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List of notable or famous Happy Madison employees, listed alphabetically with photos when available. This list is a directory of the best Happy Madison employees, showcasing only the most prominent Happy Madison employees of all time. This list features past and present top Happy Madison managers, including both current and retired Happy Madison executives and alumni. Well-known Happy Madison staff along with current and former Happy Madison employees were and still are crucial to the company's success, as without these hard working men and women Happy Madison would never be what it is today.
This renowned Happy Madison employees list answers the questions, "What famous people have worked at Happy Madison?" and "Who are the most famous Happy Madison employees?"
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.His film roles include Billy Madison (1995), the sports comedies Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Waterboy (1998), the romantic comedy The Wedding Singer (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and voicing Dracula in the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2012-2018).
Some of his films, such as the widely panned Jack and Jill, have been heavily criticized, culminating in a shared second place in the number of Raspberry Awards (3) and Raspberry Award nominations (11), in both cases second only to Sylvester Stallone.
He has ventured into more dramatic territory with his roles in Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Spanglish (2004), Reign Over Me (2007), Funny People (2009), and The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), all of which earned him critical praise.
Allen Stephen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Best known for his starring role in the 2006 comedy film Grandma's Boy, he is a frequent collaborator with actor and friend Adam Sandler with prominent roles in such films as Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Little Nicky (2000), Mr. Deeds (2002), Anger Management (2003), 50 First Dates (2004), and Strange Wilderness (2008).
Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and film director. After years working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in minor film roles including Beverly Hills Cop II, Rock gained prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993. While at SNL he appeared in films New Jack City, Boomerang and CB4, which Rock also wrote and produced. Rock reached mainstream stardom with the critically acclaimed Bring the Pain in 1996, the second of his five HBO comedy specials. His other HBO comedy specials include Bigger & Blacker, Never Scared and Kill the Messenger. HBO also aired his talk show, The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock's interviews with celebrities and politicians. His most recent comedy special Chris Rock: Tamborine was released for Netflix in 2018.
Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He is widely famous for being a cast member on the show Saturday Night Live (from 1986 to 1993), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award from five consecutive nominations.
Carvey is also known for his role in the successful film Wayne's World (1992) and its sequel Wayne's World 2 (1993).
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and writer. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s, and he later began an acting career in both film and television. He also starred or co-starred in the films Tommy Boy (1995), Black Sheep (1996), Joe Dirt (2001), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), The Benchwarmers (2006), The Ridiculous 6 (2015), The Do-Over (2016), and The Wrong Missy (2020).
Heather Parry is a film and television producer and currently Head of Film with Happy Madison Productions.
She is a graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
Parry started in the West Coast News Division at MTV, and later segued into development, where she oversaw series development and special movie programming and marketing specials. During this period, she worked with the rock band Rage Against the Machine and directed the band's video for its cover of Bruce Springsteen's “The Ghost of Tom Joad” in 1997 and those from The Battle of Mexico City in 2001.
While at MTV Films, she co-produced two films in 2005, The Longest Yard, starring Adam Sandler, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’, starring rapper 50 Cent.
In 2005, she left MTV Films to join Sandler and his producing partner Jack Giarraputo at Happy Madison. She runs feature film development for the company and produced its first female-driven comedy, The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris, in 2008. She co-produced the film, Just Go with It, starring Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, released on February 11, 2011.
