Adam Sandler Net Worth

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Net Worth $420 Million
Source of Wealth: Professional Actor

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is one of the best actors in the world.Some of his films, such as Jack and Jill (2011), have been widely panned, and Sandler is the holder of three Golden Raspberry Awards and 11 Raspberry Award nominations, more than any other actor but Sylvester Stallone

As of 2021, Adam Sandler net worth is $420 million making him on e of the richest actors in the world.

Early life

Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, 1966, to Judith “Judy”Levine, a nursery school teacher, and Stanley Sandler, an electrical engineer. His family is Jewish and descends from Russian-Jewish immigrants on both sides. Sandler grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, after moving there at the age of six. He attended Manchester Central High School. As a teen, Sandler was in BBYO, a Jewish youth group. Sandler graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1988.

Career

Early in his career, in 1987, Sandler played Theo Huxtable’s friend, Smitty, in The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy or Trivia Delinquent in the MTV game show Remote Control. After his film debut 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.

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Although his earliest films did not receive favorable critical attention, he started to receive more positive reviews, beginning with Punch-Drunk Love in 2002. 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.

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 Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious roles, such as the aforementioned Punch-Drunk Love, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, and Mike Binder’s Reign Over Me (2007), a drama about a man who loses his entire family during the September 11 attacks, and then struggles to rekindle a friendship with his old college roommate.

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”, in Family Guy in the episode “Stew-Roids”, and in South Park in the episode “You’re Getting Old”. He was also referenced in the video game Half-Life: Opposing Force. The HBO series Animals episode “The Trial” features a mock court case to decide whether Sandler or Jim Carrey is a better comedian.

Adam Sandler Net Worth

The comedian, who started on “Saturday Night Live,” still does stand up and grosses more than $400,000 per show. While his dramatic role in “Uncut Gems” gained critical attention, it’s his his eight-figure paydays from Netflix that pays the bills. In January 2020, he extended his Netflix deal to include four more films.

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Family

Sandler has been married to Jacqueline “Jackie” Sandler since June 2003. She had converted to Sandler’s religion, Judaism. The couple have two daughters, Sadie  and Sunny . Sandler’s wife and children often appear in his films

Some recent movies starred by Adam Sandler includes;

  • Hotel Transylvania (2012)
  • Grown Ups 2 (2013)
  • Blended (2014)
  • Pixels (2015)
  • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
  • The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
  • The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
  • Murder Mystery (2019)
  • Uncut Gems (2019)
  • Hubie Halloween (2020)

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