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Adam Sandler

Character: Happy Gilmore

Sandler plays the rejected hockey player who takes his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother’s house. He has the most powerful drive in golf history but as he makes it to the Pro Golf Tour, his hockey player mentality doesn’t go down to well at all…

Since appearing in the movie, Sandler has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous comedy actors. His notable roles include Robert ‘Bobby’ Boucher Jnr in The Waterboy (1998), Paul Crewe in the Longest Yard (2005), Michael Newman in the 2006 film Click and co-starring alongside Jennifer Aniston in Just Go With It (2011).

Won Best Comedic Performance in the MTV Movie Awards for his performances in The Waterboy and Big Daddy (2000)

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