| Adam Sandler  AKA Adam Richard Sandler
Born: 9-Sep-1966
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Wedding Singer, SNL alumnus Adam Sandler first performed comedy on a stage at the age of 17, on open-mike night at a Boston club. Later, while he was a freshman at New York University, he landed a recurring role as Theo's dim friend Smitty on The Cosby Show. He was a writer and performer on MTV's TV trivia show Remote Control, and made his movie debut in 1989, in an abysmal comedy called Babes Ahoy, starring Burt Young and Billy Zane. The movie was so bad it wasn't released, even on video, until several years later (re-titled Going Overboard), when Sandler's name made it marketable. After Babes Ahoy, Sandler became a semi-successful stand-up comedian in the Los Angeles area. When Dennis Miller caught Sandler's act, he recommended Sandler to Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels.
Sandler auditioned for SNL, and was hired as a writer, not a performer. He first appeared on the air as Tom Hanks's brother in a December 1990 skit. After numerous other appearances, Sandler was promoted to full-fledged cast member with the start of the 1993-94 season. The Los Angeles Times described Sandler as "the most talentless, juvenile and offensive member of the current cast". He appeared on SNL as Bruce Springsteen, Axl Rose, Eddie Vedder and Bono. In a 1994 sketch that drew numerous complaints, Sandler's "Canteen Boy" was seduced by Scoutmaster Alec Baldwin. But mostly, Sandler's stint at SNL is remembered for his silly but funny songs, including "I'm So Wasted", "LunchLady Land", and "The Hanukkah Song".
Back on the big screen, Sandler had small roles in Shakes the Clown with Bobcat Goldthwait and Coneheads with Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. He co-starred in Airheads with Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi. Then came Billy Madison, the first recognizable "Adam Sandler" film, with Sandler playing his trademarked idiot-loser-goofball. After Happy Gilmore with Bob Barker and Bulletproof with Damon Wayans, The Village Voice said that "Adam Sandler movies are the skivvie skid marks of modern American cinema". Some critics almost apologized before sheepishly admitting that Sandler's The Wedding Singer was a pretty good movie, while others suggested that co-star Drew Barrymore deserved all the credit.
Naysayers were skeptical when Sandler took a huge pay cut to star opposite Emily Watson in the low-budget art film Punch-Drunk Love, but his reviews were terrific. He has since returned to fart jokes with Mr. Deeds, rendered himself a cartoon in Eight Crazy Nights, slept with Jack Nicholson in Anger Management, and again earned critical raves in James L. Brooks' Spanglish.
Before leaving SNL, Sandler got his college roommate, Tim Herlihy, an interview with Michaels. Herlihy became a writer on SNL, and later co-wrote some of Sandler's biggest hit movies. True to his friends, Sandler has also produced films for Dana Carvey, Rob Schneider, and David Spade.
Father: Stan Sandler (electrician)
Mother: Judy Sandler (housewife)
Sister: Elizabeth Sandler (dentist)
Sister: Valerie Sandler (restaurateur)
Brother: Scott Sandler (attorney)
Girlfriend: Margaret Ruden (cosmetics executive, dated early 1990s, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Juliette Lewis (actress, dated 1994)
Girlfriend: Alicia Silverstone (actress, dated 1996)
Wife: Jacqueline Titone (model, dated 1999-2003, m. 22-Jun-2003, two daughters)
Daughter: Sadie Madison Sandler (b. 6-May-2006)
Daughter: Sunny Madeline Sandler (b. 2-Nov-2008)
High School: Manchester Central High School, Manchester, NH (1985)
University: BFA, New York University (1991)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6262 Hollywood Blvd. (2011)
Friars Club
Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
Laser Eye Surgery
TELEVISION
Saturday Night Live
MTV
Remote Control
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Murder Mystery (14-Jun-2019)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (13-Jun-2018) [VOICE]
The Week Of (27-Apr-2018)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (21-May-2017)
Sandy Wexler (14-Apr-2017)
The Do-Over (27-May-2016)
The Ridiculous 6 (6-Dec-2015)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (21-Sep-2015) [VOICE]
Pixels (17-Apr-2015)
The Cobbler (11-Sep-2014)
Men, Women & Children (6-Sep-2014)
Top Five (6-Sep-2014)
Blended (22-May-2014)
12-12-12 (1-Nov-2013) · Himself
Grown Ups 2 (11-Jul-2013)
Hotel Transylvania (8-Sep-2012) [VOICE]
That's My Boy (14-Jun-2012) · Donny
Jack and Jill (11-Nov-2011) · Jack and Jill
Zookeeper (6-Jul-2011) · Donald the Monkey [VOICE]
Just Go With It (9-Feb-2011) · Danny Maccabee
Grown Ups (24-Jun-2010) · Lenny Feder
Funny People (20-Jul-2009) · George Simmons
Bedtime Stories (24-Dec-2008)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (6-Jun-2008)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (19-Jul-2007)
Reign Over Me (22-Mar-2007) · Charlie Fineman
Click (23-Jun-2006) · Michael Newman
The Longest Yard (27-May-2005) · Paul Crewe
Spanglish (17-Dec-2004) · John Clasky
50 First Dates (13-Feb-2004) · Henry Roth
Anger Management (5-Mar-2003) · Dave Buznik
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) · Himself [VOICE]
Eight Crazy Nights (27-Nov-2002) · Davey, Whitey, Eleanore & Deer [VOICE]
Mr. Deeds (28-Jun-2002) · Longfellow Deeds
Punch-Drunk Love (19-May-2002) · Barry Egan
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) · Himself
The Animal (21-Mar-2001) · Townie
Little Nicky (2-Nov-2000)
Big Daddy (17-Jun-1999) · Sonny
The Waterboy (6-Nov-1998)
The Wedding Singer (13-Feb-1998)
Bulletproof (6-Sep-1996) · Moses
Happy Gilmore (16-Feb-1996) · Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison (10-Feb-1995) · Billy Madison
Mixed Nuts (21-Dec-1994)
Airheads (5-Aug-1994) · Pip
Coneheads (23-Jul-1993) · Carmine
Shakes the Clown (13-Mar-1992)
Going Overboard (1989) · Schecky Moskowitz
Official Website:
http://www.adamsandler.com/
Appears on the cover of:
Entertainment Weekly, 14-Feb-2003, DETAILS: The Year's Hottest Odd Couple -- Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson in Anger Management (photo with Nicholson)
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