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)
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! as Self - Actor & Comedian
- Lorne as Self
2025
- Marty Supreme ... (Thanks)
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actor and Comedian
- Happy Gilmore 2 as Happy Gilmore
- Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- Kinda Pregnant ... (Producer)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Bunny ... (Thanks)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self - SNL Cast Member 1990 - 1995
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh ... (Thanks)
- Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
- Being Eddie as Self
- The Making of Jay Kelly as Self - Ron Sukenick
- Stans as Self
- Madha Gaja Raja ... (Original Story)
- Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Self
- Downey Wrote That as Self
- My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler as Self - Guest
2024
- Spaceman as Jakub Procházka
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy as Self (archive footage)
- Adam Sandler: Love You as Self
2023
- Leo as Leo (voice)
- You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah as Danny Friedman
- Murder Mystery 2 as Nick Spitz
- The Out-Laws ... (Producer)
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- BIANCA as Self - Guest (video link)
- Hustle as Stanley Sugerman
- Home Team ... (Producer)
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as TV Producer (archive footage)
- Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special as Self
- Finding Sandler as Self
2020
- The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Grandfather
- Hubie Halloween as Hubie Dubois
- The Wrong Missy ... (Producer)
- Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
- Goldman v Silverman as Rod Goldman
- Adam Sandler: Funny Guy as self
- Question & Answer as Self
- Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems as Self
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
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Danny Meyerowitz
- Sandy Wexler as Sandy Wexler
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- Puppy! as Dracula (voice)
- Netflix Live 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
- Pixels as Brenner
- Hotel Transylvania 2 as Dracula (voice)
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ... (Producer)
- The Ridiculous 6 as Tommy
- I Am Chris Farley as Self
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)
2012
- Hotel Transylvania as Count Dracula (voice)
- That's My Boy as Donny Berger
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
- Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars 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
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as (archive footage)
- The Shortcut ... (Executive Producer)
- It's On with Alexa Chung
- Funny People: Live as Self
2008
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan as Zohan Dvir
- The House Bunny ... (Producer)
- Bedtime Stories as Skeeter Bronson
- Strange Wilderness ... (Executive Producer)
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Rules of Engagement ... (Executive Producer)
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- 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
- The One Show as Self
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- 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
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo as Javier Sandooski (uncredited)
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- 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
2002
- The Hot Chick as Mambuza Bongo Guy (uncredited)
- Pet Star as Self - Judge
- Punch-Drunk Love as Barry Egan
- Mr. Deeds as Longfellow Deeds
- 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)
- Joe Dirt ... (Executive Producer)
- The Animal as Townie
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- The Concert for New York City as Self
- Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians as Self (archive footage)
- Anime-ban Little★Nicky: Henachoko Akuma Nicky no NY Taikenki ... (Characters)
- Adam Sandler Goes to Hell as Self
- VH1 News Special: Grunge as Self (archive footage)
- Satan’s Top Forty as Self
- Satan’s Top 40 as Self / Little Nicky
2000
- Little Nicky as Nicky
- Diary as Self
1999
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Robert Justin (Voice)
- Big Daddy as Sonny Koufax
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Self (archive footage)
- Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Self
- The Peeper as The Peeper
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: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live as Self / Various (archive footage)
1997
1996
- Happy Gilmore as Happy Gilmore
- Bulletproof as Archie Moses
- Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen as Self
- Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me? as Self
1995
- Billy Madison as Billy Madison
1994
- Airheads as Pip
- Mixed Nuts as Louie
1992
1991
- Shakes the Clown as Dink the Clown
1990
- The Marshall Chronicles as Usher
- Testing Dirty as Drug Dealer
- The Dog Police
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