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...See full bio »
2002Eight Crazy Nights
(writer: "Davey's Song", "Patch Song", "Long Ago", "Technical Foul", "Intervention Song", "Bum Biddy", "Grand Finale/It's Your Moment, Whitey!", "The Chanukah Song Part 3" / performer: "Davey's Song", "Patch Song", "The Chanukah Song Part 3" / producer: "Davey's Song", "Patch Song", "Long Ago", "Technical Foul", "Intervention Song", "Bum Biddy", "Grand Finale/It's Your Moment, Whitey!", "The Chanukah Song Part 3")
1999Saturday Night Live Christmas
(video)
(writer: "The Chanukah Song" - uncredited / performer: "The Chanukah Song" - uncredited)
1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler
(TV special documentary)
(writer: "Chanuka Song", "Lunch Lady Land", "Thanksgiving Song", "Red Hooded Sweatshirt" / performer: "Santa Song", "Chanuka Song", "Lunch Lady Land", "Thanksgiving Song", "Red Hooded Sweatshirt", "La donna è mobile" - uncredited, "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited, "Even Flow" - uncredited)
1998The Wedding Singer
(writer: "Somebody Kill Me", "Grow Old With You" / performer: "Somebody Kill Me", "You Spin Me Round Like a Record", "Grow Old With You", "Holiday", "Love Stinks", "That's All")
I never had a speech from my father [saying], 'This is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and...
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Trivia:
Ranked #35 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #43 the previous two years.
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Trademark:
His characters often have a penchant for a particular brand name food (i.e. Snack Packs, Subway, Popeye's chicken, etc.)
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