Adam Sandler's comedic personality has taken him a long way. Sandler's long career started with him doing stand-up comedy, where he was discovered by Saturday Night Live, and then he began acting in and producing writing movies.
Sandler was born in New York, but moved to New Hampshire when he was young and spent his childhood there. He started off acting in small shows and movies, and was also a stand-up comedian. He was discovered while he was doing stand up, by Saturday Night Live comedian Dennis Miller. Sandler joined the SNL team in 1990 as a writer. He also starred in movies like Coneheads in 1993 and Airheads in 1994 while working on SNL. He worked at SNL until 1995 when he was unexpectedly let go. That same year, Billy Madison came out, in which he had a starring role. The film was a big hit and brought in over $26 million worldwide.
After being let go from SNL, Sandler's long career in the film industry took off. Most of his films are comedies, although he has acted in other genres. Some of his well-known movies include Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Punch-Drunk Love, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard, Just Go with It, Hotel Transylvania, Blended, Murder Mystery and Uncut Gems. Sandler is also a producer and writer of movies. He has a production company called Happy Madison Production. Two movies that Sandler wrote and performed include Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2. Sandler has signed some longtime deals that have contributed to his net worth. His first big deal was with Sony Pictures, where he got a base salary of $20 million per film, in addition to 20 -- 25% of a film's gross profits, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Sandler has a ongoing deal with Netflix that contributes to his net worth. In 2014, Sandler signed a four-film production deal with Netflix for $250 million. Some movies Sandler has made with Netflix are The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh, The Week Of, The Week Of, Murder Mystery, Uncut Gems and Hubie Halloween. In addition to the Netflix deals, Celebrity Net Worth also reported that he earned $1.7 million for Billy Madison, $2.5 million for Bullet Proof and $8 million for Big Daddy. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sandler has a net worth of $420 million, making him one of the richest actors in the world. He makes around $20 million a movie and could make $50 million to $60 million a year, based on his other projects. Forbes reported that he still does stand-up comedy and grosses more than $400,000 per show. Sandler has bought an array of cars as well as houses throughout the United States, including California, Florida and New Hampshire.