Adam Sandler
Born: 1966-09-09 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Roommates ... (Producer)
- Don't Say Good Luck ... (Producer)
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! as Self - Actor & Comedian
- Lorne as Self
- 9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later as Self (archive footage)
- Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald as Self (archive footage)
2025
- Marty Supreme ... (Thanks)
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actor and Comedian
- Happy Gilmore 2 as Happy Gilmore
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick
- Kinda Pregnant ... (Producer)
- Being Eddie as Self
- The Making of Jay Kelly as Self - Ron Sukenick
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self - SNL Cast Member 1990 - 1995
- Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh ... (Thanks)
- Bunny ... (Thanks)
- Stans as Self
- Downey Wrote That as Self
- Madha Gaja Raja ... (Original Story)
- My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler as Self - Guest
2024
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy as Self (archive footage)
- Spaceman as Jakub Procházka
- Adam Sandler: Love You as Self
- An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
2023
- Murder Mystery 2 as Nick
- The Out-Laws ... (Producer)
- You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah as Danny Friedman
- Leo as Leo (voice)
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Hustle as Stanley Sugerman
- BIANCA as Self - Guest (video link)
- Home Team ... (Producer)
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as TV Producer (archive footage)
- Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special as Self
- Finding Sandler as Self
2021
- Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible as Self (Archive Footage)
2020
- The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Grandfather
- Hubie Halloween as Hubie Dubois
- The Wrong Missy ... (Producer)
- Question & Answer as Self
- Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
- Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems as Self
- Adam Sandler: Funny Guy as self
- Nature Planet | Narrated by Adam Sandler as Narrator
- Goldman v Silverman as Rod Goldman
2019
- Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner
- Murder Mystery as Nick Spitz
2018
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as Count Dracula (voice)
- The Week Of as Kenny Lustig
- Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh as Self
2017
- Sandy Wexler as Sandy Wexler
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Danny Meyerowitz
- Netflix Live as Self
- Puppy! as Dracula (voice)
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
2016
- Kevin Can Wait as Jimmy (Kevin's former partner)
- The Do-Over as Max Kessler
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Hotel Transylvania 2 as Dracula (voice)
- Pixels as Brenner
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ... (Producer)
- The Ridiculous 6 as Tommy
- I Am Chris Farley as Self
- An SNL Valentine as (archive footage)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Blended as Jim
- The Cobbler as Max Simkin
- Men, Women & Children as Don Truby
- Top Five as Adam Sandler
- Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip as Self
2013
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Adam Sandler
- Grown Ups 2 as Lenny Feder
- Norm Macdonald Live as Self
- The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall as Narrator (voice)
- Rob Schneider: Soy Sauce and the Holocaust ... (Thanks)
- 12-12-12
2012
- Hotel Transylvania as Count Dracula (voice)
- That's My Boy as Donny Berger
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars as Self
- Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
2011
- Jessie as Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Just Go with It as Danny Maccabee
- Breaking In ... (Producer)
- Jack and Jill as Jack / Jill
- Zookeeper as Donald the Monkey (voice)
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star ... (Writer)
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop ... (Producer)
- Funny People as George Simmons
- It's On with Alexa Chung
- The Shortcut ... (Executive Producer)
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as (archive footage)
- Funny People: Live as Self
2008
- Bedtime Stories as Skeeter Bronson
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan as Zohan Dvir
- The House Bunny ... (Producer)
- Strange Wilderness ... (Executive Producer)
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- Rules of Engagement ... (Executive Producer)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry as Chuck Levine
- Reign Over Me as Charlie Fineman
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
- Comedy Club Greats as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- The One Show as Self
- Click as Michael Newman
- Grandma's Boy ... (Executive Producer)
- The Benchwarmers ... (Producer)
- VH1 Rock Honors
- Kings of Comedy USA as Self (archive footage)
- Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 as Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin as Self / Various
2005
- So You Think You Can Dance
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Made in Hollywood as Self
- The Longest Yard as Paul Crewe
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo as Javier Sandooski (uncredited)
- WWE WrestleMania 21 as Adam Sandler
2004
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 50 First Dates as Henry Roth
- Spanglish as John Clasky
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Anger Management as Dave Buznik
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Adam Sandler (voice)
- Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ... (Producer)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Couch as Couch Testing Man
- 12 Scopitones as Barry Egan
- Blossoms and Blood as Barry Egan
2002
- Pet Star as Self - Judge
- The Hot Chick as Mambuza Bongo Guy (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds as Longfellow Deeds
- Punch-Drunk Love as Barry Egan
- The Master of Disguise ... (Executive Producer)
- Eight Crazy Nights as Davey / Whitey / Eleanore / Deer (voice)
- The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Self
- A Day with the Meatball as Adam Sandler
2001
- Undeclared as Adam Sandler (uncredited)
- The Animal as Townie
- Joe Dirt ... (Executive Producer)
- The Concert for New York City as Self
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- VH1 News Special: Grunge as Self (archive footage)
- Adam Sandler Goes to Hell as Self
- Satan’s Top Forty as Self
- Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians as Self (archive footage)
- Satan’s Top 40 as Self / Little Nicky
- Anime-ban Little★Nicky: Henachoko Akuma Nicky no NY Taikenki ... (Characters)
2000
- Diary as Self
- Little Nicky as Nicky
1999
- Big Daddy as Sonny
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Robert Justin (Voice)
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Self (archive footage)
- The Peeper as The Peeper
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- The King of Queens as Jeff 'The Beast' Sussman
- The Waterboy as Bobby Boucher
- The Wedding Singer as Robbie Hart
- Dirty Work as Satan (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
- Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live as Self / Various (archive footage)
1997
1996
- Happy Gilmore as Happy Gilmore
- Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen as Self
- Bulletproof as Archie Moses
- Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me? as Self
1995
- Billy Madison as Billy Madison
1994
- Mixed Nuts as Louie
- Airheads as Pip
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Coneheads as Carmine
- Buddy as Buddy 1
1992
1991
- Shakes the Clown as Dink the Clown
1990
- The Marshall Chronicles as Usher
- Testing Dirty as Drug Dealer
- The Dog Police as Shifty
1989
- Going Overboard as Schecky Moskowitz
1987
- Kids' Choice Awards as Self
1984
- Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter
- The Cosby Show as Smitty
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Drug Dealer
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee