Adam Sandler
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.
Acting (103 movies)
Leo
2023
Bedtime Stories
2008
50 First Dates
2004
Reign Over Me
2007
Spanglish
2004
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
Murder Mystery 2
2023
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
The Waterboy
1998
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
Mr. Deeds
2002
Bulletproof
1996
Funny People
2009
The Wedding Singer
1998
Billy Madison
1995
Mixed Nuts
1994
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
Big Daddy
1999
Anger Management
2003
The Longest Yard
2005
Click
2006
Coneheads
1993
Happy Gilmore
1996
Little Nicky
2000
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Airheads
1994
Grown Ups
2010
Zookeeper
2011
Dirty Work
1998
Couch
2003
Going Overboard
1989
Just Go with It
2011
Jack and Jill
2011
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Buddy
1993
That's My Boy
2012
Grown Ups 2
2013
Finding Sandler
2022
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
2022
Blended
2014
The Cobbler
2014
Men, Women & Children
2014
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
2023
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
Pixels
2015
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Top Five
2014
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
2001
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Adam Sandler: Funny Guy
2020
The Animal
2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Adam Sandler: Love You
2024
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin
2006
The Ridiculous 6
2015
I Am Chris Farley
2015
A Day with the Meatball
2002
Jay Kelly
2025
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
The Do-Over
2016
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Sandy Wexler
2017
Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live
1998
Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short
2017
The Week Of
2018
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Shakes the Clown
1991
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
Murder Mystery
2019
Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?
1996
Uncut Gems
2019
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
2018
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
2005
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
1999
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013
The Hot Chick
2002
The Concert for New York City
2001
Kings of Comedy USA
2006
Hubie Halloween
2020
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014
Goldman v Silverman
2020
Funny People: Live
2009
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Hustle
2022
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Spaceman
2024
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
Question & Answer
2020
Testing Dirty
1990
Netflix Live
2017
The Peeper
1999
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Madison | 1995 | Writer |
| Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Screenplay |
| Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me? | 1996 | Writer |
| The Waterboy | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| The Waterboy | 1998 | Screenplay |
| Big Daddy | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Big Daddy | 1999 | Screenplay |
| The Peeper | 1999 | Writer |
| The Peeper | 1999 | Producer |
| Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Little Nicky | 2000 | Writer |
| Little Nicky | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Joe Dirt | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| The Animal | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Mr. Deeds | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| The Master of Disguise | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Eight Crazy Nights | 2002 | Writer |
| Eight Crazy Nights | 2002 | Producer |
| The Hot Chick | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| The Mayor | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Anger Management | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | 2003 | Producer |
| The Longest Yard | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | 2005 | Producer |
| Grandma's Boy | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| The Benchwarmers | 2006 | Producer |
| Click | 2006 | Producer |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | 2007 | Producer |
| Strange Wilderness | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | 2008 | Screenplay |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | 2008 | Producer |
| The House Bunny | 2008 | Producer |
| Bedtime Stories | 2008 | Producer |
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop | 2009 | Producer |
| The Shortcut | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Grown Ups | 2010 | Writer |
| Grown Ups | 2010 | Producer |
| Just Go with It | 2011 | Producer |
| Zookeeper | 2011 | Producer |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | 2011 | Writer |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | 2011 | Producer |
| Jack and Jill | 2011 | Producer |
| Jack and Jill | 2011 | Screenplay |
| That's My Boy | 2012 | Producer |
| Hotel Transylvania | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| Grown Ups 2 | 2013 | Producer |
| Grown Ups 2 | 2013 | Writer |
| Blended | 2014 | Producer |
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | 2015 | Producer |
| Pixels | 2015 | Producer |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | 2015 | Writer |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| The Ridiculous 6 | 2015 | Writer |
| The Ridiculous 6 | 2015 | Producer |
| The Do-Over | 2016 | Producer |
| Sandy Wexler | 2017 | Producer |
| Sandy Wexler | 2017 | Writer |
| The Week Of | 2018 | Writer |
| The Week Of | 2018 | Producer |
| Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh | 2018 | Writer |
| Murder Mystery | 2019 | Producer |
| The Wrong Missy | 2020 | Producer |
| Hubie Halloween | 2020 | Writer |
| Hubie Halloween | 2020 | Producer |
| Home Team | 2022 | Producer |
| Hustle | 2022 | Producer |
| Murder Mystery 2 | 2023 | Producer |
| The Out-Laws | 2023 | Producer |
| You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah | 2023 | Producer |
| Leo | 2023 | Producer |
| Leo | 2023 | Writer |
| Adam Sandler: Love You | 2024 | Producer |
| Adam Sandler: Love You | 2024 | Writer |
| Kinda Pregnant | 2025 | Producer |
| Happy Gilmore 2 | 2025 | Producer |
| Happy Gilmore 2 | 2025 | Writer |