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 .

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Early life

Samberg was born in Berkley, 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. ^[1] He grew up in a Jewish household and his maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress. ^[2] He was "weaned" on Jewish comedy as a child, in particular, Mel Brooks. ^[3] 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. ^[4] Samberg has found success with the song "Jizz in My Pants", which has garnered over 60 million views on YouTube. ^[5] 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" .

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	''Arrested Development	Stage Manager "Righteous Brothers"''	TV
2005-Present	''Saturday Night Live	Various Roles	TV
2007	Hot Rod	Rod Kimble
2008	Space Chimps	Ham III
2008	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Homeless Guy
2009	I Love You, Man	Robby Klaven
2009	Bollywood Hero	Himself
2009	2009 MTV Movie Awards	Host	TV

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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

He made a cameo appearance in part one of Bollywood Hero .

Andy will also be voicing the character Brent on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs .

References

1. The three amigos
2. Celebrity Jews
3. schmooze (9 November 2008), "Q&A with Andy Samberg: Meet the creative genius" schmoozemag.com (Retrieved on 2009-05-14)
4. 2007 Emmy Winners: The complete list
5. S.F. Weekly blogsite
6. Pepsi commercial
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