The Benchwarmers 2006 premiere

1. David Spade

Actor | Joe Dirt

Adept at playing comic brat extraordinaires both on film and TV, David Spade was born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. He is the son of Judith J. (Meek), a writer and editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales rep, and is of German, English, Irish, and Scottish ...

2. Adam Sandler

Actor | The Waterboy

Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took ...

3. Jack Giarraputo

Producer | Pixels

A prolific producer and 20-year movie industry veteran, Jack Giarraputo has produced movies at Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox and Warner Brothers that have grossed over $3.5 billion in worldwide box office. Along with partner Adam Sandler, he has built Happy Madison into a consistently successful ...

4. Molly Sims

Actress | Fired Up!

Molly Sims was born on May 25, 1973 in Murray, Kentucky to James and Dottie Sims. Following her graduation from high school, Molly attended Vanderbilt University with hopes of pursuing a law career. Two years into college, she submitted a few photographs of herself to a modeling agency at the ...

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

6. Rob Schneider

Actor | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1975), Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the ...

7. Jon Lovitz

Actor | Happiness

Jonathan Michael Lovitz is a American comedian and actor from Tarzana who is known for voicing Jay Sherman from The Critic and for being a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1990s. He acted in a lot of Adam Sandler films such as The Wedding Singer, Little Nicky, Hotel Transylvania, Grown Ups 2 ...

8. Jon Heder

Actor | Napoleon Dynamite

Jonathan Joseph Heder is an American actor and producer who is known for portraying Napoleon Dynamite in 2004. He returned to play the role in an animated series and a 2005 MTV Movie Awards skit. He also acted in the Pororo the Penguin films including Pororo's Racing Adventure, Pororo's Dinosaur ...

9. Erinn Bartlett

Actress | The Benchwarmers

Erinn Bartlett was born on February 26, 1973 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Shallow Hal (2001) and Raising Helen (2004). She has been married to Oliver Hudson since June 9, 2006. They have three children.

10. Allen Covert

Actor | Grandma's Boy

Allen Stephen Covert is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer who is well-known for the cult classic 2006 film Grandma's Boy. He is also known for his many collaborations alongside Adam Sandler and Happy Madison Productions in films such as Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates, Little Nicky, ...

11. Dennis Dugan

Actor | Happy Gilmore

Dennis Barton Dugan is an American film director, actor, comedian and screenwriter from Wheaton, Illinois who directed several films featuring Adam Sandler including Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Jack & Jill, Grown Ups, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and You Don't Mess With the Zohan. He also ...

12. Nick Swardson

Actor | Grandma's Boy

Nick Swardson was born on October 9, 1976 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Grandma's Boy (2006), The Benchwarmers (2006) and Just Go with It (2011).

13. Amaury Nolasco

Actor | Prison Break

Amaury Nolasco was born in Puerto Rico. He is an actor and producer, known for Prison Break (2005), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) and Transformers (2007).

14. Amy Pascal

Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Amy Pascal is an American film producer and executive for Sony Pictures. She produced several Spider-Man films and spin-offs including the Venom film series, the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, the Jumanji sequels, Little Women and The Post. She got acclaim for producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...

15. Patrick Schwarzenegger

Actor | Gen V

Patrick Schwarzenegger was born September 18, 1993, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He graduated USC with a degree in Business and a minor in cinematic arts. Patrick started studying acting with Nancy Banks while at college. He is known for being GoldenBoy in GenV (2023), as ...

16. Katherine Schwarzenegger

Self | Timeless style of DVF

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt was born on December 13, 1989 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California as Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger. She's an American author who has written 3 self-help books on subjects like self-image, forgiveness & finding direction after college. She has also ...

17. Terry Crews

Actor | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Terry Crews was born in Flint, Michigan, to Patricia and Terry Crews Sr. He earned an art excellence scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. Crews was an All-Conference defensive end, and was a major contributor on the ...

18. Bill Romanowski

Actor | Get Smart

Throughout his 16-year NFL career, Romanowski was mired in controversy as he was notorious for having numerous altercations with opponents as well as teammates which made him widely considered as the dirtiest player in NFL history. His career effectively ended in 2003 when he fought fellow Oakland ...

19. Maria Shriver

Actress | Last Action Hero

Maria Shriver was born on November 6, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Last Action Hero (1993), Still Alice (2014) and Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert (2014). She was previously married to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

20. Christina Schwarzenegger

Producer | Take Your Pills

Christina Schwarzenegger was born on July 23, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is a producer, known for Take Your Pills (2018), Take Your Pills: Xanax (2022) and Access Hollywood (1996).

21. Tom Sherak

Producer | The One

Tom Sherak was born on June 22, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a production manager and actor, known for The One (2001), Rent (2005) and Columbus Circle (2012). He was married to Madeleine. He died on January 28, 2014 in Calabasas, California, USA.

22. Matt Weinberg

Actor | The Benchwarmers

When a family friend suggested that then 8 year-old Matt Weinberg would make a good child actor, his parents wanted no part of it and said no. When the parents were still saying no five months later, the friend decided to take matters into her own hands and sneaked a kids' agent into a gym where ...

23. Chris Rock

Actor | Top Five

Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.

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24. Brandon Molale

Actor | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

At 6' 4", Brandon Molale is no stranger to standing out on the big screen.

Brandon, a former college and pro football player, is best known from his scene-stealing performance as Kevin Ward, the obnoxious NY Jets Quarterback in Mr. Deeds (2002) starring Adam Sandler and as Blazer in Dodgeball: A ...

25. Natalie Maines

Actress | Grand Champion

Natalie Maines, born in Lubbock, Texas in 1974, began singing at age 3. In high school, she was a cheerleader. During her time in high school, she played in a band. They had three gigs before breaking up. In the 1990s, she attended Berklee College. Soon, after that, she auditioned for a music group...

26. Mason Knight

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Mason is trained in the Meisner technique and is known for roles in films such as 'Green Room', 'Benchwarmers', and 'Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny'. He has also worked on television, playing the role of "Skylar Sanford" in 'Leverage'. Mason is the oldest of five children. In 2006, his family ...

27. Madeline Sims

Make_up_department | 1666

Madeline Sims is known for Knock Knock 2 (2011), Head-Tie (2014) and The Fantastic Clown Club (2011).

28. Garrett Julian

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Garrett Julian was born on May 18, 1994 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Collection (2019) and The Iron Gauntlet (2015).

29. Chipps Cooney

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Chipps Cooney has appeared on The Drew Carey HBO Cable Special, Roseanne Barr's Saturday Night Special for TV, America's Funniest People, and The Jerry Lewis Telethon from Las Vegas.

Chipps has entertained audiences doing his stand up comedy act at The Hard Rock Cafe,The Riviera In Las Vegas, The ...

30. Darcy Rose Byrnes

Actress | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Darcy Rose Byrnes has been performing since she was only 3 years old. She landed her first TV role as 'Abby' in CBS's soap opera series "The Young & the Restless" at the young age of 5 and grew up in that role from 2003 to 2008. Darcy Rose was Emmy pre-nom for her turn as Abby. During that same ...

31. Max Prado

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Max Prado was born on April 15, 1992 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Chuck (2007) and How I Met Your Mother (2005). He died on March 13, 2016 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

32. Joe Gnoffo

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Joe Gnoffo is known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Slight (2018) and Levitate (2019). He has been married to Terra Jolé since June 21, 2015. They have two children.

33. Jillian Henry

Actress | The Benchwarmers

Jillian Henry was born in Big Bear Lake, California. Jillian received her high school diploma at age 13 with a 4.33 GPA. She earned a BA in Video and Media Production from Emerson College in Boston.

She has worked on several animated projects for Disney including the Lilo and Stitch franchise, Mulan...

34. Cole Hockenbury

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Cole Hockenbury is known for The Benchwarmers (2006), The Preacher's Son (2017) and The Man in 3B (2015).

35. Michael Buffer

Actor | You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Michael Buffer was born on November 2, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) and Virtuosity (1995). He has been married to Christine Prado since May 10, 2008. He was previously married to ...

36. Rob Pinkston

Actor | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Rob Pinkston started acting at the age of 13 in Jr. High School. He did several short film projects and fell in love with the business. On his 16th birthday, Rob landed a recurring role on the Nickelodeon TV Show, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004).

Ned's Declassified School Survival ...

37. Doug Jones

Actor | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The youngest of four brothers, Doug Jones was born on May 24, 1960, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the city's Northeastside. After attending Bishop Chatard High School, he headed off to Ball State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and a ...

38. Kevin James

Actor | Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team...

39. Rachel Melvin

Actress | Dumb and Dumber To

Born in Chicago, but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Rachel Melvin had always known she was going to pursue a career in acting. Rachel moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career immediately after graduating from high school in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2003. She booked her first audition in early ...

40. Corbin Bernsen

Actor | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Corbin Bernsen made his initial mark on the seminal television series L.A. Law as opportunistic divorce lawyer "Arnie Becker" earning him multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations over the show's eight-year run. He proved along the way the role was not to be a dead-end stereotype, maintaining a ...

41. Valerie Van Galder

Mortal Kombat

Valerie Van Galder is known for Mortal Kombat (1995), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996).

42. Heather Parry

Producer | A Star Is Born

Heather Parry is known for A Star Is Born (2018), Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017) and Just Go with It (2011).

43. Miko C. Brando

Actor | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Miko C. Brando was born on February 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Inchon (1981) and This Is It (2009).

44. Jeff Blake

45. Adrian Pasdar

Actor | Carlito's Way

Adrian Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Rosemarie Pasdar (née Sbresny), who owns a travel agency, and Homayoon Pasdar, a prominent heart surgeon. His father is Iranian and his mother, who was born in Germany, is of German, and some Polish, descent. At the age of 2, his father moved ...

46. Amanda Pays

Actress | Leviathan

Born in London, England, Amanda Pays is the daughter of show business agent and actor Howard Pays and former actress Jan Miller. An aunt, Mandy Miller, won fame as a child star of the '50s film Crash of Silence (1952) . When she was eight, Pays started school at a nearby convent and it was there ...

47. Craig Kilborn

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Craig Kilborn had an amazing 14 year run in television where he went from local TV in Monterey, CA to ESPN's SportsCenter to the original host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central and finally as the host of The Late, Late Show on CBS where he was known as "The Natural Host." While at ESPN, he hosted...

48. Tim Meadows

Actor | Mean Girls

Tim Meadows was born on February 5, 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mean Girls (2004), The Ladies Man (2000) and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). He was previously married to Michelle Taylor.

49. Elle King

Soundtrack | The Old Guard

Elle was born in 1989. Her mother, London King, was then married to Rob Schneider. Elle grew up back and forth in Ohio and L.A.

Elle now resides in Brooklyn, NY and is working on her music career by playing shows and recording in Brooklyn and Harlem.

She also works for a tattoo shop called East Side ...

50. Reggie Jackson

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Reggie Jackson is a baseball Hall of Famer nicknamed "Mr. October" because of his great World Series status. He hit 3 homeruns in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, the most homeruns ever by one player in a World Series game. He currently works for the New York Yankees

51. Danny McCarthy

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Danny McCarthy was born on October 2, 1989 in La Jolla, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Zoom (2006) and Malcolm in the Middle (2000).

52. Sean Salisbury

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Sean Salisbury was born on March 9, 1963 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), The Longest Yard (2005) and The House Bunny (2008). He was previously married to Kimberly Goodson.

53. John Farley

Actor | Little Nicky

John is the youngest brother of Chris Farley. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas John Farley, who owned Scotch Oil Co. His older brother, Kevin P. Farley, also acts. Tom, the eldest of the boys, works in Madison as the head of the Chris Farley Foundation. His...

54. Blake Clark

Actor | 50 First Dates

For the last 20 or so years, Clark has been doing stand-up comedy on the club circuit, on "The Tonight Show", on HBO comedy specials, on [error] and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). In addition, he has been in over 50 feature motion pictures and hundreds of episodic TV shows. A decorated ...

55. William Daniels

Actor | St. Elsewhere

William Daniels is an American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was born in 1927, to bricklayer David Daniels and his wife Irene.

Daniels was a member of the singing Daniels family in Brooklyn. He made his television debut in 1943 at the age of 16, as part of a variety act. That same year,...

56. Jon Moscot

Self | Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

57. Mary Jo Catlett

Actress | Serial Mom

Mary Jo Catlett has been part of the main voice cast on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) since its premiere, playing SpongeBob's teacher, Mrs. Puff. She is an unmistakably happy and hearty veteran character actress and comedienne who has found success in all three mediums (stage, film and television) ...

58. James Earl Jones

Actor | Rogue One

Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...

59. Waddy Wachtel

Composer | Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Legendary rock'n'roll session guitarist par excellence Robert "Waddy" Wachtel was born on May 24, 1947 to Harry and Rhoda Wachtel in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York City. He acquired his unusual nickname "Waddy" when he was a teenager and took guitar lessons from teacher Gene Dell ...

60. Thomas E. Ackerman

Cinematographer | Superhero Movie

Cinematographer Thomas Ackerman was born on 14 September, 1948 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and enrolled in the University of Iowa, where he took a cinema course. He was hired by the university to shoot football games and training films for its School of Dentistry. In 1968 he went to work for ...

61. Peck Prior

Editorial_department | The Blues Brothers

Peck Prior is known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Pixels (2015) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997).

62. Sandy S. Solowitz

Editorial_department | Ray

Being a natural story teller, it was inevitable that Sandy become involved in "The Business". He has spent years of his life studying the nuances of human interaction and relationships, This fascination stories has given him unique insight when translating the written script into visual ...