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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (127)

Lorne2026 · as Self
The Making of Jay Kelly2025 · as Self - Ron Sukenick
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler2025 · as Self - Guest
Jay Kelly2025 · as Ron Sukenick
Being Eddie2025 · as Self
Downey Wrote That2025 · as Self
Stans2025 · as Self
Happy Gilmore 22025 · as Happy Gilmore
Netflix Tudum 20252025 · as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self - SNL Cast Member 1990 - 1995
Adam Sandler: Love You2024 · as Self
Spaceman2024 · as Jakub Procházka
Leo2023 · as Leo (voice)
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah2023 · as Danny Friedman
Murder Mystery 22023 · as Nick Spitz
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special2023 · as Self
Finding Sandler2022 · as Self
Hustle2022 · as Stanley Sugerman
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special2022 · as Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called2022 · as TV Producer (archive footage)
Hubie Halloween2020 · as Hubie Dubois
Adam Sandler: Funny Guy2020 · as self
Feeding America Comedy Festival2020 · as Self
Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems2020 · as Self
Question & Answer2020 · as Self
Goldman v Silverman2020 · as Rod Goldman
Uncut Gems2019 · as Howard Ratner
Murder Mystery2019 · as Nick Spitz
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh2018 · as Self
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation2018 · as Count Dracula (voice)
The Week Of2018 · as Kenny Lustig
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs2017 · as Self
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)2017 · as Danny Meyerowitz
Puppy!2017 · as Dracula (voice)
Sandy Wexler2017 · as Sandy Wexler
Netflix Live2017 · as Self
The Do-Over2016 · as Max Kessler
The Ridiculous 62015 · as Tommy
Hotel Transylvania 22015 · as Dracula (voice)
I Am Chris Farley2015 · as Self
Pixels2015 · as Brenner
Top Five2014 · as Adam Sandler
Men, Women & Children2014 · as Don Truby
The Cobbler2014 · as Max Simkin
Blended2014 · as Jim
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip2014 · as Self
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall2013 · as Narrator (voice)
Grown Ups 22013 · as Lenny Feder
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief2012 · as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only2012 · as Self
Hotel Transylvania2012 · as Count Dracula (voice)
That's My Boy2012 · as Donny Berger
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars2012 · as Self
Jack and Jill2011 · as Jack / Jill
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame2011 · as Self (archive footage)
Zookeeper2011 · as Donald the Monkey (voice)
Just Go with It2011 · as Danny Maccabee
Grown Ups2010 · as Lenny Feder
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas2009 · as (archive footage)
Funny People2009 · as George Simmons
Funny People: Live2009 · as Self
Bedtime Stories2008 · as Skeeter Bronson
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who2008 · as Self
You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008 · as Zohan Dvir
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry2007 · as Chuck Levine
Comedy Club Greats2007 · as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
Reign Over Me2007 · as Charlie Fineman
Kings of Comedy USA2006 · as Self (archive footage)
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 12006 · as Self
Click2006 · as Michael Newman
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin2006 · as Self / Various
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo2005 · as Javier Sandooski (uncredited)
The Longest Yard2005 · as Paul Crewe
WWE WrestleMania 212005 · as Adam Sandler
Spanglish2004 · as John Clasky
50 First Dates2004 · as Henry Roth
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley2003 · as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Couch2003 · as Couch Testing Man
Anger Management2003 · as Dave Buznik
Pauly Shore Is Dead2003 · as Adam Sandler (voice)
The Hot Chick2002 · as Mambuza Bongo Guy (uncredited)
Eight Crazy Nights2002 · as Davey / Whitey / Eleanore / Deer (voice)
A Day with the Meatball2002 · as Adam Sandler
Punch-Drunk Love2002 · as Barry Egan
Mr. Deeds2002 · as Longfellow Deeds
The Cosby Show: A Look Back2002 · as Self
The Concert for New York City2001 · as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
VH1 News Special: Grunge2001 · as Self (archive footage)
The Animal2001 · as Townie
Satan’s Top Forty2001 · as Self
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians2001 · as Self (archive footage)
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell2001 · as Self
Satan’s Top 402001 · as Self / Little Nicky
Little Nicky2000 · as Nicky
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo1999 · as Robert Justin (Voice)
Saturday Night Live: Christmas1999 · as Self
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler1999 · as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · as Self
The Peeper1999 · as The Peeper
Big Daddy1999 · as Sonny Koufax
The Waterboy1998 · as Bobby Boucher
Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live1998 · as Self / Various (archive footage)
Dirty Work1998 · as Satan (uncredited)
The Wedding Singer1998 · as Robbie Hart
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman1998 · as Self
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley1998 · as Self
Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?1996 · as Self
Bulletproof1996 · as Archie Moses
Happy Gilmore1996 · as Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison1995 · as Billy Madison
Mixed Nuts1994 · as Louie
Airheads1994 · as Pip
Buddy1993 · as Buddy 1
Coneheads1993 · as Carmine
Shakes the Clown1991 · as Dink the Clown
Testing Dirty1990 · as Drug Dealer
The Dog Police1990
Going Overboard1989 · as Schecky Moskowitz
Leo 2— · as Leo (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler— · as Self (archive footage)
Untitled Josh Safdie Project—
Time Out— · as Vincent
Grown Ups 3— · as Lenny Feder
Nature Planet | Narrated by Adam Sandler— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (60)

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!2026 · as Self - Actor & Comedian
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney2025 · as Self - Actor and Comedian
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy2024 · as Self (archive footage)
BIANCA2022 · as Self - Guest (video link)
The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
The Drew Barrymore Show2020 · as Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as The Grandfather
Kevin Can Wait2016 · as Jimmy (Kevin's former partner)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Adam Sandler
Norm Macdonald Live2013 · as Self
Jessie2011 · as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
Conan2010 · as Self
C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
It's On with Alexa Chung2009
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives2007 · as Self
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
The One Show2006 · as Self
VH1 Rock Honors2006
The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade2005
So You Think You Can Dance2005
On Air with Ryan Seacrest2004 · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Mean Tweets
Pet Star2002 · as Self - Judge
Undeclared2001 · as Adam Sandler (uncredited)
Diary2000 · as Self
Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
The King of Queens1998 · as Jeff 'The Beast' Sussman
The Chris Rock Show1997
Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen1996 · as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Adam Sandler
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
The Marshall Chronicles1990 · as Usher
Kids' Choice Awards1987 · as Self
The Cosby Show1984 · as Smitty
Jeopardy!1984 · as Self - Clue Presenter
CBS News Sunday Morning1979 · as Self
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Drug Dealer
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee