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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.
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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.
Known For
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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
Honest Trailers
The Larry Sanders Show
The Jonathan Ross Show
Kids' Choice Awards
The Cosby Show
Jessie
The Chris Rock Show
So You Think You Can Dance
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Kevin Can Wait
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dirty Work
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live
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
Airheads
Bulletproof
Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?
The Do-Over
Murder Mystery
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Leo 2
Men, Women & Children
Billy Madison
Just Go with It
Hotel Transylvania
Going Overboard
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Deeds
Big Daddy
Jack and Jill
Hubie Halloween
Click
Spaceman
That's My Boy
The Week Of
Eight Crazy Nights
Pixels
The Ridiculous 6
Uncut Gems
Hotel Transylvania 2
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
Happy Gilmore 2
Sandy Wexler
The Longest Yard
Adam Sandler: Funny Guy
The Wedding Singer
Hustle
Spanglish
Blended
The Cobbler
Little Nicky
Leo
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Anger Management
50 First Dates
Murder Mystery 2
Grown Ups
Grown Ups 2
The Waterboy
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Bedtime Stories
Production Credits
Sandy Wexler
Mr. Deeds
Hustle
Eight Crazy Nights
The Animal
Big Daddy
Home Team
The Hot Chick
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Zookeeper
The Ridiculous 6
The House Bunny
Happy Gilmore
The Benchwarmers
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
The Price Is Right
Bedtime Stories
Kinda Pregnant
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Little Nicky
Jack and Jill
Blended
The Out-Laws
The Week Of
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?
Hotel Transylvania
The Master of Disguise
The Waterboy
Click
Hotel Transylvania 2
Happy Gilmore 2
Rules of Engagement
Squid Game
Strange Wilderness
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
The Do-Over
Billy Madison
Just Go with It
The Longest Yard
Grandma's Boy
Hubie Halloween
Joe Dirt
Murder Mystery 2
Grown Ups
Leo 2
Anger Management
The Wrong Missy
Going Overboard
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Pixels
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Leo
Grown Ups 2
Murder Mystery
Saturday Night Live
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
That's My Boy
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