Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg, on August 18, 1978, age 47) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, writer, and producer. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, where his fellow group members and he have been credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts. Samberg has starred in several films, including Hot Rod, I Love You, Man, That's My Boy, Celeste and Jesse Forever, and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
Samberg guest stars in the Yo Gabba Gabba! episode "Art," teaching Muno, Foofa, Brobee, Toodee, and Plex the "Alligator Chomp" for a Dancey Dance.
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- His mother, Marjorie "Margi" (née Marrow), is a retired elementary school teacher, and his father, Joe Samberg, is a photographer.
- He has two older sisters named Johanna and Darrow.
- His family is Jewish, and he described his upbringing as "I wouldn’t say we’re super-religious, but we’re very much in touch with the cultural aspect of it." He also never had a bar mitzvah.
- When he was five, he told his parents that he wanted to change his name to Andy.
- He has been married to musician and actress Joanna Newsom since 2013. He described himself as her "superfan", and they met at one of her concerts in 2006. After five years of dating, Samberg proposed to her in February 2013, and they married on September 21, 2013, in Big Sur, California, with Saturday Night Live co-star Seth Meyers serving as Samberg's groomsman.
- He and his wife have two children: a daughter born on August 8, 2017, and a son born in February 2023.
- Growing up in East Bay, he is a fan of the Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors.
- Despite him being raised in a Jewish family, he considers himself "not particularly religious".