Akiva Schaffer
The Lonely Island
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1977-12-0148
Place of birth:Berkeley, California, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Biography
Akiva Schaffer (born December 1, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live and a member of The Lonely Island, a sketch-comedy troupe that first found success on the Internet, which includes Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He majored in film at University of California, Santa Cruz. He is best known for directing the films Hot Rod (2007), Popstar (2016), and the reboot of The Naked Gun (2025).
Filmography
Rating by year
- The Naked GunAdditional Voices (voice)2025-07-306.41,780
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf - SNL Writer / Self - Director2025-01-277.820
- Scream VISubway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)2023-03-086.93,225
- Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryAlice Cooper2022-09-086.7622
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersVarious Characters (voice)2022-05-207.01,383
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers ExperienceMark McGwire2019-05-226.4127
- 7 Splinters in TimeMcFly2018-07-134.421
- Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf2017-08-086.134
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day SpecialAlan2017-02-076.063
- Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingLawrence Dunn2016-06-036.61,378
- NeighborsToga #22014-05-086.27,318
- Brooklyn Nine-NineBrett Booth2013-09-178.24,001
- Grown Ups 2Male Cheerleader2013-07-116.24,724
- The WatchCasual Wanker #32012-07-265.62,490
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and AgainSelf2010-04-150.00
- Hot RodDerrick (uncredited)2007-08-036.41,108
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Self2007-02-117.296
- Fighting neighbors2007-01-010.00
- AwesometownSelf2006-01-237.413
- Awesometown2006-01-220.00
- Football TownWalt Rice2005-12-280.00
- House of CosbysCosby Team TriOsby (voice)2005-01-308.02
- The 'Buself2003-10-266.01
- Regarding ArdyKiv2003-02-010.00
- White PowerKiv2001-12-010.00