Adam Sandler
Sandler in 2024
Born	Adam Richard Sandler (1966-09-09) September 9, 1966 (age 58) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University (BFA)
Occupations	Actor comedian writer producer musician
Years active	1987–present^[1]
Works	Filmography
Spouse	Jackie Titone (m. 2003)
Children	2
Relatives	Tyler Spindel (nephew) Joseph H. Titone (father-in-law)^[2]
Awards	Full list
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up film television music
Genres	Observational comedy surreal humor blue comedy musical comedy sketch comedy satire
Subject(s)	American culture Jewish culture popular culture sexuality current events

Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2023, Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Sandler was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995. He returned to Saturday Night Live as a host in 2019 earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He has starred in Hollywood comedy films that cumulatively grossed over $2 billion worldwide.^[3]^[4] Sandler had an estimated net worth of $420 million in 2020, and signed a new four-movie deal with Netflix worth over $250 million.^[5]

Sandler's comedic roles include Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Waterboy (1998), The Wedding Singer (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), 50 First Dates (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Click (2006), Grown Ups (2010), Just Go with It (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013), Blended (2014), Murder Mystery (2019) and Hubie Halloween (2020). He also received praise for his dramatic roles in Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Reign Over Me (2007), The Meyerowitz Stories (2017), Uncut Gems (2019), and Hustle (2022).^[6]^[7] He also voiced Dracula in the first three films of the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2012–2018).

Early life

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Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, 1966,^[8] to Judith "Judy" (née Levine), a nursery school teacher, and Stanley Sandler, an electrical engineer.^[8] He has three older siblings, Scott, Elizabeth, and Valerie.^[9] His family is Jewish and descends from Russian Jewish immigrants on both sides.^[10]^[11]^[12] Sandler grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, after his family moved there when he was six years old.^[13] He attended Manchester Central High School. As a teen, Sandler was in BBYO, a Jewish youth group. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in acting.^[14]

Career

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1987–1994: Early television and film roles

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In 1987, Sandler played Theo Huxtable's friend Smitty on The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy or Trivia Delinquent on the MTV game show Remote Control. After his film debut in Going Overboard in 1989, Sandler performed in comedy clubs, having first taken the stage at his brother's urging when he was 17. He was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles and recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for SNL in 1990, and became a featured player the following year. He made a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Thanksgiving Song" and "The Chanukah Song".^[15] Sandler told Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him and Chris Farley from the show in 1995. Sandler used his firing as part of his monologue when he returned in 2019 to host the show.^[16]^[17]

In 1993, Adam Sandler appeared in the film Coneheads with fellow SNL performers Farley, David Spade, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, and Jane Curtin. In 1994, he co-starred in Airheads with Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi.

1995–2014: Commercial success

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Sandler starred in Billy Madison (1995) playing a grown man repeating grades 1–12 to earn back his father's respect and the right to inherit his father's multimillion-dollar hotel empire. The film was successful at the box office despite negative reviews. He followed this film with Bulletproof (1996), and the financially successful comedies Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Wedding Singer (1998), his first collaboration with Drew Barrymore. He was initially cast in the bachelor party-themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things (1998) but had to back out due to his involvement in The Waterboy (1998), one of his first big hits.

Sandler continued making successful comedy films including Big Daddy (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), Anger Management (2003), 50 First Dates (2004, his second collaboration with Drew Barrymore), The Longest Yard (2005), and Click (2006). He also formed his film production company, Happy Madison Productions,^[18] in 1999, first producing fellow SNL alumnus Rob Schneider's film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The company has produced most of Sandler's subsequent films to date, and is on the Sony/Columbia Pictures lot in Culver City, California. Most of its films have received negative reviews from critics, with three considered among the worst ever made^[19] yet most have performed well at the box office.

Although his earlier commercially successful films did not receive favorable critical attention, Sandler started to receive more positive reviews beginning with his more dramatic role in Punch-Drunk Love in 2002. Punch-Drunk Love's writer and director, Paul Thomas Anderson, had an "obsession-level" love for Sandler's previous movies and wrote the film with him in mind.^[20] Sandler was intimidated to work with Anderson upon viewing his previous film Magnolia (2000), but these fears were alleviated upon receiving the script from Anderson.^[21] Roger Ebert's review of Punch-Drunk Love concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts and characters with no development. Ebert noted that Sandler's character still maintained the "childlike, love-starved" persona from his previous films, but was shown in a new light as the "key to all Adam Sandler films".^[22] Sandler was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance.^[21] The film marked the beginning of Sandler moving outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious roles, such as Mike Binder's Reign Over Me (2007), a drama about a man who loses his entire family in the September 11 attacks and then struggles to rekindle a friendship with his old college roommate (Don Cheadle).

Sandler starred alongside friend Kevin James in the film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), and headlined You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). The latter was written by Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel, and directed by Dennis Dugan. That same year, Sandler starred along with Keri Russell and English comedian Russell Brand in Adam Shankman's children's fantasy film Bedtime Stories (2008), as a stressed hotel maintenance worker whose bedtime stories he reads to his niece and nephew begin to come true. It marked Sandler's first family film and first film under the Disney banner.^[23]

In 2009, Sandler starred in Apatow's third directorial feature, Funny People, a comedy drama about a famous comedian (Sandler) with a terminal illness. The film was released on July 31, 2009.^[24] After its release, Funny People and Punch-Drunk Love were cited in the June 2010 announcement that Sandler was one of 135 people (including 20 actors) invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[25]

In 2010, Sandler appeared in Grown Ups, alongside Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, and Maya Rudolph. Sandler and Dickie Roberts scribe Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed.^[26] Sandler's later comedy films, including Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2, received largely negative reviews.^[27] Reviewing the latter, critic Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times remarked that Sandler had become the antithesis of Judd Apatow; he was instead "the white Tyler Perry: smart enough to know better, savvy enough to do it anyway, lazy enough not to care."^[28] The next year, Sandler starred with Jennifer Aniston in the romantic comedy film Just Go with It.^[29] He also voiced a capuchin monkey in Kevin James's Zookeeper, released on July 8, 2011. In 2012, he starred in That's My Boy, as a man who fathered a son (Andy Samberg) with his teacher (Eva Amurri) in high school. In 2013, he guest starred in the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie as himself in the episode "Punched Dumped Love". He and Jessie star Cameron Boyce had worked together in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2; Sandler's 2020 film Hubie Halloween was dedicated to Boyce's memory. Sandler next reunited with Drew Barrymore for a third time in the Warner Bros. romantic comedy Blended, which was filmed in South Africa and released on May 23, 2014.

2014-present: Final theatrical films and switch to Netflix

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In October 2014, Netflix announced a four-movie deal with Sandler and Happy Madison Productions.^[30] Also that year, Sandler co-starred in the drama film Men, Women & Children, directed by Jason Reitman.^[31]^[32] He was considered for the voice of Rocket Raccoon in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy but Bradley Cooper was cast instead.^[33]

In 2015, Sandler released his last theatrical film, Pixels, based on French director Patrick Jean's 2010 short film of the same name, before transitioning into a distribution deal with Netflix.

Sandler's first original film for Netflix was the Western comedy film The Ridiculous 6. Despite being universally panned by critics,^[34] on January 6, 2016, it was announced by Netflix that the film had been viewed more times in 30 days than any other movie in Netflix history.^[35] Sandler also starred in another Netflix film in 2016, titled The Do-Over.

Sandler starred in the 2017 Netflix film Sandy Wexler, in which he plays a talent manager who falls in love with one of his clients. He returned to dramatic territory in 2017 with Noah Baumbach's family drama The Meyerowitz Stories. In the film, Sandler plays Danny Meyerowitz, who is unemployed and separated from his wife. His experiencing dysfunctional relationships with his brother (Ben Stiller), his sister (Elizabeth Marvel), and his father (Dustin Hoffman). The film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where his performance received favorable notices from critics.^[6] Peter Debruge, film critic for Variety, wrote of his performance, "With no shtick to fall back on, Sandler is forced to act, and it's a glorious thing to watch".^[36]

In 2018, Sandler starred in the Netflix film The Week Of alongside Chris Rock. He also starred in a Netflix stand-up special Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh, which was part of his company's Netflix deal and marked his first stand-up film in over two decades. The special was directed by longtime collaborator Steven Brill, while portions of the special was filmed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which marked his first project with Sandler since Punch-Drunk Love sixteen years prior.^[37]

On May 4, 2019, Sandler made his first appearance as host of Saturday Night Live, ending the episode with a tribute to his friend and fellow former cast member Chris Farley.^[38] Sandler received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for his hosting stint. In June 2019, he reunited with Jennifer Aniston in the Netflix film Murder Mystery, which broke the record for the biggest opening weekend in the company's history,^[39] and spawned a sequel, Murder Mystery 2, in 2023.^[40]

In December 2019, Sandler starred in the crime thriller Uncut Gems, directed by the Safdie brothers.^[41] The movie and Sandler's acting received critical acclaim and many end-of-year awards from critics, who noted this role as a career best for Sandler, for which he earned the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.^[42]^[43]

In January 2020, Netflix announced a new four-movie deal with Happy Madison Productions worth up to $275 million.^[44] Sandler starred in and wrote the 2020 Netflix film Hubie Halloween. Besides, he voiced Leo the lizard in a Netflix's animated coming-of-age musical Leo.^[45]

Sandler produced and starred in the 2022 sports drama film Hustle, which received critical acclaim. His performance in the film was repeatedly singled out for praise^[46] and he received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.^[47] On March 19, 2023, Sandler was awarded the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Many of Sandler's friends and fellow performers, including Ben Stiller, Conan O'Brien, Dana Carvey, and Judd Apatow, spoke at the event.^[48]

In 2024, Sandler starred in his second Netflix stand-up comedy special, Adam Sandler: Love You, which was directed by Josh Safdie.^[49] He also starred in the science fiction drama film Spaceman, an adaptation of the science fiction novel Spaceman of Bohemia (2017), directed by Johan Renck.^[50]

Also in 2024, Sandler was named the People's Choice Icon at the 49th People's Choice Awards.^[51] In March 2024, Forbes announced that Sandler was the best-paid actor in Hollywood in 2023, earning $73 million.^[52]

Public image

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Sandler has been referenced multiple times in various media, including in the TV shows The Simpsons, in the episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love",^[53] in the Family Guy episode "Stew-Roids",^[54] and in the South Park episode "You're Getting Old".^[55] He was also referenced in the video game Half-Life: Opposing Force.^[56] The HBO series Animals episode "The Trial" features a mock court case to decide whether Sandler or Jim Carrey is a better comedian.

In 2021, Vogue named Sandler the year's fashion icon for popularizing a "grocery-run look", characterized by oversized T-shirts, XXL pants, and Nike sneakers dubbed as "Adam Sandler style".^[57] Menswear brand Old Jewish Men sells a line of basketball shorts inspired by the style.^[58] Speaking on the title with Esquire, Sandler remarked: "It took a while. I was working that angle for years. For a while I was like, 'Please accept me and the way I dress.' And 30 years later, they finally came around."^[59]

Personal life

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Sandler with his two daughters, Sunny and Sadie, in February 2011, at a ceremony for receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sandler has been married to Jacqueline "Jackie" Sandler (née Titone) since 2003.^[60] She converted to Sandler's religion, Judaism.^[61] The couple have two daughters, Sadie (born May 2006)^[62] and Sunny (born November 2008).^[63] Through his wife, Sandler is the son-in-law of politician Joseph H. Titone.^[64]^[65] Sandler's wife and children often appear in his films. Both Sadie and Sunny have each appeared in at least two of the Hotel Transylvania movie series.^[66]^[67] Adam's nephew Jared has also been featured in his films, such as Pixels and Home Team.^[68]

In 2007, Sandler made a $1 million donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[69]

Sandler has not publicly discussed his political opinions. It has been reported that he is a registered Republican. He performed at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and donated $2,100 to Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign.^[70]

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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Sandler's accolades include an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead,^[71] six MTV Movie & TV Awards,^[72]^[73]^[74]^[75]^[76]^[77] and nine People's Choice Awards.^[78]^[79]^[80]^[81]^[82]^[83]^[84]^[85]^[86] He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards,^[87]^[88] three Grammy Awards,^[89] five Primetime Emmy Awards,^[90] and a Screen Actors Guild Award.^[91]

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
Title	Album details	US ^[92]	US Com. ^[93]	AUS ^[94]	CAN ^[95]	Certifications
They're All Gonna Laugh at You!	Released: September 28, 1993 (US) Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP	129	7	—	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum ^[96] MC: Gold^[97]
What the Hell Happened to Me?	Released: February 13, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP	18	7	—	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum^[96] MC: Platinum^[97]
What's Your Name?	Released: September 16, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP	18	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold^[96]
Stan and Judy's Kid	Released: September 21, 1999 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP	16	—	89	20	RIAA: Gold^[96]
Shhh...Don't Tell	Released: July 13, 2004 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, digital download	47	11	—	—

"The Peeper" was made into a flash cartoon, launched over the 1999 Labor Day weekend as a promotion for Stan and Judy's Kid and was watched by over 1 million users during that period, one of the most-watched video clips on the internet at the time.^[98]

In 2009 Sandler contributed the Neil Young cover "Like a Hurricane" to Covered, A Revolution in Sound as part of Warner Brothers 50th Anniversary celebrations;^[99] the song was performed on the David Letterman Show with a band that included, among others, Waddy Wachtel,^[100] who has appeared with Sandler on a number of occasions.^[101]

Soundtrack albums

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Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Com. ^[93]
Eight Crazy Nights (Original Movie Soundtrack)	Released: November 27, 2002^[102] Label: Sony Format: LP, digital download
Leo (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)	Released: November 21, 2023^[103] Label: Netflix Format: Digital download, streaming	—
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh	Released: March 22, 2019^[104] Label: Netflix, Warner Format: Digital download, streaming	1

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
Title	Year	US ^[105]	US Adult Pop ^[106]	US Hol. ^[107]	US Main. Rock ^[108]	US Mod. Rock ^[109]	Certifications	Album
"The Thanksgiving Song"	1993	107	40	23	29	29		They're All Gonna Laugh at You!
"The Chanukah Song"	1996	80	28	20	20	25	RIAA: Gold^[110]	What the Hell Happened to Me?
"Secret"^[111]	2004	—	—	—	—	—		Shhh... Don't Tell
"Like a Hurricane"^[112]	2008	—	—	—	—	—		Covered, A Revolution in Sound
"Phone Wallet Keys"^[113]	2018	—	—	—	—	—		100% Fresh
"Farley"^[114]	2018	—	—	—	—	—		100% Fresh

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External links

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Adam Sandler

Studio albums

They're All Gonna Laugh at You! (1993)
What the Hell Happened to Me? (1996)
What's Your Name? (1997)
Stan and Judy's Kid (1999)
Shhh... Don't Tell (2004)

Songs

Comedy specials

Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)
Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)

Films

Written

Going Overboard (1989)
Billy Madison (1995)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
The Waterboy (1998)
Big Daddy (1999)
Little Nicky (2000)
Eight Crazy Nights (2002, also produced)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008, also produced)
Grown Ups (2010, also produced)
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011, also produced)
Jack and Jill (2011, also produced)
Grown Ups 2 (2013, also produced)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
The Ridiculous 6 (2015, also produced)
Sandy Wexler (2017, also produced)
The Week Of (2018, also produced)
Hubie Halloween (2020, also produced)
Leo (2023, also produced)
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025, also produced)

Produced only

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Click (2006)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
The House Bunny (2008)
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Just Go with It (2011)
Zookeeper (2011)
That's My Boy (2012)
Blended (2014)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Pixels (2015)
The Do-Over (2016)
Murder Mystery (2019)
Home Team (2022)
Hustle (2022)
Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
The Out-Laws (2023)
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
Kinda Pregnant (2025)

Skits

"Gay Robot"

Related

Happy Madison Productions

Awards for Adam Sandler

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor

Tom Wilkinson (2001)
Jack Nicholson (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Liam Neeson (2004)
Jeff Daniels (2005)
Donald Sutherland (2006)
Chris Cooper (2007)
Frank Langella (2008)
Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Oliver Litondo (2011)
Denzel Washington (2012)
Bruce Dern (2013)
Steve Carell (2014)
Bryan Cranston (2015)
Denzel Washington (2016)
Gary Oldman (2017)
Viggo Mortensen (2018)
Adam Sandler (2019)
Anthony Hopkins (2020)
Will Smith (2021)
Brendan Fraser (2022)
Colman Domingo (2023)
Adrien Brody (2024)

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1980s	Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer (1980) Klinton Spilsbury – The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) Laurence Olivier – Inchon (1982) Christopher Atkins – A Night in Heaven (1983) Sylvester Stallone – Rhinestone (1984) Sylvester Stallone – Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV (1985) Prince – Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987) Sylvester Stallone – Rambo III (1988) William Shatner – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
1990s	Andrew Dice Clay – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) Kevin Costner – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Sylvester Stallone – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Burt Reynolds – Cop and a Half (1993) Kevin Costner – Wyatt Earp (1994) Pauly Shore – Jury Duty (1995) Tom Arnold – Big Bully, Carpool, and The Stupids / Pauly Shore – Bio-Dome (1996) Kevin Costner – The Postman (1997) Bruce Willis – Armageddon, Mercury Rising, and The Siege (1998) Adam Sandler – Big Daddy (1999)
2000s	John Travolta – Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers (2000) Tom Green – Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Roberto Benigni (dubbed Godzilla-style by Breckin Meyer) – Pinocchio (2002) Ben Affleck – Daredevil, Gigli, and Paycheck (2003) George W. Bush – Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Rob Schneider – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans – Little Man (2006) Eddie Murphy – Norbit (2007) Mike Myers – The Love Guru (2008) Jonas Brothers (Joe, Kevin, and Nick) – Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
2010s	Ashton Kutcher – Killers and Valentine's Day (2010) Adam Sandler – Jack and Jill and Just Go with It (2011) Adam Sandler – That's My Boy (2012) Jaden Smith – After Earth (2013) Kirk Cameron – Saving Christmas (2014) Jamie Dornan – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Dinesh D'Souza – Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016) Tom Cruise – The Mummy (2017) Donald Trump – Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) John Travolta – The Fanatic and Trading Paint (2019)
2020s	Mike Lindell (The "My Pillow Guy") – Absolute Proof (2020/21) LeBron James – Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Jared Leto – Morbius (2022) Jon Voight – Mercy (2023) Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted (2024)

v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
1980s	Brooke Shields – The Blue Lagoon (1980) Bo Derek – Tarzan, the Ape Man / Faye Dunaway – Mommie Dearest (1981) Pia Zadora – Butterfly (1982) Pia Zadora – The Lonely Lady (1983) Bo Derek – Bolero (1984) Linda Blair – Night Patrol, Savage Island, and Savage Streets (1985) Madonna – Shanghai Surprise (1986) Madonna – Who's That Girl (1987) Liza Minnelli – Arthur 2: On the Rocks and Rent-a-Cop (1988) Heather Locklear – The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
1990s	Bo Derek – Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) Sean Young – A Kiss Before Dying (1991) Melanie Griffith – Shining Through and A Stranger Among Us (1992) Madonna – Body of Evidence (1993) Sharon Stone – Intersection and The Specialist (1994) Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls (1995) Demi Moore – The Juror and Striptease (1996) Demi Moore – G.I. Jane (1997) Spice Girls – Spice World (1998) Heather Donahue – The Blair Witch Project (1999)
2000s	Madonna – The Next Best Thing (2000) Mariah Carey – Glitter (2001) Madonna – Swept Away / Britney Spears – Crossroads (2002) Jennifer Lopez – Gigli (2003) Halle Berry – Catwoman (2004) Jenny McCarthy – Dirty Love (2005) Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct 2 (2006) Lindsay Lohan – I Know Who Killed Me (2007) Paris Hilton – The Hottie and the Nottie (2008) Sandra Bullock – All About Steve (2009)
2010s	Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City 2 (2010) Adam Sandler (in drag) – Jack and Jill (2011) Kristen Stewart – Snow White and the Huntsman and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) Tyler Perry (in drag) – A Madea Christmas (2013) Cameron Diaz – The Other Woman and Sex Tape (2014) Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Rebekah Turner – Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016) Tyler Perry (in drag) – Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017) Melissa McCarthy – The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party (2018) Hilary Duff – The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
2020s	Kate Hudson – Music (2020/21) Jeanna de Waal – Diana: The Musical (2021) Golden Raspberry Awards (for nominating Ryan Kiera Armstrong) (2022) Megan Fox – Johnny & Clyde (2023) Dakota Johnson – Madame Web (2024)

v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
1980s	Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr – Can't Stop the Music (1980) Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, and Robert Getchell – Mommie Dearest (1981) Robin Moore and Laird Koenig – Inchon (1982) John Kershaw, Shawn Randall, and Ellen Shephard – The Lonely Lady (1983) John Derek – Bolero (1984) Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron, and Kevin Jarre – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Howard the Duck (1986) Jonathan Reynolds and Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987) Heywood Gould – Cocktail (1988) Eddie Murphy – Harlem Nights (1989)
1990s	Daniel Waters, James Cappe, and David Arnott – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, Bruce Willis, and Robert Kraft – Hudson Hawk (1991) Blake Snyder, William Osborne, and William Davies – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Amy Holden Jones – Indecent Proposal (1993) Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, and various others – The Flintstones (1994) Joe Eszterhas – Showgirls (1995) Andrew Bergman – Striptease (1996) Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland – The Postman (1997) Joe Eszterhas – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998) Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman – Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s	Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro – Battlefield Earth (2000) Tom Green and Derek Harvie – Freddy Got Fingered (2001) George Lucas and Jonathan Hales – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Martin Brest – Gigli (2003) Theresa Rebeck, John Brancato, Michael Ferris, and John Rogers – Catwoman (2004) Jenny McCarthy – Dirty Love (2005) Leora Barish and Henry Bean – Basic Instinct 2 (2006) Jeffrey Hammond – I Know Who Killed Me (2007) Mike Myers and Graham Gordy – The Love Guru (2008) Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
2010s	M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010) Steve Koren, Adam Sandler, and Ben Zook – Jack and Jill (2011) David Caspe – That's My Boy (2012) Steve Baker, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bob Odenkirk, Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Olle Sarri, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jeremy Sosenko, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark – Movie 43 (2013) Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey – Saving Christmas (2014) Kelly Marcel – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, and Mike White – The Emoji Movie (2017) Niall Leonard – Fifty Shades Freed (2018) Lee Hall and Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)
2020s	Tomasz Klimala, Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes, and Blanka Lipińska – 365 Days (2020/21) Joe DiPietro and David Bryan – Diana: The Musical (2021) Andrew Dominik – Blonde (2022) Rhys Frake-Waterfield – Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S. J. Clarkson, and Kerem Sanga – Madame Web (2024)

v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo
1990s	Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt – Interview with the Vampire / Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone – The Specialist (1994) Any combination of two people (or two body parts) – Showgirls (1995) Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds – Striptease (1996) Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme – Double Team (1997) Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo DiCaprio (as twins) – The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Kevin Kline and Will Smith – Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s	John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him – Battlefield Earth (2000) Tom Green and any animal he abuses – Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Adriano Giannini and Madonna – Swept Away (2002) Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez – Gigli (2003) George W. Bush and either Condoleezza Rice or his pet goat – Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman – Bewitched (2005) Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans – Little Man (2006) Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan (as twins) – I Know Who Killed Me (2007) Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore – The Hottie and the Nottie (2008) Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper – All About Steve (2009)
2010s	The entire cast of Sex and the City 2 (2010) Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or Adam Sandler – Jack and Jill / The entire cast of Jack and Jill (2011) Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 / The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) Jaden Smith and Will Smith on planet nepotism – After Earth (2013) Kirk Cameron and his ego – Saving Christmas (2014) Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Any two obnoxious Emojis – The Emoji Movie (2017) Donald Trump and "His Self Perpetuating Pettiness" – Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) Any two half-feline/half-human hairballs – Cats (2019)
2020s	Rudy Giuliani and his pants zipper – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) LeBron James and any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on – Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and ludicrous accent) – Elvis (2022) Pooh and Piglet (as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers) – Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Between 2010–2012, the category also included Worst Screen Ensemble.

Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

M. Emmet Walsh (1985)
James Woods (1986)
Dennis Quaid (1987)
Edward James Olmos (1988)
Matt Dillon (1989)
Danny Glover (1990)
River Phoenix (1991)
Harvey Keitel (1992)
Jeff Bridges (1993)
Samuel L. Jackson (1994)
Sean Penn (1995)
William H. Macy (1996)
Robert Duvall (1997)
Ian McKellen (1998)
Richard Farnsworth (1999)
Javier Bardem (2000)
Tom Wilkinson (2001)
Derek Luke (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Paul Giamatti (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Ryan Gosling (2006)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2007)
Mickey Rourke (2008)
Jeff Bridges (2009)
James Franco (2010)
Jean Dujardin (2011)
John Hawkes (2012)
Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Michael Keaton (2014)
Abraham Attah (2015)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Timothée Chalamet (2017)
Ethan Hawke (2018)
Adam Sandler (2019)
Riz Ahmed (2020)
Simon Rex (2021)

Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor

Eddie Murphy (1988)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1989, 1991–1992)
Michael J. Fox (1990)
Robin Williams (1994)
Jim Carrey (1995–1997, 2001, 2004)
Will Smith (1998, 2006, 2009)
Adam Sandler (1999–2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2014)
Chris Tucker (2002)
Johnny Depp (2008, 2011, 2013)
Taylor Lautner (2010)
Ben Stiller (2015)
Will Ferrell (2016)
Chris Hemsworth (2017)
Dwayne Johnson (2018, 2020, 2023)
Noah Centineo (2019)
Robert Downey Jr. (2021)
Tom Holland (2022)
Timothée Chalamet (2024)

Mark Twain Prize winners

Richard Pryor (1998)
Jonathan Winters (1999)
Carl Reiner (2000)
Whoopi Goldberg (2001)
Bob Newhart (2002)
Lily Tomlin (2003)
Lorne Michaels (2004)
Steve Martin (2005)
Neil Simon (2006)
Billy Crystal (2007)
George Carlin (2008)
~~Bill Cosby~~ (2009)
Tina Fey (2010)
Will Ferrell (2011)
Ellen DeGeneres (2012)
Carol Burnett (2013)
Jay Leno (2014)
Eddie Murphy (2015)
Bill Murray (2016)
David Letterman (2017)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018)
Dave Chappelle (2019)
Jon Stewart (2022)
Adam Sandler (2023)
Kevin Hart (2024)
Conan O'Brien (2025)

MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Comedic Performance

Billy Crystal (1992)
Robin Williams (1993)
Robin Williams (1994)
Jim Carrey (1995)
Jim Carrey (1996)
Jim Carrey (1997)
Jim Carrey (1998)
Adam Sandler (1999)
Adam Sandler (2000)
Ben Stiller (2001)
Reese Witherspoon (2002)
Mike Myers (2003)
Jack Black (2004)
Dustin Hoffman (2005)
Steve Carell (2006)
Sacha Baron Cohen (2007)
Johnny Depp (2008)
Jim Carrey (2009)
Zach Galifianakis (2010)
Emma Stone (2011)
Melissa McCarthy (2012)
Jonah Hill (2014)
Channing Tatum (2015)
Ryan Reynolds (2016)
Lil Rel Howery (2017)
Tiffany Haddish (2018)
Dan Levy (2019)
No Award (2020)
Leslie Jones (2021)
Ryan Reynolds (2022)
Adam Sandler (2023)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Fight
General (1996–2019, 2023–present)	Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker – Happy Gilmore (1996) Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney – The Craft (1997) Will Smith vs. Cockroach – Men in Black (1998) Ben Stiller vs. Puffy the Dog – There's Something About Mary (1999) Keanu Reeves vs. Laurence Fishburne – The Matrix (2000) Zhang Ziyi vs. Entire bar – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001) Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gang – Rush Hour 2 (2002) Yoda vs. Christopher Lee – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2003) Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2004) Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2005) Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2006) Gerard Butler vs. Robert Maillet – 300 (2007) Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet – Never Back Down (2008) Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (2009) Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter – Obsessed (2010) Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011) Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig – The Hunger Games (2012) Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers (2013) Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2014) Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter – The Maze Runner (2015) Ryan Reynolds vs. Ed Skrein – Deadpool (2016) Gal Gadot vs. German soldiers – Wonder Woman (2018) Brie Larson vs. Gemma Chan – Captain Marvel (2019) No Award (2020) Courteney Cox vs. Ghostface – Scream VI (2023)
Scripted (2021–2022)	Elizabeth Olsen vs. Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision (2021) Sydney Sweeney vs. Alexa Demie – Euphoria (2022)
Unscripted (2021–2022)	Kourtney Kardashian vs. Kim Kardashian – Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2021) Bosco vs. Lady Camden – RuPaul's Drag Race (2022)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss
1990s	Anna Chlumsky & Macaulay Culkin in My Girl (1992) Christian Slater & Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart (1993) Demi Moore & Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal (1994) Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber (1995) Natasha Henstridge & Anthony Guidera in Species (1996) Will Smith & Vivica A. Fox in Independence Day (1997) Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore in The Wedding Singer (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1999)
2000s	Sarah Michelle Gellar & Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions (2000) Julia Stiles & Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance (2001) Jason Biggs & Seann William Scott in American Pie 2 (2002) Tobey Maguire & Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man (2003) Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra & Amy Smart in Starsky & Hutch (2004) Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams in The Notebook (2005) Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2006) Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2007) Briana Evigan & Robert Hoffman in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in Twilight (2009)
2010s	Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2010) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2012) Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook (2013) Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston & Will Poulter in We're the Millers (2014) Ansel Elgort & Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars (2015) Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine in Pitch Perfect 2 (2016) Ashton Sanders & Jharrel Jerome in Moonlight (2017) Nick Robinson & Keiynan Lonsdale in Love, Simon (2018) Noah Centineo & Lana Condor in To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2019)
2020s	No award (2020) Chase Stokes & Madelyn Cline in Outer Banks (2021) Poopies & the Snake in Jackass Forever (2022) Madison Bailey & Rudy Pankow in Outer Banks (2023)

MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Duo

Best On-Screen Duo (1992–2000)

Best On-Screen Team (2001–2006)

Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz & Lucy Liu (2001)
Vin Diesel & Paul Walker (2002)
Sean Astin, Andy Serkis & Elijah Wood (2003)
Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore (2004)
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert & Amanda Seyfried (2005)
Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson (2006)

Best Cast (2012)	Best On-Screen Duo (2013–2015)
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson & Tom Felton (2012)	Mark Wahlberg & Seth MacFarlane (2013) Vin Diesel & Paul Walker (2014) Zac Efron & Dave Franco (2015)

Ensemble Cast (2016)	Best Duo (2017)
Pitch Perfect 2	Hugh Jackman & Dafne Keen (2017)

Best On-Screen Team (2018)

Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor & Chosen Jacobs (2018)

Best Team (2022)	Best Duo (2023)
Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino & Owen Wilson (2022)	Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey (2023)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
1945–1975	Ray Milland (1945) Laurence Olivier (1946) Michael Redgrave (1947) Walter Huston (1948) Ralph Richardson (1949) Alec Guinness (1950) Richard Basehart (1951) Ralph Richardson (1952) James Mason (1953) Bing Crosby (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Spencer Tracy (1958) Victor Sjöström (1959) Robert Mitchum (1960) Albert Finney (1961) Jason Robards (1962) Rex Harrison (1963) Anthony Quinn (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Peter Finch (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) Peter O'Toole (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Peter O'Toole (1972) Al Pacino / Robert Ryan (1973) Gene Hackman (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975)
1976–2000	David Carradine (1976) John Travolta (1977) Jon Voight / Laurence Olivier (1978) Peter Sellers (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Tom Conti (1983) Victor Banerjee (1984) William Hurt / Raul Julia (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Gene Hackman (1988) Morgan Freeman (1989) Robert De Niro / Robin Williams (1990) Warren Beatty (1991) Jack Lemmon (1992) Anthony Hopkins (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Tom Cruise (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Ian McKellen (1998) Russell Crowe (1999) Javier Bardem (2000)
2001–present	Billy Bob Thornton (2001) Campbell Scott (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) George Clooney (2007) Clint Eastwood (2008) George Clooney / Morgan Freeman (2009) Jesse Eisenberg (2010) George Clooney (2011) Bradley Cooper (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Michael Keaton / Oscar Isaac (2014) Matt Damon (2015) Casey Affleck (2016) Tom Hanks (2017) Viggo Mortensen (2018) Adam Sandler (2019) Riz Ahmed (2020) Will Smith (2021) Colin Farrell (2022) Paul Giamatti (2023) Daniel Craig (2024)

St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit

Sandra Bullock (1999)
Lisa Kudrow (2000)
Jim Carrey (2001)
Ben Stiller (2002)
Adam Sandler (2003)
Lindsay Lohan (2004)
Jon Heder (2005)
Keira Knightley (2006)
Ryan Seacrest (2007)
No Award (2008)
Miley Cyrus (2009)
Miley Cyrus (2010)
Ed Helms (2011)
Charlize Theron (2012)
Taylor Lautner (2013)
Jonah Hill (2014)
Anna Kendrick (2015)
Ryan Reynolds (2016)
Madelaine Petsch (2017)
Madelaine Petsch (2018)

v t e Happy Madison Productions
Films	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) Little Nicky (2000) The Animal (2001) Joe Dirt (2001) Mr. Deeds (2002) The Master of Disguise (2002) Eight Crazy Nights (2002) The Hot Chick (2002) Anger Management (2003) Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) 50 First Dates (2004) The Longest Yard (2005) Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Grandma's Boy (2006) The Benchwarmers (2006) Click (2006) I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) Reign Over Me (2007) Strange Wilderness (2008) The House Bunny (2008) You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) Bedtime Stories (2008) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) The Shortcut (2009) Funny People (2009) Grown Ups (2010) Just Go with It (2011) Zookeeper (2011) Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011) Jack and Jill (2011) That's My Boy (2012) Here Comes the Boom (2012) Grown Ups 2 (2013) Blended (2014) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) Pixels (2015) Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015) The Ridiculous 6 (2015) The Do-Over (2016) Sandy Wexler (2017) The Week Of (2018) Father of the Year (2018) Murder Mystery (2019) The Wrong Missy (2020) Hubie Halloween (2020) Home Team (2022) Hustle (2022) Murder Mystery 2 (2023) The Out-Laws (2023) You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) Leo (2023) Kinda Pregnant (2025) Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
Specials	Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018) Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)
Television	Rules of Engagement (2007–13) The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008) Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010–11) Breaking In (2011–12) The Goldbergs (2013–23) Imaginary Mary (2017) Schooled (2019–20)
Key people	Adam Sandler Allen Covert Jack Giarraputo Tim Herlihy Heather Parry

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