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Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler has enjoyed phenomenal success as an actor, writer, producer and musician.

Sandler's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide. His most recent film, Sony Pictures' Grown Ups, is the highest-grossing of his career, taking in more than $271 million worldwide. Sandler also recently starred in Universal's Funny People, written and directed by Judd Apatow starring with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Erica Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman, as well as the box office smashes Bedtime Stories for Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures You Don't Mess with the Zohan and Universal's comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.

Later this year, Sandler will lend his voice for the Columbia Pictures/MGM comedy Zookeeper alongside Kevin James, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone, Faison Love, Leslie Bibb and Rosario Dawson, and will star in both title roles in Jack and Jill, also for Sony Pictures.

Previously, Sandler has been seen in the starring role opposite Don Cheadle in Sony's Reign Over Me for director Mike Binder, the box-office hits Click, starring with Kate Beckinsale, and The Longest Yard, starring with Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds. He also starred in James L. Brooks' Spanglish, opposite Tea Leoni; the romantic comedy 50 First Dates, with Drew Barrymore; Anger Management, with Jack Nicholson; and Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, Sandler's first brush with comedy came at age 17, with a performance at a Boston comedy club. From then on he was hooked, performing regularly in comedy clubs throughout the state, while earning a degree in Fine Arts from New York University.

Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions was co-founded by Jack Giarraputo and Sandler and has gone on to become an almost self-contained mini studio, being involved in all aspects of film production. Happy Madison has produced Click, The Benchwarmers, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Strange Wilderness and the recent films The House Bunny, Paul Blart: Mall Cop and the upcoming Zookeeper. Sandler has also collaborated with writer Tim Herlihy on the screenplays for Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, Billy Madison, Big Daddy, and The Waterboy and executive produced Grandma's Boy, The Animal, Joe Dirt, The Master of Disguise, The Hot Chick and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.

Happy Madison Productions also has a deal with Columbia Tri-Star Domestic Television to develop shows for the studio including the current hit show Rules of Engagement starring David Spade and Oliver Hudson.

Sandler's comedy albums on Warner Bros Records have gone multi-platinum. Collectively, they have sold more than six million copies to date. Several years ago, Sandler launched AdamSandler.com. This site is updated weekly with mini-movies featuring Sandler and the staff of Happy Madison in their daily routines.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2011.
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Adam Sandler Facts

Birth NameAdam Richard Sandler
OccupationActor, Screenwriter, Comedian
BirthdaySeptember 9, 1966 (57)
SignVirgo
BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York, USA
Height5' 10" (1m78)  How tall is Adam Sandler compared to you?
Awards2004 MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Team (for 50 First Dates)
2000 MTV Movie Awards: Best Comedic Performance (for Big Daddy)
1999 MTV Movie Awards: Best Comedic Performance (for The Waterboy)
1998 MTV Movie Awards: Best Kiss (for The Wedding Singer)

Selected Filmography

Bed Time Stories (2008)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2006) as Chuck
The Longest Yard (2005) user recommendation as Paul Crewe
Spanglish (2004)
Anger Management (2003) as David Buznik
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Big Daddy (1999) as Sonny Koufax
The Waterboy (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998) as Robby Heart
Happy Gilmore (1996) as Happy Gilmore
Coneheads (1993)
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