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Samberg’s Key Dates June 1996: Graduates from Berkeley High, having been voted class clown. December 17, 2005: Creates viral sensation with “Lazy Sunday” video on Saturday Night Live. September 16, 2007: Wins Emmy Award comedy’s for outstanding original music and lyrics for song “Dick in a Box.” From viral hitmaker to award-winning leading man, newBerkeley’s Andy Samberg continuesking to cement his place September 21, 2013: Childhood icon as a Hollywood heavyweight. By LeeAnne Jones Adam Sandler attends Samberg’s wedding to musician In a 2007 Diablo profile, Samberg said, “The movies Joanna Newsom. that Adam Sandler did that came out during my junior high and high school years were pivotal for me in let- ting me know I can do comedy.” Fittingly, since 2012, January 12, 2014: Samberg has been on a post–SNL trajectory similar to Wins Best that of his comedy hero: big-budget comedies (That’s Performance by My Boy), indie charmers (Celeste and Jesse Forever), an Actor in a TV animation voiceovers (Hotel Transylvania), and a hand- ful of cameos. Soon though, we predict he’ll manage Series—Comedy to eclipse Sandler. or Musical at In 2013, Samberg returned to television as lovably the 71st Golden goofy detective Jake Peralta on the cop comedy Brook- Globe Awards. lyn Nine-Nine—and he even brought in Sandler for a guest role. The show earned a Golden Globe Award, as did Samberg for best comedic actor in a TV series. September 20, 2015: Also scoring major awards attention last year was the Will host the The first time Andy Samberg hosted a major awards song “Everything Is Awesome,” from The LEGO® Movie, 67th Primetime show, the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, he was beamed which received Grammy and Oscar nominations. (The Emmy Awards. from the USS Enterprise into Justin Timberlake’s limo— Lonely Island rapped on the song.) This past summer, naked. Four years later, in his opening monologue at Samberg had another critical hit, starring in HBO’s the Film Independent Spirit Awards, he unleashed a over-the-top tennis mockumentary, 7 Days in Hell, June 3, 2016: giddy, expletive-ladent tirade against Hollywood. which was written and produced by Samberg’s long- Will star in It’s really anyone’s guess what kind of envelope- time friend (and Alamo native) Murray Miller. Conner4real, a pushing antics the Berkeley native will employ when he The year ahead looks to be even bigger. In addition movie with Berkeley hosts the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards this month— to the release of Hotel Transylvania 2 on September pals Akiva Schaffer but it’s bound to be memorable. And the gig is a nice 25 and the return of Brooklyn Nine-Nine on September feather in the cap for a comedian whose star has been 27, Samberg will appear with The Lonely Island in the and Jorma Taccone. steadily on the rise. summer movie Connor4real, a riff on pop-concert films Samberg got his big break in 2005, when Saturday about boy bands, coproduced by Judd Apatow. And of Night Live scooped up The Lonely Island, the comedy course, there’s the Emmys. troupe he formed with fellow Berkeley High classmates Will he sing? Will he bring friends? Will he wear Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. As a writer and a colorful tuxedo? Will he be censored? Tune in on performer with SNL for seven seasons, most memora- September 20 to find out. bly with pop culture–skewering music videos, Samberg earned six Emmy nominations and one win (for the To celebrate the fall TV season, we connect all of the East song “Dick in a Box” with Timberlake). Bay’s small-screen stars to Samberg. Turn the page. PHOTO CREDIT PHOTO CREDIT DIABLO 45 44 SEPTEMBER 2015 Degree Connection Connection Connection Degrees Connection Connection Degrees Samberg costars with Samberg and Samberg was in Samberg voiced a Samberg starred in Chelsea Peretti on Blake Anderson both Grown Ups 2 with character for Sponge- Celeste and Jesse Brooklyn Nine-Nine, made cameos in Salma Hayek, who was Bob SquarePants, as Forever with Rashida which returns Septem- Neighbors. in Mi Vida Loca with did John Goodman, Jones, who was in ber 27 on Fox. Maurice Benard. who was in Bringing Parks and Recreation Out the Dead with with guest star J.K. Patricia Arquette, who Simmons, who was in is in CSI: Cyber with Oz with Rita Moreno. Charley Koontz. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3 ↓ ↓ 5 six S Connection Chelsea Blake Maurice B Charley Rita Degrees Connection T Peretti Anderson Bernard Koontz Moreno degrees Samberg appeared Samberg was in I Love on Saturday Night Live You, Man with Jason with Will Forte from Peretti plays admin Anderson is the co- A Martinez native, De La Salle grad The East Bay’s EGOT Segel, who was in How 2005 to 2012. assistant Gina Linetti creator and eccentric Benard has portrayed Koontz stars on CSI winner (Emmy, I Met Your Mother with on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, star of Workaholics— mobster Michael NC.; COURTESY OF spin-offCSI: Cyber, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) of I Lyndsy Fonseca, who but she met Samberg and a Clayton Valley “Sonny” Corinthos, Jr., as introverted FBI guest starred as Jane’s was in Agent Carter at Oakland’s Chabot High alum. The sixth on soap opera General Special Agent Daniel “glam-ma” on Jane the with Chad Michael samberg CASTING Elementary and gradu- season of the Comedy Hospital since 1993, “Krummy” Krumitz. Virgin. She hopes to Connection While Andy Samberg isn’t the only East D Murray, who was in Bay–bred star of the small screen, we can ated from College Central show is set to scoring seven Emmy Season two premieres make another appear- One Tree Hill with Preparatory School. air in 2016. nominations and one BROA October 4 on CBS. ance in season two, Samberg starred in S Sophia Bush, who is B make the case that all roles lead to him— INSELTOWN/ I Love You, Man with T win. The soap airs ev- C which begins October faster than Kevin Bacon. ; in Chicago P.D. with ↓ ery weekday on ABC. O 12 on The CW. Paul Rudd, who was in B Markie Post. H How Do You Know with Owen Wilson, who was 4 in Zoolander with Andy ↓ ICHOLAS/©2015 Dick, who competed N Will Connection T. 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