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Akiva Schaffer

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).

Known For: Directing

Born: Berkeley, California, USA, 1977-12-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2001	White Power	Kiv	0
2	2003	Regarding Ardy	Kiv	0
3	2005	Football Town	Walt Rice	0
4	2006	Awesometown	Self	74
5	2007	Fighting neighbors		0
6	2007	Hot Rod	Derrick (uncredited)	64
7	2011	The Lonely Island MTV Spring Break '88 - Highlight Reel 1		0
8	2011	The Lonely Island MTV Spring Break '88 - Highlight Reel 2		0
9	2012	The Watch	Casual Wanker #3	56
10	2013	Grown Ups 2	Male Cheerleader	61
11	2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Alan	62
12	2022	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	Various Characters (voice)	70
13	2022	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Alice Cooper	67
14	2023	Scream VI	Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)	70
15		Hot Seat		0
16		Anger Managment		0
17		Peppers		0
18	2014	Neighbors	Toga #2	62
19	2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Lawrence Dunn	66
20	2018	7 Splinters in Time	McFly	45
21	2019	The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience	Mark McGwire	64
22	2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self	79

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
2	2003	The 'Bu	self	60
3	2005	House of Cosbys	Cosby Team TriOsby (voice)	60
4	2006	Awesometown		0
5	2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Self	74
6	2008	Water And Power	Ambassador	50
7	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
8	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	62
9	2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Brett Booth	82
10	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
11	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	58