Andy Samberg Biography

Summary

"David Andrew Samberg" (born August 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island (along with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer) and a repertory player on "Saturday Night Live".

Life and career

Early life

Samberg was born in Mill Valley, California on August 18, 1978 to Margi Marrow, an elementary school teacher who taught at Old Mill School Mill Valley, California , and Joe Samberg, a photographer. He grew up in a Jewish household and his maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress. He was 'weaned' on Jewish comedy as a child, in particular, Mel Brooks.

At the age of 8, he began dreaming about being on "Saturday Night Live". He went to Old Mill Elementary School in Mill Valley. Samberg graduated in 1996 from Berkeley High School and began college at University of California, Santa Cruz. He then transferred to New York University to study film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated with a B.F.A. in 2000.

"Saturday Night Live"

In September 2005, The Lonely Island confirmed that Samberg would be joining "Saturday Night Live" as a featured player and 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 nerdcore 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. Samberg has found success with the song 'Jizz in My Pants', which has garnered over 58 million views on YouTube. His comedy troupe's recent collaboration with T-Pain, the 'I'm on a Boat' music video, has had over 32 million views on YouTube after debuting on February 7, 2009. His latest digital short, 'Motherlover' (also featuring Timberlake), was released on May 10, 2009 (to commemorate Mother's Day) and is a sequel to 'Dick in a Box' (SNL video) .

Filmography

Other work

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.

The Lonely Island's CD "Incredibad" was released on February 10, 2009 and debuted #13 on Billboard's Top Album Chart, and #1 on iTunes.

On May 31, he hosted the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

He is set to make a cameo appearance in part one of "Bollywood Hero".

It is rumored that Andy will be voicing Brent on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009).