Like Jim Carrey, another comedian whose characters
are marked by weirdness and crazy obsessions, Adam Sandler has risen
to the Hollywood heights. Though given no chance by critics, he burst
out of Saturday Night Live, gathered a loyal team around him, and produced
a series of killer comedies, most of them Number One hits. The list
below reveals his rapid rise to prominence.
2005
Click
The Longest Yard
2004
Spanglish
50 First Dates
2003
Anger Management
2002
The Hot Chick
8 Crazy Nights (voice)
Punch-Drunk Love
Mr Deeds
2001
Concert For New York City (TV)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV)
The Animal
2000
Little Nicky
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (TV, as himself)
Saturday Night Live: The Best Of Adam Sandler (TV)
Big Daddy
1998
The Waterboy
Dirty Work
The Wedding Singer
1996
Bulletproof
Happy Gilmore
1995
Billy Madison
1994
Mixed Nuts
Airheads
1993
The Larry Sanders Show (TV series, one episode, as himself)
Coneheads
1992
Shakes The Clown
1991-1995
Saturday Night Live (TV series)
1990
The Marshall Chronicles (TV series, one episode)
1989
Going Overboard
1988
The Cosby Show (TV series, 2 episodes)
1987
The Cosby Show (TV series, 2 episodes)
Remote Control (TV series)