |title=MythBusters' Adam Savage Talks Tech, Obsessions, and Science |url=http://lifehacker.com/5190354/mythbusters-adam-savage-talks-tech-obsessions-and-science |publisher=Lifehacker |date=May 30, 2009 |access-date=July 4, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090615221311/http://lifehacker.com/5190354/-adam-savage-talks-tech-obsessions-and-science| archive-date=June 15, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> He wears [[hearing aid]]s in both ears due to congenital [[otosclerosis]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1701444283| title=Adam Savage: @jayyoozee Yes I wear a he ...| first=Adam| last=Savage| work=Adam Savage Twitter| date=May 4, 2009| access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Tested in 2018: Adam Savage's Favorite Things! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2HqCdsSGM&t=8m9s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/0N2HqCdsSGM| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|time=8m9s |work=Adam Savage's Tested |via=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In the late 1980s, Savage lived at [[Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn)|Eighth Avenue]] and Carroll Street in [[Park Slope, Brooklyn]].<ref name= tested-2020-05-24>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGFSn2Xm8ks Ask Adam Savage: 'Did you ever meet George Lucas?']" (video). ''Adam Savage's Tested''. May 24, 2020.</ref> He later moved in with his parents for less than a year, working for a [[graphic design]] firm in [[Manhattan]].<ref name= tested-2020-05-24/> A close friend living on Broderick Street in [[San Francisco]] asked him to become his roommate, and Savage moved to San Francisco in August 1990.<ref name= tested-2020-05-24/> He continues to live in San Francisco.<ref name="sfgate-28dec2019">{{cite news |last1=Ting |first1=Eric |title=Former 'MythBusters' host living in San Francisco keeps getting his stuff stolen |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Adam-Savage-MythBusters-San-Francisco-stolen-car-14936218.php |access-date=December 28, 2019 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> 

In a 2011 interview, Savage has publicly identified himself as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="Savage">{{cite speech| url=https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1126946018686373888?lang=en| title=Food for The Eagle| first=Adam| last=Savage| publisher=Boing Boing| date=April 18, 2010 | access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Both Jamie and I are atheists.">In a 2011 interview on [[Kevin Pollak's Chat Show]], at 1:20:00, Adam Savage is quoted as saying [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8TSzXl7t8#t=1h20m0s "Both Jamie and I are atheists."]</ref> In a 2019 Twitter post, he said he was an [[Agnosticism|agnostic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savage |first1=Adam |title=1st of all, I’m a New Testament agnostic, not an atheist. 2nd, you possess a fairly dim view of humanity if you think that morality can only come from religion. Thirdly: TALK TO SOME WOMEN ABOUT THIS, not me- they’ll set you straight. On second thought, just leave women alone. |url=https://x.com/donttrythis/status/1126946018686373888 |website=x.com/donttrythis |publisher=X |access-date=14 February 2026}}</ref> In a [[YouTube]] video dated December 14, 2020, Savage stated that he had married 20 to 25 couples over 25 years, and implied that he was an [[ordination|ordained minister]] with the [[Universal Life Church]], a group whose only belief is "Do that which is right."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUsBoLT1Yv8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/DUsBoLT1Yv8| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live| title=Ask Adam Savage: What Is a "Maker"?| first=Adam| last=Savage| work=Adam Savage's Tested| date=December 14, 2020| access-date=December 18, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 

Regarding his relationship with Hyneman, he mentioned that although the two were not friends, they had mutual respect for each other, stating "We didn't care to say the truth to each other, because we didn't care if we hurt each other's feelings," he said. "It has to do with respect."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pereira |first=Alyssa |date=2019-08-18 |title=Adam Savage drops a few 'Mythbusters' secrets at Silicon Valley Comic Con |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Adam-Savage-drops-a-few-Mythbusters-secrets-at-14341889.php |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=[[SFGate]]}}</ref>

[[File:SDCC 2011 - No-Face (5973601352).jpg|thumb|Savage [[cosplay]]ing as "No-Face" from [[Spirited Away]] at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2011]]
Savage has a lifelong interest in costume making and [[cosplay]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Andrew |date=2017-03-25 |title=Adam Savage on his live science show, cosplay, and 'promoting the joy in making things' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/25/15049064/adam-savage-brain-candy-live-cosplay-mythbusters-tested-building-interview |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref> He stated, "I remember my mom getting me a [[Jaws (film)|Jaws]] costume when ''Jaws'' came out... and wearing a [[Batman]] costume. Back then, everyone dressed up as [[hobo]]s." He strives for authenticity with his costumes. While in high school, he and his father made a [[Plate armour|suit of armor]] out of aluminum roof [[flashing (weatherproofing)|flashing]] with seven hundred rivets. "I wore it to school and passed out from [[heat exhaustion]] in math class. I woke up in the [[school nurse|nurse's office]], and the first thing I said was, 'Where's my armor?'"<ref name="journalnews_sleepyhollow"/>

In June 2020, Savage's younger sister, Miranda Pacchiana, filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that Savage had repeatedly raped her when they were both children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moniuszko |first=Sara M |date=2020-07-01|title= 'MythBusters' star Adam Savage's sister accuses him of sexual abuse when they were kids|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/07/01/mythbusters-adam-savage-accused-sexual-abuse-sister/5355081002/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=USA Today|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="lawsuit">{{Cite web|last=Thorne|first=Will|date=2020-06-30|title= 'Mythbusters' Host Adam Savage Denies Sister's Sexual Abuse Allegations|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/adam-savage-mythbusters-sexual-assault-sister-allegations-1234694909/|access-date=2024-03-24|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Savage responded: {{cquote|While I hope that my sister gets the help she needs to find peace, this needs to end. For many years, she has relentlessly and falsely attacked me and other members of my family to anyone who will listen [...] I will fight this groundless and offensive lawsuit and work to put this to rest once and for all.}} The siblings' mother came to Adam's defense, stating, "It makes me very sad to say this, but my daughter suffers from severe mental health challenges, and it's devastating that she's putting Adam and our entire family through this. Adam is a good man, and I support him completely."<ref name="lawsuit" /> The lawsuit was settled through [[mediation]] on May 24, 2021, and dismissed the next day. Details of the settlement were not made public. Pacchiana removed her original blog post about Savage, which had precipitated the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-25|title=Pacchiana v. Savage (7:20-cv-05774) Court Records|url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17381487/pacchiana-v-savage/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=CourtListener|language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Adam Savage}}
* {{Official website|https://www.adamsavage.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|1144726}}
* [https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/bios/adam-savage/ Adam Savage's biography from the Discovery Channel]
* {{TED speaker}}


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