Adam Sandler
- Acting
- September 9, 1966 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in many Hollywood films, which have combined to earn more than $2 billion at the box office. Sandler had an estimated net worth of $420 million in 2020, and signed a further four-movie deal with Netflix worth over $250 million. Sandler's comedic roles include Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Waterboy (1998), The Wedding Singer (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), 50 First Dates (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Click (2006), Grown Ups (2010), Just Go with It (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013), Blended (2014), Murder Mystery (2019) and Hubie Halloween (2020). He also voiced Davey, Whitey, and Eleanore in Eight Crazy Nights and Dracula in the first three films of the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2012–2018). While some of his comedic films, including Jack and Jill (2011), have been panned, resulting in Sandler receiving nine Golden Raspberry Awards and 37 Raspberry Award nominations, more than any actor other than Sylvester Stallone, he has received critical acclaim for his dramatic performances in the dramedy films Spanglish (2004), Reign Over Me (2007), and Funny People (2009). He has also been roundly praised for his leading roles in auteur films including Punch-Drunk Love (2002) by Paul Thomas Anderson, Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories (2017), and the Safdie brothers' Uncut Gems (2019), the last of which earned him the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
Known for
Filmography
- Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald · Self
- 9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later · Self
- Don't Say Good Luck · Producer
- Lorne · Self
- Roommates · Producer
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! · Self
- Marty Supreme · Thanks
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh · Thanks
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- The Making of Jay Kelly · Self
- My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler · Self
- Jay Kelly · Ron Sukenick
- Bunny · Thanks
- Being Eddie · Self
- Downey Wrote That · Self
- Stans · Self
- Happy Gilmore 2 · Happy Gilmore, Producer
- Netflix Tudum 2025 · Self
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- Kinda Pregnant · Producer
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Madha Gaja Raja · Story
- An SNL Thanksgiving · (archive footage)
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy · Self
- Adam Sandler: Love You · Self, Producer
- Spaceman · Jakub Procházka
- Leo · Leo (Voice), Producer
- You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah · Danny Friedman, Producer
- The Out-Laws · Producer
- Murder Mystery 2 · Nick, Producer
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special · Self
- Finding Sandler · Self
- BIANCA · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Hustle · Stanley Sugerman, Producer
- Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special · Self
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called · TV Producer (archive footage)
- Home Team · Producer
- Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible · Self
- Hubie Halloween · Hubie Dubois, Writer
- Nature Planet | Narrated by Adam Sandler · Narrator
- The Drew Barrymore Show · Self
- Adam Sandler: Funny Guy · Self
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · The Grandfather
- The Wrong Missy · Producer
- Feeding America Comedy Festival · Self
- Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems · Self
- Question & Answer · Self
- Goldman v Silverman · Rod Goldman
- Uncut Gems · Howard Ratner
- Murder Mystery · Nick Spitz, Producer
- Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh · Self, Writer
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation · Dracula (Voice)
- The Week Of · Kenny Lustig, Writer
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs · Self
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) · Danny Meyerowitz
- Puppy! · Dracula (Voice)
- Sandy Wexler · Sandy Wexler, Producer
- Netflix Live · Self
- Kevin Can Wait · Jimmy (Kevin's former partner)
- The Do-Over · Max Kessler, Producer
- The Ridiculous 6 · Tommy, Writer
- Hotel Transylvania 2 · Dracula (Voice), Executive producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- I Am Chris Farley · Self
- Pixels · Brenner, Producer
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 · Producer
- An SNL Valentine · (archive footage)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Top Five · Adam Sandler
- Men, Women & Children · Don Truby
- The Cobbler · Max Simkin
- Blended · Jim, Producer
- Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall · Narrator (Voice)
- 12-12-12
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Adam Sandler