Adam Sandler
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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.
Overview
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
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Golden Globe Awards
Late Night with Seth Meyers
El hormiguero
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The One Show
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Teen Choice Awards
The King of Queens
The Graham Norton Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Larry Sanders Show
The Jonathan Ross Show
Jeopardy!
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Kids' Choice Awards
The Cosby Show
Jessie
The Chris Rock Show
New Heights
So You Think You Can Dance
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Kevin Can Wait
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Dirty Work
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
The Hot Chick
The Animal
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Coneheads
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Zookeeper
Top Five
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Stans
Airheads
Bulletproof
Big Daddy
Just Go with It
Bedtime Stories
Sandy Wexler
The Cobbler
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Men, Women & Children
Grown Ups 3
Click
The Do-Over
Adam Sandler: Funny Guy
The Ridiculous 6
Pixels
Going Overboard
Leo 2
The Week Of
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?
Hotel Transylvania
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Grown Ups 2
Eight Crazy Nights
Leo
Punch-Drunk Love
Jack and Jill
Happy Gilmore 2
50 First Dates
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
Happy Gilmore
Spanglish
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Anger Management
Hotel Transylvania 2
Grown Ups
Hustle
Little Nicky
Murder Mystery 2
Murder Mystery
Billy Madison
Hubie Halloween
The Wedding Singer
Uncut Gems
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
That's My Boy
The Waterboy
The Longest Yard
Mr. Deeds
Spaceman
Blended
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