Biography for
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Date of Birth

18 August 1978, Berkeley, California, USA

Birth Name

David Andrew Samberg

Nickname

Ardy

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

A native of Berkeley, California, Samberg is one of three Los Angeles, California-based writer-performer-filmmakers--all childhood friends--dubbed the Lonely Island, whose short films were showcased on the popular untelevised television network show and Web site Channel 101.com. Some of their popular shorts included "The O.C." (2003) parody "The 'Bu" and their full-length pilot, "Awesometown." They met Jimmy Fallon while writing for MTV Video Music Awards 2004 (2004) (TV), who then suggested that they audition for "Saturday Night Live". Andy was then cast as a featured performer, and Samberg's Lonely Island cohorts Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer were hired as writers for the show. Near the end of his first season of "SNL," Andy was cast as the lead role in the film Hot Rod (2007), the first major motion picture by the Lonely Island team, with the production support of Lorne Michaels.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Chicken-Lady

Trade Mark

Impersonations of Michael Sessions, the 18-year-old mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, and surfer/singer Jack Johnson.

His "Lazy Sunday" hip-hop parody video with Chris Parnell

His shaggy hair

Doing digital shorts on Saturday Night Live

Trivia

The Lonely Island's "Lazy Sunday" video was downloaded over a million times the day after it aired on "Saturday Night Live".

Has two sisters.

Graduated from Berkeley High School in 1996.

Member of The Lonely Island along with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer.

Received a Grammy nomination (as member of The Lonely Island) for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for the song "I'm on a Boat" (feat. T-Pain) in 2010.

The Lonely Island's "Incredibad" was the 8th highest selling Hip Hop album of 2009 in the US.

On February 7, 2007, Samberg joined Justin Timberlake at one of Timberlake's tour concerts in Madison Square Garden to perform their song "Dick In A Box" (from one of The Lonely Island's digital shorts for "Saturday Night Live"). They both performed in character.

Andy attended NYU Film School and the University of California, Santa Cruz as a film student.

In his first season on "Saturday Night Live" , Samberg appeared on more non-live SNL segments than actual live sketches.

His favorite album is Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (1975).

The real Mark Zuckerberg praised his performance as him on SNL.

Personal Quotes

"I think, in a certain sense, everyone that's new is doing well. I have nothing to compare it to, but it certainly feels like there's been a sense of excitement all through this season." - On the new season of "Saturday Night Live".

I check it [my IMDB profile] just to make sure I'm still on the show.

If had a penny for every strange look I've gotten from strangers on the street I'd have about 10 to 15 dollars, which is a lot when you're dealing with pennies.

I can go out in public. Most people know me as the dude from "Dick in a Box" that's not Justin Timberlake.

I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it.

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace. There is stuff that is blown up on the Internet that isn't hugely successful with the entire world, and vice versa. I don't put a tremendous amount of stock in it, but at the same time, you always want people to like what you're doing. Certainly, to have come from an Internet background, we want to stay faithful and have people be supportive and happy with what we're doing.

I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it. But I try to make comedy, so I think I'm more sensitive to that. If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode. It's been on 31 years; it's an institution. It's not always going to feel like the freshest thing you've ever seen, but if you take any episode of SNL ever made, there's something great in every one of them. That's the definition of a variety show, especially if there's 30 years of fans of the show. That's such a wide spectrum of tastes that you're trying to appeal to. That's why you can have "Roy Rules" and a really smart James Downey piece about politics in the same show. The odds of there being one person who's really into both things is not super high. I mean, I am, but I love comedy.