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Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Birthday: 1966-09-09
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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Coneheads
5.4
Coneheads, 1993
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Airheads
6.1
Airheads, 1994
Comedy
Detective
Billy Madison
6.2
Billy Madison, 1995
Comedy
Happy Gilmore
6.6
Happy Gilmore, 1996
Comedy
Bulletproof
5.7
Bulletproof, 1996
Comedy
Detective
Action
The Waterboy
6.1
The Waterboy, 1998
Comedy
Dirty Work
6.1
Dirty Work, 1998
Comedy
The Wedding Singer
6.8
The Wedding Singer, 1998
Romance
Comedy
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
6.0
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, 1999
Comedy
Big Daddy
6.5
Big Daddy, 1999
Comedy
Drama
Little Nicky
5.9
Little Nicky, 2000
Comedy
Fantasy
The Animal
5.1
The Animal, 2001
Comedy
The Hot Chick
6.4
The Hot Chick, 2002
Comedy
Fantasy
Punch-Drunk Love
7.1
Punch-Drunk Love, 2002
Romance
Drama
Comedy
Mr. Deeds
5.9
Mr. Deeds, 2002
Comedy
Romance
Eight Crazy Nights
5.1
Eight Crazy Nights, 2002
Animation
Comedy
Anger Management
6.1
Anger Management, 2003
Comedy
50 First Dates
6.9
50 First Dates, 2004
Comedy
Romance
Spanglish
6.0
Spanglish, 2004
Comedy
The Longest Yard
6.6
The Longest Yard, 2005
Drama
Comedy
Detective
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
5.3
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, 2005
Comedy
Click
6.3
Click, 2006
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
6.0
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, 2007
Comedy
Romance
Reign Over Me
7.2
Reign Over Me, 2007
Drama
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
5.7
You Don't Mess with the Zohan, 2008
Comedy
Action
Bedtime Stories
6.1
Bedtime Stories, 2008
Fantasy
Comedy
Romance
Funny People
5.9
Funny People, 2009
Comedy
Drama
Grown Ups
6.4
Grown Ups, 2010
Comedy
Just Go with It
6.7
Just Go with It, 2011
Comedy
Romance
Zookeeper
5.4
Zookeeper, 2011
Comedy
Romance
Hotel Transylvania
7.0
Hotel Transylvania, 2012
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
That's My Boy
5.8
That's My Boy, 2012
Comedy
Drama
Grown Ups 2
6.1
Grown Ups 2, 2013
Comedy
Blended
6.9
Blended, 2014
Comedy
Romance
The Cobbler
5.9
The Cobbler, 2014
Fantasy
Comedy
Drama
Men, Women & Children
6.5
Men, Women & Children, 2014
Drama
Comedy
Top Five
6.1
Top Five, 2014
Drama
Comedy
Pixels
5.7
Pixels, 2015
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Hotel Transylvania 2
6.8
Hotel Transylvania 2, 2015
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
The Ridiculous 6
5.2
The Ridiculous 6, 2015
Western
Comedy
The Do-Over
5.7
The Do-Over, 2016
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Sandy Wexler
5.5
Sandy Wexler, 2017
Comedy
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
6.4
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), 2017
Comedy
Drama
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
6.9
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, 2018
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
The Week Of
5.4
The Week Of, 2018
Comedy
Uncut Gems
7.1
Uncut Gems, 2019
Drama
Thriller
Detective
Murder Mystery
6.3
Murder Mystery, 2019
Action
Comedy
Mystery
Hubie Halloween
5.9
Hubie Halloween, 2020
Comedy
Mystery
Horror
Hustle
7.8
Hustle, 2022
Drama
Comedy
Leo
7.5
Leo, 2023
Animation
Comedy
Murder Mystery 2
6.5
Murder Mystery 2, 2023
Mystery
Comedy
Detective
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
6.4
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, 2023
Comedy
Spaceman
6.7
Spaceman, 2024
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Drama