Andy Samberg

David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. On Saturday Night Live, he has been credited with popularizing Emmy-winning SNL Digital Shorts, which are comical short films often in song form. As a film actor, Samberg has appeared in Hot Rod, Space Chimps, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I Love You, Man, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Early life
Samberg was born in Mill Valley, California to Margi (née Marrow), an elementary school teacher who taught at Old Mill School, and Joe Samberg, a photographer. He grew up in a Jewish household and his maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress. He was "weaned" on Jewish comedy as a child, in particular, Mel Brooks.

He went to college at UC Santa Cruz for two years before transferring to NYU for film school. He majored in experimental film, where he created the short film entitled Monkey vs. Robot.

Career
Samberg is a member of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island (along with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer) whose debut album Incredibad was released in 2009, and is currently a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Samberg also appeared in a Super Bowl XLII Pepsi commercial featuring Justin Timberlake. He also hosted the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

Saturday Night Live
In September 2005, The Lonely Island confirmed that Samberg would be joining Saturday Night Live as a featured player and his fellow members of The Lonely Island would join the show's writing staff. While his live sketch roles were limited in his first year, he appeared in many non-live sketches, including commercial parodies and various other filmed segments.

For the December 17, 2005, show, he and Chris Parnell starred in the Digital Short "Lazy Sunday", a nerdcore hip hop song performed by two Manhattanites on a quest to see the film The Chronicles of Narnia. The short quickly became an Internet phenomenon and garnered Samberg significant media and public attention, as did "Dick in a Box", a duet with Justin Timberlake that won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Samberg has found success with the song "Jizz in My Pants", which has garnered over 88 million views on YouTube. His comedy troupe's recent collaboration with T-Pain, the "I'm on a Boat" music video, has had over 45 million views on YouTube after debuting on February 7, 2009, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009. Another digital short, "Motherlover" (also featuring Timberlake), was released on May 10, 2009 (to commemorate Mother's Day) and is a sequel to "Dick in a Box".

Personal life
Samberg is currently dating singer/songwriter Joanna Newsom. They often are seen in Nevada City, California together.