Andy Samberg

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Biography

Andy Samberg was born in Berkeley, California, to Marjorie . Taccone and Schaffer co-starred in and co-directed the film.

  • Aliases
  • Andrew David Samberg
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 18 August 1978
  • Place of birth
  • Berkeley· California
  • Spouses
  • Joanna Newsom
  • Education
  • University of California· Santa Cruz·Berkeley High School ·New York University Tisch School of the Arts
  • Knows language
  • English language

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Trivia

The Lonely Island s "Lazy Sunday" video was downloaded over a million times, the day after it aired on "Saturday Night Live" .

Has two sisters.

Graduated from Berkeley High School in 1996.

Member of The Lonely Island along with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer.

Received a Grammy nomination (as member of The Lonely Island ) for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for the song "Im on a Boat" (feat. T-Pain) in 2010.

The Lonely Island s "Incredibad" was the 8th highest selling Hip Hop album of 2009 in the US.

On February 7, 2007, Samberg joined Justin Timberlake at one of Timberlakes tour concerts in Madison Square Garden to perform their song, "Dick In A Box" (from one of The Lonely Island s digital shorts for "Saturday Night Live" ). They both performed in character.

Andy attended NYU Film School and the University of California, Santa Cruz as a film student.

In his first season on "Saturday Night Live" , Samberg appeared on more non-live SNL segments than actual live sketches.

His favorite album is Bob Dylan s "Blood on the Tracks".

The real Mark Zuckerberg praised his performance as him on SNL.

Engaged to Joanna Newsom [February 25, 2013].

As the co-star "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" , Samberg found himself working in the very same Los Angeles studio lot where he had once labored earlier in his career as a gofer-like production assistant on "Spin City" . "And now I have my own parking space.".

He is of Polish Jewish, Lithuanian Jewish, and Russian Jewish descent. His maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, was an industrial psychologist and philanthropist; Alfred served as an executive chair of the American Jewish Congress. Andys third cousin is Tammy Baldwin , a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.

Steve Carell was the "Saturday Night Live" host for Sambergs opening appearance on the show.

Is a fan of the BBC mystery, "Sherlock" .

Went to elementary school with Chelsea Peretti.

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