name	Rui Jorge
fullname	Rui Jorge Sousa Dias Macedo Oliveira
birth date	March 27, 1973
cityofbirth	Vila Nova de Gaia
countryofbirth	Portugal
height
position	Left back
currentclub	Portugal U21 (coach)
youthyears1	1981–1991
youthclubs1	FC Porto
years1	1991–1992 | years2 1992–1998 | years3 1998–2005 | years4 2005–2006
clubs1	→ Rio Ave (loan) | clubs2 FC Porto | clubs3 Sporting CP | clubs4 Belenenses
caps1	31 | goals1 2 | caps2 85 | goals2 2 | caps3 192 | goals3 5 | caps4 15 | goals4 0
nationalyears1	1993–1994 | nationalyears2 1994–2004
nationalteam1	Portugal U21 | nationalteam2 Portugal
nationalcaps1	10 | nationalgoals1 0 | nationalcaps2 45 | nationalgoals2 1
managerclubs1	Belenenses | managerclubs2 Portugal U21
manageryears1	2009 | manageryears2 2010– }}

Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira (born March 27, 1973 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto), known as Rui Jorge, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender, and a current coach.

Club career

Having emerged through local and national giants F.C. Porto, Jorge made his professional debuts with Rio Ave F.C. in the second division, returning to his first club in 1992, after one season. Never an undisputed starter with Porto, he did help the northern side to five national championships and three domestic cups.

In July 1998, Jorge signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would remain for the following seven years, being first-choice during most of his spell, and adding two more leagues to his trophy cabinet, with the double being conquered in 2001–02. In the 2005–06 season, he played with another Lisbon team, C.F. Os Belenenses, subsequently retiring from the game - aged 33, with more than 400 official appearances - and joining his final club's youth teams staff.

In May 2009, Rui Jorge was appointed Belenenses' head coach for the final two matches of the season, taking over Jaime Pacheco after a 0–5 home loss against Sporting de Braga, with the club eventually ranking second from bottom (being later reinstated). At the end of the campaign, he returned to the youth ranks.

International career

Rui Jorge played for the Portuguese U-21 side which lost the 1994 European Championship final to Italy (1–2) and the Olympic team who finished fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

He also had 45 full caps, two for Porto and 43 for Sporting. His first game was a 0–0 draw with Norway, on 20 April 1994, in a friendly match. He played at UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.

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Club statistics

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Honours

Porto:

*Portuguese League: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98

*Portuguese Cup: 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98

*Portuguese Supercup: 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997

Sporting:

*Portuguese League: 1999–2000, 2001–02

*Portuguese Cup: 2001–02

*Portuguese Supercup: 2001

External links

Stats and profile at Zerozero

Stats at ForaDeJogo

WorldSoccer stats

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name	Adam Sandler
birth name	Adam Richard Sandler
birth date	September 09, 1966
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer
years active	1987–present
spouse	Jackie Sandler (2003–present)(two children)
website	AdamSandler.com }}

Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.

After becoming a ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office. He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films ''Billy Madison'' (1995), ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996), ''Big Daddy'' (1999), and ''Mr. Deeds'' (2002), though he has ventured into more dramatic territory. In 1999, Sandler founded Happy Madison, a film and television production company that has produced numerous films and developed the 2007 television series ''Rules of Engagement''.

Early life

Adam Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents, Stanley, an electrical engineer, and Judy Sandler, a nursery school teacher. When he was five, his family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he attended Manchester Central High School. He found he was a natural comic, and nurtured his talent while at New York University by performing regularly in clubs and on campuses. Sandler graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988.

Later in his career, he would draw on his earliest experiences for material for his comedy and movies. The song "Lunchlady Land" from his debut album ''They're All Gonna Laugh at You!'' is dedicated to Emalee, the lunchlady at Hayden Dining Hall at New York University.

Career

Acting career

In the mid to late 1980s, Sandler played Theo Huxtable's friend, Smitty, on ''The Cosby Show'' (1987–1988). He was a performer for the MTV game show ''Remote Control'', on which he made appearances as the characters "Trivia Delinquent" or "Stud Boy". Early in his career, Sandler performed in comedy clubs, taking the stage at his brother's urging when he was only 17. He was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles. Miller recommended him to ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for ''SNL'' in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Chanukah Song". Sandler told Conan O'Brien on ''The Tonight Show'' that NBC fired him and Chris Farley from the show in 1995.

Sandler's first starring role was in 1989, in the film ''Going Overboard''. In 1994 he co-starred in ''Airheads'' with Brendan Fraser, and Steve Buscemi. He starred in ''Billy Madison'' (1995) as a grown, though uneducated, man repeating grades 1–12 to earn back his father's respect, along with the right to inherit his father's multi-million-dollar hotel empire. In ''At the Movies'', Siskel and Ebert gave the film a very bad review, and said of Sandler "...Not an attractive screen presence, he might have a career as a villain or a fall guy or the butt of a joke, but as the protagonist his problem is he creates the fingernails on the blackboard" with Siskel adding "...you don't have a good motivation for the character's behavior". He followed this film with other financially successful comedies such as ''Bulletproof'' (1996), ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996) and ''The Wedding Singer'' (1998). He was initially cast in the bachelor-party-themed comedy/thriller ''Very Bad Things'' (1998), but had to back out due to his involvement in ''The Waterboy'' (1998) one of his first hits.

Although his earlier films did not receive critical praise, his more recent films, beginning with ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002), have received more positive reviews. Roger Ebert, in his review of ''Punch-Drunk Love'', concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts and characters with no development. Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious parts such as the aforementioned ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe), ''Spanglish'' (2004) and ''Reign Over Me'' (2007). He played a loving father figure in ''Big Daddy'' (1999). During filming, he met Jacqueline Samantha Titone—his future wife and mother of his two daughters -— who was cast as the waitress from The Blarney Stone Bar.

At one point, Sandler was considered for the part that went to Jamie Foxx in ''Collateral'' (2004). He also was one of the finalists along with Jim Carrey and Johnny Depp for the role of Willy Wonka in Tim Burton's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005). He returned to more dramatic fare with Mike Binder's ''Reign Over Me'' (2007), a drama about a man who loses his entire family in 9/11 and rekindles a friendship with his old college roommate (played by Don Cheadle). He starred in the film ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' (2007) alongside Kevin James, as a New York City fireman pretending to be gay to keep up an insurance scam so that his best friend's children can have benefits. Sandler headlined ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (2008), a comedy about a Mossad agent who fakes his own death and moves to the United States to become a hair stylist. The film was written by Sandler, ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' writer-director Judd Apatow (who was an old roommate of Sandler's when both were starting out), and ''Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog'' creator Robert Smigel, and was directed by ''Happy Gilmore'' director Dennis Dugan.

"Like Will Ferrell, Sandler has layers of tenderness under layers of irony under layers of tenderness—plus a floating anger like Jupiter’s great red spot," wrote David Edelstein of ''New York'' magazine in a review of ''You Don't Mess with the Z''. "Some performers become stars because we can read them instantly, others—like Sandler—because we never tire of trying to get a fix on them."

Sandler starred in ''Bedtime Stories'' (2008), a fantasy film directed by ''Bringing Down the House'' director Adam Shankman, about a stressed hotel maintenance worker whose bedtime stories he reads to his niece and nephew begin to come true. This marked Sandler's first family film and first film under the Walt Disney banner. Keri Russell and English comedian Russell Brand co-starred.

In 2009, Sandler starred in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature ''Funny People''. He played a very successful stand up comedian who finds out he has a terminal illness and he takes a young inexperienced comic, played by Seth Rogen, under his wing. Other co-stars included Eric Bana and Apatow's wife, Leslie Mann. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous efforts. Filming began in October 2008 and finished in January 2009. The film was released on July 31, 2009. At one point, Sandler was in talks to star in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film ''Inglourious Basterds'', which he confirmed, but he did not appear in it due to a scheduling conflict with ''Funny People''. Following the release of ''Funny People'', it, along with ''Punch-Drunk Love'' were cited in the June 2010 announcement that Sandler was one of 135 people (including 20 actors) invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sandler appeared in ''Grown Ups'', teaming up with Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade (all of whom have worked with Sandler before) for a film about five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on the July 4 weekend. Other costars include Salma Hayek (playing Sandler's wife), Maria Bello (playing James' wife), and fellow ''SNL'' alumna Maya Rudolph (playing Rock's wife), Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, and Norm Macdonald. Sandler and ''Dickie Roberts'' scribe Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed the film.

Sandler starred in the 2011 film ''Just Go with It'', with Jennifer Aniston, a romantic comedy written by Allan Loeb and Tim Dowling and directed by Dennis Dugan. He played a plastic surgeon who asks his office manager, played by Aniston, to pose as his wife, in order to prove his honesty to his much younger girlfriend, played by Brooklyn Decker. Sandler also provided the voice of a capuchin monkey in Kevin James' ''Zookeeper'', released on July 8, 2011.

Sandler is set to release ''Jack & Jill'' on November 11, 2011. The film tells the story of a family man, played by Sandler, who gets a visit from his twin sister, also played by Sandler, and gets annoyed when she won't leave. Katie Holmes portrays his wife while Al Pacino appears as himself. He is also currently filming ''I Hate You, Dad'' with Andy Samberg, which tells the story of a man, played by Sandler, who fathered a son, played by Samberg, with his teacher in high school, and then, years later, visits his son on the eve of his son's wedding where he clashes with the bride, played by Leighton Meester.

Happy Madison Productions

Sandler formed his film production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 1999, first producing fellow ''SNL'' alumnus Rob Schneider's film ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo''. Happy Madison has produced all of Sandler's subsequent films to date with the exceptions ''Punch Drunk Love'' and ''Spanglish''. ''Reign Over Me'' and ''Funny People'' were produced by Happy Madison but under the subsidiary label "Madison 23".

Sandler is known for consistently working with a core group of friends and associates through Happy Madison, frequently casting fellow ''SNL'' performers in various roles in his films. Sandler and Happy Madison produced ''SNL'' contemporary Rob Schneider's vehicles ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999), ''The Animal'' (2001), ''The Hot Chick'' (2002), and ''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' (2005), and ''The Benchwarmers'' (2006), with Sandler making cameo appearances in the middle three. Meanwhile, Schneider has appeared in cameo roles in Sandler films ''The Waterboy'', ''Little Nicky'', ''Mr. Deeds'', ''Click'', ''The Longest Yard'', ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'', and ''Bedtime Stories''. Schneider had larger roles in Sandler films ''Big Daddy'', ''50 First Dates'', ''Eight Crazy Nights'', ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'', and ''Grown Ups''.

Happy Madison produced David Spade's ''Joe Dirt'', ''Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star'', and ''The Benchwarmers'', which also featured Rob Schneider. Spade additionally made a cameo appearance in ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' and had a prominent supporting role in ''Grown Ups''. Sandler cameoed as a special audience member in an episode of ''The Showbiz Show with David Spade''. ''SNL'' contemporary Kevin Nealon has appeared in nine Happy Madison productions or Sandler films, including ''Happy Gilmore'', ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Little Nicky'', ''Joe Dirt'', ''Eight Crazy Nights'', ''Anger Management'', ''Grandma's Boy'', ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' and the Dana Carvey vehicle, ''The Master of Disguise''.

Happy Madison also produced ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'', the first starring vehicle for Kevin James. James had costarred with Sandler in ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' and ''Grown Ups'' and made a cameo appearance in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan''. Happy Madison also produced James' second starring vehicle ''Zookeeper''.

He appeared as the featured guest on the final episode of John McEnroe's eponymous CNBC talk show, airing in late 2004. McEnroe appeared as himself in three of Sandler's films (''Mr. Deeds'', ''Anger Management'', and ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'').

Anna Faris, who appeared in ''The Hot Chick'', became the first female actor to headline a production for Happy Madison with ''The House Bunny'' and will headline another film for Happy Madison in the near future.

Others who frequently appear in Sandler films include Steve Buscemi, Chris Rock, John Turturro, Jon Lovitz, Clint Howard, Norm Macdonald, Nick Swardson, and longtime Sandler pals Allen Covert, Peter Dante, and Jonathan Loughran. In particular Allen Covert plays unique and eccentric characters in Sandler's films. Most notably as a limo driver in ''The Wedding Singer'', Ten Second Tom in ''50 First Dates'', and Nicky's roommate in ''Little Nicky''. Covert starred in his first leading role in ''Grandma's Boy'', also produced by Happy Madison productions.

In June 2007, it was announced that Happy Madison had made a preemptive acquisition for Mitch Albom's screenwriting debut.

In June 2008, it was announced that Sandler will be executive producer for a horror thriller titled ''The Shortcut'' under a nascent genre label for Happy Madison called "Scary Madison".

In October 2009, it was announced that Sandler and Happy Madison will produce the Richard Pryor biopic ''Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?'' for Sony, the company's first major dramatic production. The film was written by Bill Condon, who is set to direct, and Pryor will be played by Marlon Wayans, who is replacing Eddie Murphy.

Personal life

On June 22, 2003, Sandler married actress Jacqueline Samantha Titone, and they are the parents of two daughters, Sadie Madison Sandler and Sunny Madeline Sandler. Sandler lives with his family in Los Angeles, although he also has a home in New York.

Political and charitable donations

In 2007, Sandler made a $1 million donation to the Boys and Girls Club in his hometown, Manchester, New Hampshire. He also donated $2,100 to Republican Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign the same year, and is a registered Republican.

Filmography

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	''Going Overboard''	Schecky Moskowitz	First film role
1992	''Shakes the Clown''	Dink the Clown
1993		Carmine
	''Airheads''	Pip
''Mixed Nuts''	Louie
1995	''Billy Madison''	Billy Madison	Also writerNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
	''Happy Gilmore''	Happy Gilmore
	Archie Moses	Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actor
	''The Wedding Singer''	Robbie Hart	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy (Also for ''The Waterboy'')MTV Movie Award for Best KissNominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
	Satan
''The Waterboy''	Robert "Bobby" Boucher Jr.
		Sonny Koufax	Also executive producer and writerBlockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – ComedyKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie ActorMTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformancePeople's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Star in a ComedyRazzie Award for Worst ActorNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male PerformanceNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Cole and Dylan Sprouse)Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst ScreenplayNominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor
''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo''	Robert Justin	Cameo (voice only)
2000	''Little Nicky''	Nicky	Also executive producer and writerNominated – Razzie Award for Worst ActorNominated – Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
2001	''The Animal''	Townie	Cameo executive producer
	''Mr. Deeds''	Longfellow Deeds	Also executive producerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie ActorNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated – Razzie Award for Worst ActorNominated – Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Actor, Comedy
''Punch-Drunk Love''	Barry Egan	Gijón Internation Film Festival Award for Best ActorChlotrudis Award for Best ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best KissNominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
''Eight Crazy Nights''	Davey Stone	VoiceAlso producer and writerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
''A Day with the Meatball''	Himself	Short film
''The Hot Chick''	Mambuza Bongo Guy (''uncredited'')	Cameo executive producer
	''Anger Management''	Dave Buznik	Also executive producer
''Pauly Shore Is Dead''	Himself	Documentary
''Stupidity''	Himself	Documentary
''The Couch''	Couch Testing Guy	Short Film
	''50 First Dates''	Henry Roth	Also executive producerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie ActorMTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (shared with Drew Barrymore)People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Drew Barrymore)Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
	John Clasky
		Paul Crewe	Also executive producerPeople's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male StarNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Leading Man
''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo''	Javier Sandooski (''uncredited'')	Cameo Producer
2006		Michael Newman	Also producerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Movie StarNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male Star
	''Reign Over Me''	Charlie Fineman
''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry''	Chuck Levine
	''You Don't Mess with the Zohan''	Zohan Dvir	Also producer and writer
	Skeeter Bronson	Also producerNominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor
	2009	''Funny People''	George Simmons
	2010		Lenny Feder	Also producer and writer
	''Just Go with It''	Dr. Danny Maccabee	Also producer
	Capuchin Monkey	Also producer
	Jack/Jill Sadelstein	Awaiting release
2012	''I Hate You, Dad''		Filming started in June 2011

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987–1990
1987–1988	''The Cosby Show''	Smitty	Episodes: "Dance Mania""The Locker Room""The Visit""The Prom"
	''The Marshall Chronicles''	Usher	Episode: "Brightman SATyricon"
''ABC Afterschool Special''	Drug Dealer	Episode: "Testing Dirty"
1991–1995	''Saturday Night Live''	Various
2001	''Undeclared''	Himself
2003	''Couch''	Couch Testing Guy
2005	''Getaway''	Henry Roth	Episode: "Found"
2007	''The King of Queens''	Jeff "The Beast" Sussman

Discography

Title	Year	Notes
''They're All Gonna Laugh at You!''	1993	2x Platinum
''What the Hell Happened to Me?''	1996	2x Platinum
''What's Your Name?''	1997	Gold
''Stan and Judy's Kid''	1999	Gold
''Shhh...Don't Tell''	2004

References

External links

Official website

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Nuno Frederico Correia da Silva Lobato Markl (born 21 July 1971) is a Portuguese comedian, writer, radio host, television host and screenwriter. He was born in Lisbon.

Career

Radio

Nuno Markl is well-known in Portugal for his radio series "O Homem que Mordeu o Cão" (''The Man Who Bit The Dog''). It started in 1997, when he joined Pedro Ribeiro, José Carlos Malato and Ana Lamy for the morning show at Rádio Comercial; in 2001, Malato and Lamy left, and were replaced by Maria de Vasconcelos. The radio series later spawned a TV show, and three books.

As of October 2008, Markl works for Antena 3, with his current shows being "São Coisas Que Acontecem", "Laboratolarilolela" (a showcase of lesser known Pimba artists and songs), and "Nuno & Nando" (with Fernando Alvim). Before "São Coisas Que Acontecem", he also ran "Há Vida em Markl" (based on a comic strip formerly published on Inimigo Público) and "O Livro dos Porquês" (where funny answers were given to mundane factoid questions).

Television

Nuno Markl debuted on television in 2001, co-hosting "Sem Filtro" (a youth-oriented talk show on RTP1) alongside Rita Mendes and Gaspar Borges. He then moved to SIC Radical, where he worked on two different projects revolving around his other passion, film. Also in SIC Radical, he had a television show with Fernando Alvim called "O Perfeito Anormal", which launched the comedy troupe Gato Fedorento.

He wrote many cult sketches for Herman José, especially for his show "Herman Enciclopédia". He also wrote for the prematurely cancelled "Programa da Maria" (which had some Upright Citizens Brigade influenced sketches) and now writes for "Os Contemporâneos".

Other projects

Nuno regularly updates his weblog, ''Há Vida em Markl'', providing movie reviews, video blogs, and updates on his work. Other side projects include TV and print ads for Café Delta and performing voice acting duties for the Portuguese version of films:

"Spike" in Flushed Away;

"Raphael" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles;

"Barry B. Benson" in Bee Movie

He was also responsible for translating and adapting Monty Python sketches for an onstage Portuguese version, performed by Bruno Nogueira, Miguel Guilherme, Jorge Mourato, António Feio and José Pedro Gomes.

Personal life

Nuno Markl lives in the Greater Lisbon. He is divorced and he is in a relationship with radio and television show host Ana Galvão, with whom he has a son.

References

External links

Há Vida em Markl - Markl's weblog

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