Adam Sandler Trivias

Sandler played Satan in Dirty Work and the son of Satan in Little Nicky.

He is a regular season ticket holder of the New York Yankees.

The Old Man Clemons character in Billy Madison was portrayed from Sandler's former assistant principal at Manchester Central High School.

Sandler wore a Central Pride tee shirt in Anger Management. It is the school shirt of Manchester Central High School.

Sandler is moderate in his political beliefs and has featured both former Democratic Party Presidential candidate Al Sharpton in Mr. Deeds and former Republican New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in Anger Management.

Dated actress Alicia Silverstone.

He was originally set to play taxi driver Max in Collateral (2004) opposite Tom Cruise but he backed out to work on Spanglish (2004). Jamie Foxx was cast in Collateral (2004) instead. Jamie Foxx went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for the role.

Shares a birthday with Hugh Grant.

Was considered for the role of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Almost always has a character with red hair by the surname of O'Doyle in his movies.

Has made many references to the NFL New York Jets Football Team. Seen in Click (when he is a young boy wearing a Jet's jersey), Mr.Deeds (when the helicopter pilot informs him that he now owns the Jets), Big Daddy (when Sonny and Julian go to a sports bar and the waitress asks Julian which football team he wanted to win and he replies by saying "the goddamn jets"), In Little Nicky ( When Dan Marino tries to sell his soul to win the Super Bowl, but the Devil refuses. When Dan leaves, the Devil informs Nicky that he's a jets fan)and most notably in The Longest Yard.

Other sister is a waitress.Ranked #24 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #24 in 2005 as well.Has worked with director Frank Coraci three times: The Wedding Singer (1998), The Waterboy (1998) and _Click (2006)_ .He and his wife, Jackie Sandler, became the parents of a baby Sadie Madison, on May 6, 2006 in Los Angeles.

Was considered for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).Adam wore an Armani tux in his June 2003 wedding to Jackie Sandler.Has starred alongside Drew Barrymore in two movies: The Wedding Singer (1998) and 50 First Dates (2004).His favourite bands ever are Van Halen and Styx.

Attended WWE's Wrestlemania 21 at April 2005.Spoke at Manchester Central High School's 2003 Graduation, the same school he graduated from. His nephew was one of three Valedictorians that year.Was a Resident Advisor in Brittany Hall during his time at New York University.

Performed at the RNC (Republican national conference) in 2004.Was parodied by Jimmy Fallon on "Saturday Night Live" (1975).Shares a birthday with Hugh Grant.He was originally set to play taxi driver Max in Collateral (2004) opposite Tom Cruise but he backed out to work on Spanglish (2004). Jamie Foxx was cast in Collateral (2004) instead. Jamie Foxx went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for the role.

He is a huge fan of Van Halen and Styx. There is usually a reference or song in his movies.Is a major Yankee fan, refers to the team in some of his films especially - Anger Management (2003). He has also been known to have gone to games when the Yankees are playing.His beloved dog, Meatball, who also has a section on Adam's official website with photos and videos, passed away due to a heart attack, at 4 years old. He was the son of Mr. Beefy, the talking dog in Little Nicky (2000). Meatball was best "man" at Sandler's wedding and was dressed in a tux, with a yarmulka on his head. [January 27 2004].

His production company, Happy Madison, is named after two of his films, Happy Gilmore (1996) and Billy Madison (1995).Started Happy Madison Productions, which is behind most of his films.His sister is a dentist.Ranked #35 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #43 the previous two years.

Announced engagement to longtime girlfriend, model/actress Jackie Sandler[June 2002].Is a fan of professional wrestling, and most of his self-written films have references to professional wrestling in them (the principal in Billy Madison (1995), Captain Insano in The Waterboy (1998), Chief Jay Strongbow's sleeper hold in Big Daddy (1999/I), mind-wrestling and Tommy 'Tiny' Lister - a.k.a. the WWF's Zeus - in Little Nicky (2000), etc). Sandler even appeared on "WWF Smackdown!" (1999) to promote Little Nicky (2000). Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg, '"Stone Cold" Steve Austin' ; all professional wrestlers, appeared in Adam's recent film, The Longest Yard (2005).

Dated actress Alicia Silverstone.In 1988, he was hired as a VeeJay for MTV's TV-trivia game show "Remote Control" (1987).Was originally cast for a role in Very Bad Things (1998).Often casts Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Steve Buscemi and former SNL players in his films such as Rob Schneider.

Grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire.Graduated from New York University (1991).Adam's comedy album "Stan and Judy's Kid" set a record for most albums sold by a comedy album in its first week. It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard charts. All three of his previous comedy albums have gone platinum.