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Biography
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
exhilarating 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. Dennis
caught Adam performing an act at the club one night and recommended
him to _”Saturday Night Live” (1975)_ (qv) producer, Lorne Michael
and told her that that Adam had a big talent. This led Adam on to a
place on the show in 1990. As well as performing, Adam also wrote
for the show. After Saturday Night Live, Adam went on to the
movies, starring in many hit movies, including _Airheads (1994)_
(qv), _Happy Gilmore (1996)_ (qv), _Billy Madison (1995)_ (qv) and
_Big Daddy (1999)_ (qv). Adam will next be seen in the movies, _Mr.
Deeds (2002)_ (qv), alongside fellow Jewish actress, ‘Winona Ryder’
(qv), _8 Crazy Nights (2002)_ (qv) an animated movie about the
Jewish festival of Chanukah and _Punchdrunk Knuckle Love (2002)_
(qv). Adam also writes and produces many of his own movies. He has
also composed songs for many of his movies, including the songs in
Wedding Singer, The (1998)_ (qv). Adam has also had many of his
songs go on the Billboard Charts, including the classic song, "The
Chanukah Song".
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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