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| Andy Samberg | |
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| File:Andysamberg.jpg Andy Samberg, 2006 (On the set of Hot Rod) | |
| Birth name | Andrew David Samberg |
| Born | August 18, 1978 Berkeley, California, United States |
| Medium | Internet, Stand-up, music, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Sketch comedy Situational comedy comedy hip hop Jewish |
| Notable works and roles | Various in Saturday Night Live; Rod Kimble in Hot Rod Supporting Role In "I Love You Man" |
| Website | Thelonelyisland.com |
Andrew David "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, and a member of the comedy troupe the Lonely Island. He is a repertory player on Saturday Night Live and has appeared on Premium Blend and Arrested Development, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and the Late Show with David Letterman. Samberg played the lead role in the 2007 film Hot Rod. He also provided the voice of Ham III in the 2008 animated film Space Chimps.
Life and career
Early life
Samberg was born in Mill Valley, California to an elementary school teacher Margi (née Marrow), and Joe Samberg, a photographer.[1] He is Jewish, and his maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress.[2] Samberg graduated in 1996 from Berkeley High School.[3] He studied film at New York University.[4]
Saturday Night Live
In September 2005, the Lonely Island confirmed that Samberg would be joining Saturday Night Live as a featured player, while Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, his fellow members of the Lonely Island, would join the show's writing staff. While his live sketch roles were limited in his first year, he appeared in many non-live sketches, including commercial parodies and various other filmed segments. For the December 17, 2005 show, he and Chris Parnell starred in the Digital Short "Lazy Sunday," a hip hop song performed by two Manhattanites on a quest to see the film The Chronicles of Narnia. The short quickly became an Internet phenomenon and garnered Samberg significant media and public attention, as did "Dick in a Box," a duet with Justin Timberlake that won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.[5] Recently, Samberg has found the same level of success with the song "Jizz in My Pants". His comedy troupe's recent collaboration with T-Pain "I'm on a Boat" has also proven to be popular; the music video has over 14 million views on YouTube after debuting on the site on February 7th, 2009. Samberg is in his 4th season of Saturday Night Live.
Celebrity impersonations
- Thomas Beatie
- David Blaine
- James Blunt
- David Bryan
- Eric Cantor
- Aaron Carter
- Cathy (from the comic strip Cathy)
- Diablo Cody
- Dustin Diamond
- Josh Drimmer (the naked guy from Times Square)
- Zac Efron (as his character Troy Bolton from High School Musical)
- Rahm Emanuel
- Kevin Federline
- Josh Groban
- Prince Harry of Wales
- Jack Johnson
- Matthew Lesko
- Carl Levin
- Juliette Lewis
- Sanjaya Malakar
- Barack Obama
- Chuck Norris
- Conor Oberst
- Alan Rickman (as Hans Gruber from Die Hard)
- Michael Sessions
- Howard K. Stern
- Mark Spitz
- Jeff Vivant
- Dylan Sprouse (host Shia LaBeouf played his brother Cole Sprouse)
- Swedish Chef from The Muppets
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Mark Wahlberg[6]
Other work
Samberg starred as Rod Kimble in Hot Rod (2007) in 2007. He provides a voice for the animated film Space Chimps and has a small cameo as a hobo in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist". He also recently appeared in the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man as Robby Klaven, and voice a main character in the big-screen adaptation of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, set for release in 2010. Samberg was featured on the cover of Out Magazine[7] in March 2009 for his role in I Love You, Man.
Samberg appeared in a Super Bowl XLII Pepsi commercial featuring Justin Timberlake. He played a cross-dresser wearing a blonde wig in the window as Timberlake is being dragged up the side of the building.[8]
He will host the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.[9]
References
- ^ Grant, Lee (2007-08-03). "The three amigos". SignOnSanDiego. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Bloom, Nate (2007-08-02). "Celebrity Jews". j. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://andy-samberg.com/andy.php
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/celebwatch/2008-07-14-andy-samberg_N.htm Samberg has some monkey business going on; video
- ^ "2007 Emmy Winners: The complete list". Daily News (New York). 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ Mark Wahlberg Takes to Animals - Saturday Night Live
- ^ http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=24726 Andy Samberg Breaks Caricature
- ^ Pepsi Pays Justin Timberlake Rumored $2 Million To Undergo Painful Sterilization During Super Bowl Defamer.com January 2008 by Mark
- ^ Andy Samberg Named Host of MTV Movie Awards Us Weekly, March 16, 2009
External links
- Andy Samberg at IMDb
- The Lonely Island
- Blender Hot Report 2007 Andy Samberg makes number 1
- Short Movies with Andy Samberg at Channel 101, including The 'Bu
- Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake "Dick in a Box" video from SNL
- The Lonely Island Revs Up Hot Rod Premiere.com
- Andy Samberg interview in SPIN
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