dpSept. 9, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET
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Sandler during an episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 1993.
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Sandler’s bullied college waterboy yearns to get in the game in 1998’s “The Waterboy.”
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Sandler stars as Robbie, a wedding singer who finds love with Drew Barrymore’s Julia in the 1998 film “The Wedding Singer.”
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Sandler is Sonny Koufax in 1999’s “Big Daddy,” playing a slacker who tries to grow up by adopting an abandoned young boy (played by Cole and Dylan Sprouse).
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Sandler as Lucifer’s kindly son in 2000’s “Little Nicky.”
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Sandler, right, with Luis Guzman, stars as Barry Egan, a lonely plunger salesman with anger issues, in 2002’s “Punch-Drunk Love.”
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Sandler starred opposite Jack Nicholson in 2003’s “Anger Management,” a buddy movie about a man wrestling with rage (Sandler) and his doctor (Nicholson).
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Drew Barrymore and Sandler reunited in 2004’s “50 First Dates,” in which he portrays a veterinarian who woos an art teacher with amnesia.
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Sandler, center, with Lobo Sebastian, from left, Dalip Singh, Bob Sapp and Terry Crews, play a ragtag prison football team in the 2005 remake of “The Longest Yard.”
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Sandler is a workaholic architect given a remote that allows him to control the universe in 2006’s “Click.”
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Kevin James and Sandler star as New York firefighters who pretend to be a couple for insurance purposes in 2007’s “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.”
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Sandler plays an Israeli soldier who fakes his death so he can embark on a new career in America as a hairstylist in 2008’s “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.”
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Sandler is a hotel handyman with a gift for telling tales that come true in 2008’s “Bedtime Stories.”
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Sandler and Seth Rogen play comedians who foster a connection when Sandler’s George Simmons is diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2009’s “Funny People.”
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Sandler, Chris Rock and Kevin James (pictured) star with David Spade and Rob Schneider as childhood friends who reunite after the death of their old basketball coach in 2010’s “Grown Ups.”
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Jennifer Aniston and Sandler pretend to be a divorcing couple to help him romance a young teacher in 2011’s “Just Go with It.”
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Here, in the 2012 original, he starred opposite Andy Samberg, who voiced Johnnystein.
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Vanilla Ice, Andy Samberg and Sandler in a scene from the 2012 motion picture “That’s My Boy.”
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Drew Barrymore and Sandler three-peat in 2014’s “Blended,” which finds them stuck together at a resort with their families after a bad blind date.
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Matthew Lintz and Sandler with Q*bert in 2015’s “Pixels,” in which Sandler plays an ex-arcade video game champ.
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Sandler got raves for his role as a gambling jeweler in 2019’s “Uncut Gems.”
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Ex-NBA player Juancho Hernangómez stars opposite Sandler, who plays a pro basketball scout, in 2022’s “Hustle.”
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Sandler is Jakub, a lonely Czech astronaut who befriends a talking alien spider named Hanus (voiced by Paul Dano) in 2024’s “Spaceman.”
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Sandler returns as Happy Gilmore in Netflix’s 2025 comedy sequel “Happy Gilmore 2.”
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Here, Sandler stars as the manager of George Clooney’s character, a famous actor struggling with his legacy, in the 2025 film “Jay Kelly.”
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