Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (Brooklyn, United States, September 9, 19663) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, screenwriter.
*Life
Born in a Jewish family of Russian origin and raised in Manchester (New Hampshire), Sandler had the first encounter with comedy at age 12, with a spontaneous performance at the Basthon club. Since then he regularly performed in comedy clubs throughout the state while earning the title of Fine Arts from the University of New York.
Career
He debuted at the cinema with Going overboard in 1989. From then on he began working on films that reached box office success, such as Coneheads, Happy Gilmore, The Dream Boy, The Waterboy, A Great Dad and Mr. Deeds.
In his filmography include the comedies Click, Blow Bass, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, accompanied by Kevin James, aggressive Executive, who starred with Jack Nicholson, Intoxicated Love, by Paul Thomas Anderson, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe as best actor and the romantic comedy 50 first dates, along with Drew Barrymore.
During his career, Adam Sandler has been involved in all aspects of film production. He collaborated in the screenplays of Little Nicky, Billy Madison, A Great Dad and The Ideal Boy, among others. He also worked as executive producer in different filming.
Sandler spends time in his recording studio, during his breaks in his busy filming schedule. Several of his comedy albums for Warner Bros Records have been multiplatinum. Several years ago, Sandler launched a website that includes mini-movies starring himself, the "Happy Madison Productions" team, and his dog Meatball, all of them in their daily routine
Vanity Fair published the list of the Top 40 celebrities in Hollywood with more income throughout 2010. Sandler was ranked number 7 on the list, won an estimated $ 50 million for his films.
Usually, in his films he is accompanied by Rob Schneider, David Spade, Chris Rock (3 of his fellow on Saturday Night Live), Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Nick Swardson, Jon Lovitz, Henry Winkler, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, Blake Clark, Jonathan Loughran and Peter Dante.
