Adam Sandler: News

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and producer, known for blockbuster hits like ‘The Waterboy’ (1998), ‘50 First Dates’ (2004), and ‘Grown Ups’ (2012). He was born on September 9, 1966, and began his career in 1989 with the comedy-drama ‘Going Overboard.’ In 1990, after working in small roles, he was hired by producer Lorne Michaels to work as a writer for the famous show ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Mostly seen in comedic roles, some of Sandler’s acclaimed movies include ‘Billy Madison’ (1995), ‘Bulletproof’ (1996), ‘Happy Gilmore’ (1996), ‘Very Bad Things’ (1998), ‘The Wedding Singer’ (1998), ‘Big Daddy’ (1999), ‘Mr. Deeds’ (2002), ‘The Longest Yard’ (2005), ‘Click’ (2006), ‘Just Go With It’ (2011), ‘Blended’ (2014), ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ (2017), ‘Murder Mystery’ (2019), and ‘Hubie Halloween’ (2020). Sandler has also played serious roles in movies like ‘Punch Drunk Love’ (2002), and crime-thriller ‘Uncut Gems’ (2019). In 1999 he launched his own production company Happy Madison Productions. In 2014, he collaborated with Netflix for a four-movie deal. Between 2016 and 2020, he appeared in five Netflix movies including ‘The Do-Over’ (2016), ‘Sandy Wexler’ (2017), ‘The Week Of’ (2018), ‘Murder Mystery’ (2019), and ‘Hubie Halloween’ (2020). In 2019, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for guest-hosting Saturday Night Live.