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Adam Sandler

Age: 43
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born: Sep. 9th, 1966

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Adam Sandler's Main TV Roles

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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to Judy and Stanley Sandler. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took the stage at a Boston comedy club. He found he was a natural comic. He nurtured his talent while at New York University (graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991) by performing regularly in clubs and at universities. During his freshman year, he snagged a recurring role as the Huxtable family's friend Smitty on "The Cosby Show" (1984). While working at a comedy club in L.A., he was "discovered" by Dennis Miller (I), who recommended him to "Saturday Night Live" (1975) producer Lorne Michaels and told him that Sandler had a big talent. This led to his being cast in the show in 1990, which he also wrote for in addition to performing. After "Saturday Night Live" (1975), Sandler went on to the movies, starring in such hit comedies as Airheads (1994), Happy Gilmore (1996), Billy Madison (1995) and Big Daddy (1999/I). He has also starred in Mr. Deeds (2002) alongside Winona Ryder; Eight Crazy Nights (2002), an animated movie about the Jewish festival of Chanukah; and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). He also writes and produces many of his own films and has composed songs for several of them, including The Wedding Singer (1998). Sandler has had several of his songs placed on the "Billboard" charts, including the classic "The Chanukah Song".

TRIVIA:

Ranked #35 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #43 the previous two years.
Is a major Yankee fan, refers to the team in some of his films, especially _Anger Management (2003)_ (qv). He has gone to games when the Yankees are playing.
Started Happy Madison Productions, which is behind most of his films.
Was considered for the role of "Willy Wonka" in _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)_ (qv).
Shares a birthday with 'Hugh Grant (I)' (qv).
His production company, Happy Madison, is named after two of his films, _Happy Gilmore (1996)_ (qv) and _Billy Madison (1995)_ (qv).
December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Adam Sandler's movies averaged $9 of gross income.
Adam's comedy album "Stan and Judy's Kid" set a record for most albums sold by a comedy album in its first week. It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard charts. All three of his previous comedy albums have gone platinum.