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Andy Samberg
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American comedian and actor (born 1978)
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Andy Samberg, born David A. J. Samberg on August 18, 1978, is an American actor, writer, playwright, and film actor. He was born in Berkeley and educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. His professional work began in 2001. He is associated with comedy, parody, The Lonely Island, SNL, and The Sarah Silverman Program.
Samberg has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He is married to Joanna Newsom, and they have two children. He speaks and writes in English. He has authored five works.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Mill Valley, California, USA
Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer and writer. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts. Samberg has starred in several films, including Hot Rod…
Known for
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse — Ben Reilly (voice)2027
- Lorne — Self2026
- The Roses — Barry2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Cast Member 2005 - 20122025
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Zootopia 2 — Pawbert Lynxley (voice)2025
- The Naked Gun — Additional Voices (voice)2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Comedian and Actor2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Lee — David E. Scherman2024
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- 27,779
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Andy Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American stand-up comic, Emmy-nominated songwriter, and member of comedy group The Lonely Island. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live and has appeared on Premium Blend and Arrested Development, as well as Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2007, Samberg played the lead role in the film Hot Rod. THELONELYISLAND.COM <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Andy+Samberg">Read more on
Key facts
- Born
- David Andrew Jerome Samberg , ( 1978-08-18 ) August 18, 1978 (age 47) , Berkeley, California , U.S.
- Education
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician writer producer
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Spouse
- Joanna Newsom ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 21, 2013</span>"}]]}'>2013 )
- Relatives
- Alfred J. Marrow (adoptive grandfather), Tammy Baldwin (third cousin)
- Medium
- Television film music internet
- Genres
- Improvisational comedy anti-humor musical comedy physical comedy sketch comedy
- Works
- The Lonely Island discography
- Member of
- The Lonely Island
- Website
- thelonelyisland .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berkeley
- Spouse
- Joanna Newsom
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Native language
- American English
- Official website
- www.thelonelyisland.com
- Image
- Andy Samberg by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Andy Samberg
- date of birth
- 1978-08-18
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- writing language
- American English
- birth name
- David A. J. Samberg
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Encyclopedic overview
David Andrew Jerome Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, writer and producer. He is a member of the comedy music group the Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts.
Samberg's starring film roles include Hot Rod (2007), That's My Boy (2012), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), and Palm Springs (2020). He has voiced roles in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film series (2009–2013), the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022), Storks (2016), Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), and Zootopia 2 (2025). From 2013 to 2021, he portrayed Jake Peralta in the Fox/NBC police procedural sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which he also produced. For his work on the show, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2013.
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