Happy Gilmore is a 1996 sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a talent for golf. The screenplay was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. This film was the first of multiple collaborations between Sandler and Dugan.
Cast[]
- Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore
- Donnie MacMillan as young Happy Gilmore
- Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin
- Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit
- Carl Weathers as Derick "Chubbs" Peterson
- Allen Covert as Otto
- Frances Bay as Grandma Gilmore
- Ben Stiller as Hal
- Bob Barker as Himself
- Richard Kiel as Mr. Larson
- Joe Flaherty as Jeering Fan
- Dennis Dugan as Doug Thompson