
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 |