Adam Sandler

Born in the New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, on September 9, 1966, in the bosom of a Jewish family, Adam Richard Sandler grew up in New Hampshire. Since he was little, he stood out for being the “funny” one in the class, to such an extent that his sister encouraged him to perform in a nightclub. There he discovered that his jokes excited the public.

He continued his stand-up comedy while studying art at New York University. In the 90’s he moved to Los Angeles, and appeared in several episodes of the series The Bill Cosby Hour . While making a name for himself in the city’s venues, he shared a flat with Judd Apatow , later a producer and filmmaker taking the comedy field by storm.

Thanks to the good reception of his monologues, he got a contract on the television program Saturday Night Live, where many American stars have come from. When he arrived, the show was in a bit of a decline, but he and a new crop of comedians – Mike Myers , Chris Rock , Rob Schneider, etc. – raised the bar to the golden age level, when the legendary Dan Aykroyd starred on the show. , Bill Murray and John Belushi .

He made his film debut with the comedy Going Overboard , where he was a comedian very similar to himself. After a small role inLos Caraconos , was one of the protagonists ofAirheads , about a band of rockers who rob a radio station to get them to broadcast their songs. Both this film and Billy Madison , where he was an immature heir who, due to his father’s request, must return to the first years of school, were successful in the United States, but had very little impact abroad.

Nor did it have the same impact in Europe as in his countryThe Ideal Boy , hilarious and likeable comedy, with a romantic touch, in which he plays a singer who makes a living performing at wedding banquets. To date it is one of his best works. He repeated with the director of that film, Frank Coraci , inThe Waterboy (The waterboy) , where he was the guy who was in charge of bringing water to the players of a rugby team.

For a long time, Sandler stuck to his own cut-to-suit comedies, likeA great dadAggressive executive or the infamousLittle Nicky andMr. Deeds (unspeakable remake ofThe secret of living ), or he played small roles in the even worse films of his friend Rob Schneider , asThis is not my body! eitherI am made an animal .

None other than Paul Thomas Anderson (the director ofMagnolia ) trusted him to give him his first complex role in the surrealIntoxicated with love , where he was a timid individual in love with a mysterious woman he just met. He has also entrusted Sandler with another prestigious director, James L. Brooks , who gave him the leading role ofSpanglish , along with Paz Vega . “It is a very popular film in the United States, especially because it is broadcast many times on television. Every day, two or three people stop me on the street, look at me with envy and ask me about Paz Vega,” the comedian told me. In an interview.

And he was the protagonist of the interesting dramaSomewhere in memory , where a family man is reunited with an old partner, unbalanced after having suffered a family tragedy. He also has some interestMake Me Laugh , where he was a comedian stricken with cancer.

Sandler alternates these “serious” titles with wilder comedies, such asZohan: License to Style ,I declare you husband and husband ,50 first dates orFollow me the roll She has shot some tape aimed at family audiences, such asbeyond dreams orGrown up children , in which he worked as a screenwriter, since he usually writes some of his films. He is also a producer of quite a few of them, through Happy Madison, his company.

After maintaining resounding romances with the actress Alicia Silverstone , and with Margaret Ruden, a cosmetics businesswoman, Sandler decided to settle down by marrying Jackie Titone. This model and actress had accompanied him in the aforementioned tapesLittle Nicky and One Cool Daddy .