Couse: Ingles He is Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor who was born on September 9 in the year 1966, son of Judy Sandler who is a teacher at a nursing school and electrical engineer Stanley Sandler, both of Jewish beliefs and Russian descent. In his family he has two sisters and a brother, one named Elizabeth who works as a dentist, the other named Valerie is employed in a food industry and his brother Scott is a lawyer. In his family he has two sisters and a brother, one named Elizabeth who works as a dentist, the other named Valerie is employed in the food industry and his brother Scoott is a lawyer. Although he was born in New York City, Adam grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire and currently resides in Los Angeles. As a child in his school he stood out among his classmates as the joker of the group which led him to consider a future as a professional comedian also after being encouraged by his brother to act in an amateur way in a club in the city of Boston and which impressed the public and his sketches were received with great enthusiasm by the people while continuing with his comic performances did not neglect his academic career that at that time was studying art at the University of New York, a center from which he graduated in 1988. Years later in the early 90's he made the jump to the west coast to debut as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles at a local Los Angeles venue, which led him to Dennis Miller who got the producers of the TV show "Saturday Night Live" to end up hiring him as a performer and writer. Thanks to his new television placement he achieved fame among the audience, making his film debut with the comedy "Going Overboard" a title written and directed by Valerie Breiman for which he achieved international stardom.