Andy Samberg

Birthday: 18 August 1978, Berkeley, California, USA

Birth Name: Andrew David Samberg

Height: 177 cm

Andy Samberg was born in Berkeley, California, to Marjorie (Marrow), a teacher, and Joe Samberg, a photographer. With Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, Samberg is one of three Los Angeles, California-based writer-performer-filmmakers--all childhood friends--dubbed the Lonely Island, whose short films were showcased on the popular untelevised television network show and Web site Channel 101.com. Some of their popular shorts included The O.C. (2003) parody "The 'Bu" and their full-length pilot, "Awesometown." They met Jimmy Fallon while writing for 2004 MTV Video Music Awards (2004), who then suggested that they audition for "Saturday Night Live". Andy was then cast as a featured performer, and Samberg's Lonely Island cohorts Jorma and Akiva were hired as writers for the show. Near the end of his first season of "SNL," Andy started filming the lead role in the film Hot Rod (2007), the first major motion picture by the Lonely Island team, with the production support of Lorne Michaels. In 2016, Andy starred in the pop music mockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016). Taccone and Schaffer co-starred in and co-directed the film. Show less «

The immediacy and the creative freedom of 'SNL' is unlike any other job, unless you have your own Yo...Show more »

The immediacy and the creative freedom of 'SNL' is unlike any other job, unless you have your own YouTube channel, and that's what you do for a living. Show less «

I can go out in public. Most people know me as the dude from "Dick in a Box" that's not Justin Timbe...Show more »

I can go out in public. Most people know me as the dude from "Dick in a Box" that's not Justin Timberlake. Show less «

If had a penny for every strange look I've gotten from strangers on the street I'd have about 10 to ...Show more »

If had a penny for every strange look I've gotten from strangers on the street I'd have about 10 to 15 dollars, which is a lot when you're dealing with pennies. Show less «

I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If somet...Show more »

I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it. Show less «

[re new season of Saturday Night Live (1975)] I think, in a certain sense, everyone that's new is do...Show more »

[re new season of Saturday Night Live (1975)] I think, in a certain sense, everyone that's new is doing well. I have nothing to compare it to, but it certainly feels like there's been a sense of excitement all through this season. Show less «

When a cast generally gels and gets along off-camera as well as have chemistry on-camera, it's what ...Show more »

When a cast generally gels and gets along off-camera as well as have chemistry on-camera, it's what you're always hoping for. Obviously, I think it's a huge testament to our show runners and Allison Jones, who cast our pilot. They just picked a really good group and tailored it like the best sports teams where everybody has a role, no one's getting in each other's way, everybody can kind of score while making each other look good. We have good performers, generous performers who are daring and willing to try things. Everybody's getting better. -on Brooklyn Nine-Nine Show less «

[re creation of some of his Saturday Night Live (1975) short films] Oftentimes, we wouldn't know wha...Show more »

[re creation of some of his Saturday Night Live (1975) short films] Oftentimes, we wouldn't know what we were doing until Thursday late. Or Friday early. Or Friday late. And you can tell the ones that were thought of Friday late. Show less «

I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL [Saturday Night Live (1975)] until I was on. I've...Show more »

I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL [Saturday Night Live (1975)] until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it. But I try to make comedy, so I think I'm more sensitive to that. If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode. It's been on 31 years; it's an institution. It's not always going to feel like the freshest thing you've ever seen, but if you take any episode of 'SNL' ever made, there's something great in every one of them. That's the definition of a variety show, especially if there's 30 years of fans of the show. That's such a wide spectrum of tastes that you're trying to appeal to. That's why you can have "Roy Rules" and a really smart James Downey piece about politics in the same show. The odds of there being one person who's really into both things is not super high. I mean, I am, but I love comedy. Show less «

I check it [my IMDB profile] just to make sure I'm still on the show.

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't nec...Show more »

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace. There is stuff that is blown up on the Internet that isn't hugely successful with the entire world, and vice versa. I don't put a tremendous amount of stock in it, but at the same time, you always want people to like what you're doing. Certainly, to have come from an Internet background, we want to stay faithful and have people be supportive and happy with what we're doing. Show less «

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