Andy Samberg Biography, Age, Education, Actor, Family, Wife, Movies, TV Shows, Songs, Saturday Night Live

Andy Samberg Biography

Andy Samberg is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2005–2012), where he and his fellow group members have been credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts.

Samberg has been in several films, including Hot Rod (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), That’s My Boy (2012), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016). Samberg has had lead voice roles in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009–2013), the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2018) and Storks (2016).

Since 2013, he has starred as Jake Peralta on Fox, and later NBC, police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for which he is also a producer. For his work on the show, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2014.

Andy Samberg Education

Andy Samberg attended elementary school with his future Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Chelsea Peretti. He was obsessed with the show and his devotion to comedy was frustrating to teachers, who felt he was distracted from his schoolwork. Samberg graduated from Berkeley High School in 1996, where he became interested in creative writing and has stated that writing classes “were the ones that [he] put all [his] effort into… that’s what [he] cared about and that’s what [he] ended up doing”.

He attended college at the University of California, Santa Cruz for two years before transferring to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated in 2000. Writer Murray Miller was his roommate.

Andy Samberg Actor

Samberg majored in experimental film. He became an online star and made his own comedy videos with his two friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. When YouTube was created in 2005, the streaming of their videos became much more widespread.

Samberg became a featured player on Saturday Night Live in part because of the work he had done on his sketch comedy website TheLonelyIsland.com, which helped them land an agent and eventually get hired at Saturday Night Live. Prior to joining its cast, Samberg was (and remains) a member of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with Taccone and Schaffer.

The trio began writing for Saturday Night Live in 2005 and released their debut album, Incredibad, in 2009. Samberg appeared in numerous theatrical films, commercials, music videos, and hosted special events, including the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

In 2012, Samberg delivered the Class Day speech at Harvard University and starred with Adam Sandler in That’s My Boy and Hotel Transylvania as the main character, Jonathan, a role he reprised for its sequels Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.

In September 2012, Samberg played Cuckoo in the BAFTA-nominated BBC Three series Cuckoo, and in 2013 landed the role of Detective Jake Peralta in Fox’s (now NBC’s) police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine which first aired on September 17 of the same year and led to Samberg winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2014 for his role as Peralta.

Samberg hosted the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 2015. Recently, he co-hosted the 76th Golden Globe Awards with Sandra Oh on January 6, 2019. Samberg starred in Sleater-Kinney’s “No Cities to Love” video along with other actors such as Fred Armisen, Ellen Page, and Norman Reedus. On May 16, 2016, Samberg and the Lonely Island performed their 2009 hit “I’m on a Boat” with classroom instruments on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Andy Samberg Age

Andy Samberg was born on August 18, 1978, in Berkeley, California, U.S.A He is 41 years old as of 2019. He celebrates his birthday on August 18 every year. His full names are David A. J. Samberg.

Andy Samberg Family

Andy Samberg was born in Berkeley, California to Marjorie “Margi” (née Marrow) who is an elementary school teacher, and his father, Joe, is a photographer. He has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow. At age 5, he told his parents that he wanted to change his name to Andy. Samberg was raised in a Jewish family and describes himself as “not particularly religious.

Andy Samberg Wife

Andy Samberg is married to a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress Joanna Newsom in 2013. Samberg’s wife Joanna released two further albums: Have One on Me (2010), and Divers (2015), the latter of which outsold all of her previous albums.

Newsom has been noted by critics for her unique musical style, sometimes characterized as psychedelic folk and her prominent use of harp instrumentation. She has also appeared as an actress, with roles in the television series Portlandia, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice (2014).

Andy Samberg Daughter

Samberg has a daughter with his wife, Joanna Newsom, he announced the birth of the daughter in 2017 though the name and date of birth have not yet been disclosed.

Andy Samberg Height

He stands at a height of 5 feet and 10 inches.

Andy Samberg Quick facts

Height: 5 feet 10 inches (1.77 m)
Weight: 77 kg (170 pounds)
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Eye Colour: Light Brown
Chest Size: 41 inches
Waist Size: 34 inches
Arms/ Biceps Size: 15 inches

Andy Samberg Salary

He makes $125,000 dollars per episode. He receives a salary of $2.75 million dollars.

Andy Samberg Net Worth

Andy is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician who has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

Andy Samberg Awards

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2014 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics 2007 · Saturday Night Live
• Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series Short Form 2019 · PEN15

Andy Samberg Parks And Rec

He portrayed Carl Lorthner in the episode Park Safety in this TV series. Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in an Indiana Parks and Recreation Department, hopes to beautify her town (and boost her own career) by helping local nurse Ann Perkins turn an abandoned construction site into a community park, but what should be a fairly simple project is stymied at every turn by oafish bureaucrats, selfish neighbors, governmental red tape and a myriad of other challenges.

Leslie’s colleague Tom Haverford, delights exploiting his position for personal gain, is as likely to undermine her efforts as to help her, while her boss, Ron Swanson, is adamantly opposed to government in any form, even though he’s a bureaucrat himself.

No. of episodes: 125 (list of episodes)
Theme song: Parks and Recreation Theme Song
Writers: Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Greg Daniels, Harris Wittels, Dan Goor
Program creators: Michael Schur, Greg Daniels

Andy Samberg Popstar

Apart from being the producer and writer of this movie, he also played the character role of Conner “Kid Conner” Friel/Conner4Real. Childhood friends Conner (Andy Samberg), Owen (Jorma Taccone) and Lawrence (Akiva Schaffer) found fame and fortune after forming the hip-hop group the Style Boyz.

Owen and Lawrence faded into the background when frontman Conner left the band to launch a successful solo career. Now, the egotistical singer decides to film a documentary about his life while he’s still on top. When his second album flops, the camera is there to capture his world come crashing down.

Initial release: 24 May 2016 (New York City)
Directors: Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer
Box office: 9.6 million USD
Budget: 20 million USD
Screenplay: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer

Andy Samberg Cuckoo

He was in this TV series for seven episodes playing the character role of Dale “Cuckoo” Ashbrick in 2012. Ken and Lorna Thompson are proud parents who are looking forward to seeing their daughter, Rachel, again upon her return to England after spending a year abroad.

Their joy quickly turns to dismay, though, when she introduces them to her new husband, Cuckoo. As is befitting such a name, Cuckoo is a little too crazy for the elder Thompsons’ tastes; he is an American hippie who is full of outlandish New Age ideas.

Rachel and Cuckoo live in her parents’ house until he heads out to attend university, which should be good news for his in-laws, right? Not so much. After his departure, a mysterious stranger, Dale Ashbrick, appears in their lives, bringing his own brand of craziness.

First episode date: 25 September 2012
No. of episodes: 33 (list of episodes)
Network: BBC Three

Andy Samberg Hotel Transylvania

He has been in the movie series Hotel Transylvania. He appeared in the first part in 2012 then he was in Hotel Transylvania 2 in 2015 and Hotel Transylvania 3; Summer Vacation in 2018 playing the character role of Jonathan “Johnny” Loughran in all 3 of them.

When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy, and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez). However, an unforeseen complication unfolds when an ordinary human unwittingly crashes the party and falls in love with Mavis.

Initial release: 20 September 2012 (Australia)
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Featured song: The Zing
Box office: 358.4 million USD
Producer: Michelle Murdocca

Andy Samberg Saturday Night Live|SNL

In September 2005, Samberg joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player with Schaffer and Taccone as the show’s writing staff. Though his live sketch roles were limited in his first year, he appeared in many prerecorded sketches including commercial parodies and various other filmed segments.

On December 17, 2005, Chris Parnell and he starred in the Digital Short show “Lazy Sunday”, a hip hop song about a quest to see the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The short became an Internet phenomenon and garnered Samberg’s 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.

The video for his comedy troupe’s collaboration with T-Pain, “I’m on a Boat”, had over 56 million views on YouTube, after debuting on February 7, 2009. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award. Another digital short, “Motherlover”, also featuring Timberlake, was released on May 10, 2009, to commemorate Mother’s Day, and is a sequel of “Dick in a Box”.

Outside of his prerecorded segments, he also participated in recurring live segments, such as his Blizzard Man sketch. On June 1, 2012, Samberg’s spokesperson announced that he had left the show. He returned to the show as the host on the Season 39 finale in 2014 and in the 40th-anniversary special’s Digital Short.

Andy Samberg Kit Harington|7 Days In Hell

He played the role of Aaron Williams in this comedy movie in 2015. Tennis champions Aaron Williams (Andy Samberg) and Charles Poole (Kit Harington) have an epic tennis match that lasts for seven days.

Initial release: 13 March 2015
Director: Jake Szymanski
Narrator: Jon Hamm
Screenplay: Murray Miller
Produced by: Jonathan Buss

Andy Samberg Songs

• I’m on a Boat Incredibad · 2009
• Dick in a Box Incredibad · 2009
• Lazy Sunday Incredibad · 2009
• Jizz in My Pants Incredibad · 2009
• Jack Sparrow Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Threw It On The Ground
  Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Motherlover
  Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• I Just Had Sex
  Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Finest Girl Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde
  Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Like a Boss Incredibad · 2009
• When Will the Bass Drop
  When Will the Bass Drop · 2014
• I’m So HumblePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• The Zing
• YOLO The Wack Album · 2013
• Boombox Incredibad · 2009
• Ras Trent Incredibad · 2009
• Incredible Thoughts Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• We’re Back! Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• We Like Sportz Incredibad · 2009
• Spell It Out The Wack Album · 2013
• I’m A Weird
  Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• Diaper MoneyThe Wack Album · 2013
• We’ll Kill You Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Natalie’s Rap Incredibad · 2009
• Natalie’s Rap 2.0
  Natalie’s Rap 2.0 (feat. Natalie Portman) · 2018
• The Creep Turtleneck & Chain · 2011
• Let’s, Bash
  The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience · 2019
• F**k Off Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• Donkey Roll
  Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · 2016
• Spring Break Anthem The Wack Album · 2013
• Iran So Far

Andy Samberg Movies

• Popstar: Never Stop 2016
• Hot Rod 2007
• Hotel Transylvania 2012
• That’s My Boy 2012
• Grown Ups 2 2013
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009
• Hotel Transylvania 3 2018
• Palm Springs 2020
• Friends with Benefits 2011
• Hotel Transylvania 2 2015
• Storks 2016
• Celeste And Jesse Forever 2012
• The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience 2019
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2013
• 7 Days In Hell 2015
• Bad Neighbours 2014
• I Love You, Man 2009
• The To Do List 2013
• Space Chimps 2008
• Puppy! 2017
• Tour de Pharmacy 2017
• What’s Your Number? 2011
• Take the 10 2017
• Awesometown 2005
• Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist 2008
• Brigsby Bear 2017
• I Used to Go Here 2020
• Freaknik: The Musical 2010

Andy Samberg TV Shows

• The ‘Bu
• Arrested Development
• House of Cosbys
• Saturday Night Live
• Human Giant
• 2009 MTV Movie Awards
• American Dad!
• Freaknik: The Musical
• The Sarah Silverman Program
• Parks and Recreation
• Adventure Time
• Portlandia
• 30 Rock
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Cuckoo
• Comedy Bang! Bang!
• 28th Independent Spirit Awards
• The Awesomes
• Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Major Lazer
• 7 Days in Hell
• 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
• Party Over Here
• New Girl
• Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special
• Master of None
• Tour de Pharmacy
• Lady Dynamite
• Alone Together
• 76th Golden Globe Awards

Frequently Asked Questions About Andy Samberg

Who is Andy Samberg?

Andy Samberg is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

How old is Andy Samberg?

He is 41 years old as of 2019.

How tall is Andy Samberg?

He stands at a height of 5 feet 10inches.

Is Andy Samberg married?

Yes, he is married and he is married to a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress Joanna Newsom.

How much is Andy Samberg worth?

Samberg is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician who has a net worth of $20 million dollars.

How much does Andy Samberg make?

He makes $125,000 dollars per episode.

Where does Andy Samberg live?

He purchased the Moorcrest estate in the Beachwood Canyon area of Los Angeles, California.

Is Andy Samberg dead or alive?

He is still alive and in good health.