Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, singer, and rapper. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2005–2012), where he and his fellow group members have been credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts.

Samberg has starred in films, such as Hot Rod, I Love You, Man, That's My Boy, Celeste and Jesse Forever and Hotel Transylvania. He currently stars in the workplace sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2014. He hosted the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015.

Biography

After five years of dating, Samberg proposed to musician Joanna Newsom in February 2013 and they married on September 21, 2013 in Big Sur, California. Samberg's Saturday Night Live co-star Seth Meyers served as groomsman at the wedding. In March 2014, Samberg and Newsom purchased the estate Moorcrest in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, which in the 1920s was owned by the parents of actress Mary Astor and prior to that was rented by Charlie Chaplin. Samberg has described himself as a "superfan" of Newsom's music and they first met at one of her concerts.

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