| Adam Sandler filmography | ||
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| Filmography | ||
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| Feature films | 69 | |
| Television series | 23 | |
| Documentaries | 4 | |
Adam Sandler is an American comedian and actor.
| Adam Sandler filmography | ||
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| Filmography | ||
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| Feature films | 69 | |
| Television series | 23 | |
| Documentaries | 4 | |
Adam Sandler is an American comedian and actor.
| Year | Title | Role | Actor | Producer | Screenwriter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Going Overboard | Schecky Moskowitz |  |  | | |
| 1991 | Shakes the Clown | Dink the Clown | | | | |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Carmine Weiner | | | | |
| 1994 | Airheads | Pip, the drummer | | | | |
| Mixed Nuts | Louie Capshaw | | | | ||
| 1995 | Billy Madison | Billy Madison | | | | |
| 1996 | Happy Gilmore | Happy Gilmore | | | | |
| Bulletproof | Archie Moses | | | | ||
| 1998 | The Wedding Singer | Robbie Hart | | | | |
| Dirty Work | Satan | | | | Uncredited cameo [1] | |
| The Waterboy | Robert "Bobby" Boucher, Jr. | | | | Executive producer | |
| 1999 | Big Daddy | Sonny Koufax | | | | Executive producer |
| Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Robert Justin | | | | Uncredited voice cameo [2] Executive producer | |
| 2000 | Little Nicky | Nicholas "Little Nicky" | | | | Executive producer |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | | | | Executive producer | |
| The Concert for New York City | Operaman | | | | Cameo | |
| The Animal | Townie | | | | Cameo Executive producer | |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Barry Egan | | | | |
| Mr. Deeds | Mr. Longfellow Deeds | | | | Executive producer | |
| The Master of Disguise | | | | Executive producer | ||
| Eight Crazy Nights | Davey Stone / Whitey Duvall / Eleanor Duvall / Deer | | | | Voice | |
| A Day with the Meatball | Himself | | | | Short film | |
| The Hot Chick | Mambuza Bongo Guy | | | | Uncredited cameo [3] Executive producer | |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Himself | | | | Voice cameo |
| Stupidity | Himself | | | | Documentary | |
| Couch | Couch Testing Guy | | | | Short film | |
| Anger Management | Dave Buznik | | | | Executive producer | |
| Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | | | | |||
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | Henry Roth | | | | |
| Spanglish | John Clasky | | | | ||
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Paul Crewe | | | | Executive producer |
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Javier Sandooski | | | | Uncredited cameo [4] | |
| 2006 | Grandma's Boy | | | | Executive producer | |
| The Benchwarmers | | | | |||
| Click | Michael Newman | | | | ||
| 2007 | Reign Over Me | Charles "Charlie" Fineman | | | | |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Charles "Chuck" Levine | | | | ||
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | | | | Executive producer | |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Zohan Dvir / Scrappy Coco | | | | ||
| The House Bunny | | | | |||
| Bedtime Stories | Skeeter Bronson | | | | ||
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | | | | ||
| Funny People | George Simmons | | | | ||
| The Shortcut | | | | Executive producer | ||
| 2010 | Grown Ups | Leonard "Lenny" Feder | | | | |
| 2011 | Just Go with It | Dr. Daniel "Danny" Maccabee | | | | |
| Zookeeper | Donald the Capuchin Monkey | | | | Voice | |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | | | | |||
| Jack and Jill | Jack & Jill Sadelstein | | | | ||
| 2012 | That's My Boy | Donny Berger | | | | |
| Hotel Transylvania | Count "Drac" Dracula | | | | Voice Executive producer | |
| Here Comes the Boom | | | | Executive producer | ||
| 2013 | Grown Ups 2 | Leonard "Lenny" Feder | | | | |
| 2014 | Blended | Jim Friedman | | | | |
| Top Five | Himself | | | | Cameo | |
| Men, Women & Children | Don Truby | | | | ||
| The Cobbler | Max Simkin | | | | ||
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | | | | ||
| Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser | | | | Executive producer | ||
| Pixels | Sam Brenner | | | | ||
| I Am Chris Farley | Himself | | | | Documentary | |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | Count "Drac" Dracula | | | | Voice Executive producer | |
| The Ridiculous 6 | Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn | | | | ||
| 2016 | The Do-Over | Max Kessler | | | | |
| 2017 | Sandy Wexler | Sandy Wexler | | | | |
| The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Danny Meyerowitz | | | | ||
| Puppy! | Count "Drac" Dracula | | | | Voice Short film | |
| 2018 | The Week Of | Kenny Lustig | | | | |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Count "Drac" Dracula | | | | Voice | |
| 2019 | Murder Mystery | Nick Spitz | | | | |
| Uncut Gems [5] | Howard Ratner | | | | ||
| 2020 | Goldman v Silverman | Rod Goldman | | | | Short film |
| The Wrong Missy | | | | Executive producer | ||
| Nature Planet | Narrator | | | | Voice Short film | |
| Hubie Halloween | Hubie Dubois | | | | ||
| 2022 | Home Team | | | | ||
| Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special | Himself | | | | Stand up special [6] | |
| Hustle | Stanley Sugarman | | | | ||
| 2023 | Murder Mystery 2 | Nick Spitz | | | | |
| The Out-Laws | | | | |||
| You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah | Danny Friedman | | | | ||
| Leo | Leonardo | | | | Voice | |
| 2024 | Spaceman | Jakub Procházka | | | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1988 | The Cosby Show | Smitty | 4 episodes |
| 1987–1990 | Remote Control | The Stud Boy and the Trivia Delinquent | Game show |
| 1990 | The Marshall Chronicles | Usher | Episode: "Brightman SATyricon" |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Special | Drug Dealer | Episode: "Testing Dirty" |
| 1990 | The Dog Police | Shifty | Television film |
| 1990–1995, 2019 | Saturday Night Live | Various, Host | |
| 1993 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Hank's Wedding" |
| 2001 | Undeclared | Himself | Episode: "The Assistant" |
| 2007 | The King of Queens | Jeff "The Beast" Sussman | Episode: "Mild Bunch"; uncredited [7] |
| 2007–2013 | Rules of Engagement | Executive producer | |
| 2009 | Sesame Street | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Breaking In | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | Jessie | Himself | Uncredited Episode: "Punched Dumped Love" |
| 2014 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Himself | Episode: "Operation: Broken Feather" |
| 2016, 2018 | Kevin Can Wait | Jimmy Lander | Uncredited 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Real Rob | Himself | Episode: "Authentic Self" |
| 2018 | Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh | Himself | Stand-up special |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride [8] | Grandfather | Episode: "Chapter One: As You Wish" |
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