How much is Andy Samberg worth?
| Net Worth: | $20 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | August 18, 1978 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
About Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg was born David A. J. Samberg on August 18, 1978 and is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician with an estimated net worth of $20 million. Andy Samberg is best known for being both a cast member on Saturday Night Live and as one-third of the musical comedy group The Lonely Island, the trio responsible for SNL Digital Shorts like “D-ck in a Box,” “I’m on a Boat” and “Lazy Sunday.” Those Grammy and Emmy-nominated songs and videos have made Samberg a star, but it’s the characters that he’s played on the show (including “Kathy” during “Weekend Update”) and his accurate impressions of actors like Mark Wahlberg and Nicolas Cage that demonstrate his chops as a talented comic actor.
Andy Samberg was born David Andrew Samberg in Mill Valley, California, in 1978. He began making short films while attending college at both University of California, Santa Cruz and New York University. In 2001, he formed the comedy troupe The Lonely Island with friends Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. The trio would go on to create all of the Digital Shorts for Saturday Night Live.
He joined the cast of SNL in 2005 as a featured performer. In 2007, he headlined his first feature film: Hot Rod. He became a full cast member one year later for the show’s 32nd season. He left the show in 2012.
Hired as a featured performer at Saturday Night Live in 2005 (his fellow Lonely Island bandmates Taccone and Schaffer were hired on as writers), Andy Samberg caught the attention of audiences in his first year with “Lazy Sunday,” in which he starred with Chris Parnell about two guys trying to go see The Chronicles of Narnia. The video became a viral sensation and Samberg became a star practically overnight. The Digital Shorts became a staple of almost every episode of SNL, and Samberg went on to create several recurring characters, including Shy Ronnie, Mort Mort Feingold and Mark Wahlberg.
In 2012, Samberg 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 2013 he became Detective Jake Peralta in Fox’s (now NBC’s) police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. A role that he would win a Golden Globe for as the Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy.
During his first season with Saturday Night Live, Samberg appeared in more pre-taped sketches and films than actual live sketches.
The Lonely Island released their first album, Incredibad, in 2009. It featured many of the songs first heard as part of the SNL Digital Shorts. Their follow-up album, Turtleneck & Chain, was released in 2011 and was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Comedy Album (it lost to Hilarious by Louis C.K.)
In 2009, Samberg hosted the MTV Movie Awards. He had previously written for the awards show in 2004 and 2005.
Incredibad, the first album from The Lonely Island, went on to become one of the best-selling hip hop albums in the U.S. when it was released in 2009.
In 2012, he co-starred opposite Adam Sandler (himself an alumnus of Saturday Night Live in the comedy That’s My Boy.
Other notable Andy Samberg film roles include I Love You, Man, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Space Chimps and What’s Your Number?.
He has twice been named on the America’s “hottest bachelors” by People magazine.
He delivered the Class Day speech at Harvard University in 2012. In 2019, Andy Samberg co-hosted the 76th Golden Globe Awards with Sandra Oh. As of 2023, Andy Samberg’s net worth is estimated to be $20 million.
Popular Digital Shorts
In addition to “Lazy Sunday,” Samberg and the Lonely Island are responsible for several other hugely popular Digital Shorts on SNL. Some examples include:
- “D-ck in a Box” (with Justin Timberlake)
- “Natalie Portman Rap” (with Natalie Portman)
- “Punching People While Eating”
- “On the Ground”
- “Japanese Office” (with Steve Carell)
- “Jizz in my Pants”
- “I’m On a Boat”
- “Motherlover” (with Justin Timberlake”
- “I Just Had Sex”
- “Jack Sparrow” (with Michael Bolton)
