What actor, known for his roles in movies like The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer, founded the company Happy Madison Productions?
Adam Sandler 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. He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films "Billy Madison" (1995), the sports comedies "Happy Gilmore" (1996) and "The Waterboy" (1998), the romantic comedy "The Wedding Singer" (1998), "Big Daddy" (1999), and "Mr. Deeds" (2002), and voicing Dracula in "Hotel Transylvania" (2012) and "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015). Several of his movies, most notably the widely panned "Jack and Jill", have gained harsh criticism, 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" (2017).
Tom Cruise filmography Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in the 1981 romantic drama "Endless Love". Two years later he made his breakthrough by starring in the romantic comedy "Risky Business" (1983), which garnered Cruise his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 1986, Cruise played a fighter pilot in the Tony Scott-directed action drama "Top Gun" (the highest-grossing film that year), and also starred opposite Paul Newman in the Martin Scorsese-directed drama "The Color of Money". Two years later he played opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama "Rain Man" (1988), and also appeared in the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture-winning romantic drama "Cocktail" (1988). In doing so Cruise became the first and only person as of 2014 to star in a Best Picture Oscar winner and a Worst Picture Razzie winner in the same year. His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). For his performance Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.