Photos of Adam Sandler and His Family Through the Years

The funnyman is serious about one thing: his adoration for wife Jackie and their daughters, Sadie and Sunny

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Updated on February 27, 2024 11:18AM EST
Jackie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler, wife Jackie and daughters Sadie and Sunny in 2019. Photo:

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They grow up so fast!

It seems like only yesterday that Adam Sandler and wife Jackie were sweetly wrangling their young daughters at the actor's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, and now Sadie, 17, and Sunny, 15, are teenagers, starring in several of their dad's projects and ruling red carpets along the way. Watch the family of four grow through the years.

01 of 15

2007

Actor Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler and baby Sadie Madison Sandler arrive at the Kinerase Skincare Celebration on the Pier hosted by Courteney Cox to benefit the EV Medical Research Foundation on September 29, 2007
Adam, Jackie and Sadie Sandler in 2007.

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Sadie, then just 16 months, scored a balloon at the Kinerase Skincare Celebration on the Santa Monica Pier hosted by Courteney Cox to benefit the EV Medical Research Foundation.

02 of 15

2011

Actor Adam Sandler and his family pose for photographers during the installation ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 2011 in Hollywood, California.
Adam, Jackie, Sadie and Sunny Sandler in 2011.

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Sunny joined the family in 2008, and three years later, got all dressed up for Dad's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.

03 of 15

2015

Actor-comedian-producer Adam Sandler and daughter Sunny Madeline (age 6) share a Goofy moment Aug. 1, 2015 at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge while vacationing at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla
Adam and Sunny Sandler at Disney World in 2015.

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Sunny and her dad had a "Goofy" moment during their visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

04 of 15

2016

Alex Brightman as Dewey, Sunny Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler and Jackie Sandler pose backstage at the hit musical "School of Rock" on Broadway at The Winter Garden Theatre on March 23, 2016 in New York City.
Adam Sandler, wife Jackie and daughters Sadie and Sunny at 'School of Rock' in 2016.

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The family of four enjoyed a meet-and-greet with star Alex Brightman backstage at Broadway's School of Rock.

05 of 15

2016

Sadie Madison Sandler, actor Adam Sandler and Sunny Madeline Sandler attend Nickelodeon's 2016 Kids
Adam Sandler with his daughters at the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards.

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When Sandler went to the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in L.A. to pick up the favorite animated movie award for Hotel Transylvania 2, he brought his daughters as his dates.

06 of 15

2018

ADAM SANDLER, SUNNY MADELINE SANDLER
Adam and Sunny Sandler on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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Sunny got her famous father to crack up during her cameo on a Brooklyn, New York, taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

07 of 15

2018

Adam Sandler and daughter Sunny Madeline Sandler attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on November 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Adam and Sunny Sandler at a Los Angeles Lakers game in 2018.

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That same year, she joined her dad for a Los Angeles Lakers game against the Portland Trail Blazers in L.A.

08 of 15

2018

Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Sadie Sandler and Sunny Sandler attend Milwaukee Bucks v New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on December 25, 2018 in New York City
The Sandler family at a 2018 New York Knicks game. James Devaney/Getty

But they also showed their love for the other coast, sitting courtside at a New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks game at Madison Square Garden on Christmas Day.

09 of 15

2019

Jackie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Adam Sandler
The Sandler family in 2019.

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Everyone sported a smile for the Thirst Project's 10th Annual Thirst Gala in Los Angeles.

10 of 15

2023

Jackie Sandler, Sadie Sandler and Adam Sandler at the premiere of "The Out-Laws" held at Regal L.A. Live on June 26, 2023
Adam, Jackie and Sunny Sandler at the 2023 premiere of 'The Out-Laws'.

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Sunny was shining as her parents flanked her during The Out-Laws premiere in Los Angeles.

11 of 15

2023

You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, Sunny Sandler as Stacy Friedman and Sadie Sandler
Sunny and Sadie Sandler in 'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah'.

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In a still from their 2023 Netflix flick You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Sunny and Sadie showed off their sisterly bond.

12 of 15

2023

Adam Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Madison Sandler, guest and Jackie Sandler
The Sandler family at the 2023 premiere of Murder Mystery 2.

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Sunny, Sadie and friend Zahra Rock got all dressed up for the Paris photo call ahead of Dad's Murder Mystery 2 premiere this past March.

13 of 15

2023

Sadie Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, and Sunny Sandler attend Netflix's "Leo" LA Premiere
The Sandler family at the 2023 premiere of Leo.

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They're back! The Sandler squad came together once again on Nov. 19 for the premiere of Netflix's Leo in L.A. The animated feature, about a classroom lizard, has a cast that includes all four family members, plus comedians like Bill Burr, Jo Koy and Cecily Strong.

14 of 15

2024

Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Sadie Sandler attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena on February 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Adam, Jackie and Sadie Sandler at a 2024 Lakers game.

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In early February 2024, a solo Sadie joined Mom and Dad courtside for a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

15 of 15

2024

Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sunny Sandler, and Sadie Sandler attend Netflix's "Spaceman" LA Special Screening at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on February 26, 2024
The Sandler family at the 2024 premiere of 'Spaceman'.

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The fab four returned to the red carpet in Los Angeles on Feb. 26 for the premiere of Adam's latest Netflix film, Spaceman, which costars Carey Mulligan. At the event, the actor joked to PEOPLE that despite casting his teen daughters in his films, "They still don't talk to you. They go do their thing." He added: "They do the best they can, and then they go do their life. I am on the side going, 'Love you.' I say I love you a lot to them."