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Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler was born on the 9th September 1966 in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents, Judy and Stanley. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took the stage at a Boston comedy club. He found he was a natural born comedian. Adam nurtured his comedic talent while at New York University (he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991) by performing regularly in clubs and at universities. During his freshman year, he snagged a recurring role as The Huxtable's friend Smitty on The Cosby Show. While working at a comedy club in L.A, he was 'discovered' by Dennis Miller, who quickly recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer, Lorne Michaels. It wasn't long before Sandler was the toast of the SNL cast in the mid-'90s, taking the role of both performer and writer. While appearing in SNL and sharpening his feature skills in such efforts as Shakes the Clown and Coneheads, Sandler signed a recording contract with Warner Bros., and released of the Grammy-nominated They're All Gonna Laugh at You. As numerous cast members had done before him, Sandler eventually struck out on his own. Though many former SNL cast members had encountered mixed results in their attempts at a film career, Sandler's accumulation of a loyal and... Next

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