Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, NY. The family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire when Adam was six years old. He attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated in 1988. Adam started acting professionally before graduating, making cameo appearances in The Cosby Show and on the MTV game show Remote Control.
Adam Sandler first rose to national fame as a cast member on Saturday Night Live before making the jump to Hollywood. At various points during his career, Adam has been the highest-paid entertainer in the world. To this day he easily makes $50 -60 million per year from his various endeavours. That’s enough to make him one of the richest actors in the world, but he’s still a long way from being one of the richest people in the world!
Today Adam Sandler is probably famous for two things; making funny movies and getting paid tons of money to make said movies. Through his acting and production, Sandler has been able to demand some of the highest paychecks in the entertainment business. He is one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars and consistently earns $25+ million per movie plus guaranteed percentages of a project’s GROSS profits (as opposed to the more standard cut of NET profits).
Adam Sandler has starred in more than 50 major studio releases since he left Saturday Night Live. He earned at least $20 million for roughly 20 of those movies. That alone is $400 million in pre-tax earnings.
Adam has been married to model/actress Jacqueline Titone, AKA Jackie Sandler, since 2003. They have two children together, both daughters.
