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Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Actor: The Waterboy. Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Actor, comedian, and musician Adam Sandler was a cast member on 'Saturday Night Live' and is the star of such films as 'Punch-Drunk Love' and 'The Wedding Singer.'
A definitive list of all the best Adam Sandler movies -- and the worst ones -- from his first major role to his most recent release, ranked by Tomatometer.
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- Punch-Drunk Love (2002) The first director to intuit just what Adam Sandler could do with a character tailored to his raw comic energy, Paul Thomas Anderson wrote Punch-Drunk Love's main character Barry Egan for Sandler.
- The Wedding Singer (1998) Robbie Hart is Sandler's early screen persona in whiplash-inducing perfection. A contented wedding crooner left at his own altar, Sandler's Hart underplays his broken heart when confronted by his sister carrying his runaway fiancée's Dear John letter.
- Uncut Gems (2019) "You're just about the most annoying person I've ever met." That's Idina Menzel, playing the fed-up wife of Sandler's Howard Ratner in Benny and Josh Safdie's nerve-shredding Uncut Gems.
- Hustle (2022) This basketball drama vaults close to the top of his collected filmography — clearly, he's in some kind of post-Uncut Gems golden moment, in which his ambitions as a dramatic actor have taken the wheel.
Mar 26, 2023 · Adam Sandler: The 60 Minutes Interview. From 2019, Sharyn Alfonsi sits down with comedian and actor Adam Sandler, who began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York City. ...more.
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Adam Sandler. Actor: The Waterboy. Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent.
