Ethan Sandler

Biography

Ethan Sandler is an American actor & producer born on 3rd November 1972 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.

Ethan gained popularity as officer Jeffrey Brandau in the crime drama Crossing Jordan, where his wife Kathryn played one of the main roles.

Family, Marriage, Children

Ethan Sandler & Kathryn Hahn Marriage: Ethan Sandler & Actress/ Comedian Kathryn Hahn met at Northwestern University, Evanston as undergraduates. Ethan and Kathryn were dating as of 2000, She was still studying at the Yale School of Drama & he was performing in the theaters. He proposed to her on the Thanksgiving day in 2000. The couple got married on January 3, 2002. She was 29 at the time, he was 30 years old.

Image: Ethan Sandler & Wife Kathryn at the Emmy Celebration

The couple has two children together, a son named Leonard Sandler born in 2006 and a daughter named Mae Sandler born in 2009. The family lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. Kathryn was pregnant with Leonard during the filming of 'Crossing Jordan', her pregnancy was written into the story to make it natural and Ethan was portrayed as the baby's father.

Image: Ethan Sandler Family: Wife Kathryn Hahn, Son Leonard Sandler, Daughter Mae Sandler

Career

Ethan Sandler made his debut with the movie The Chocolate War(1988) where he played the role of teenager David Caroni. Some of the movies he has appeared in are- The Chocolate War(1988), Adventures in Spying(1992), Flushed(1999), The Princess Diaries(2001), The Bourne Supremacy(2004), The Enigma with a Stigma(2006), Gravy(2015), No Pay, Nudity(2016). TV movies include- Quest for Truth(2016), We Hate Paul Revere(2014), A Carol Christmas(2003), She'll Take Romance(1990).

He had a guest role(as Dennis Fincher) in the romantic comedy Sex and the City(2000). Some of the other TV series he had roles in are- Sex and the City, The $treet, Will & Grace, Crossing Jordan, My Boys, Psych, New Girl, Transparent, Family Law.

In 2002 Ethan played the crucial role of Sam in 'Fully Committed'- a play written by Becky Mode in Pittsburgh Public theater, Pennsylvania. The play was directed by Daniel Goldstein.

He has done solo plays in theater such as- Artificial Fellow Traveler, kitchen debate, the Cola Wars, fear of the end of the world, Fully Committed.

He has produced TV series such as- My Boys, Whitney, New Girl.

As a writer he has contributed to projects such as My Boys(TV series), Whitney (TV Series), Effed! (Short movie), We Hate Paul Revere (TV Movie), No She Wasn't (Short movie), No Pay, Nudity(2016 movie), New Girl (TV Series).

As voice artist: He lent voice to multiple characters in the animation movie Meet the Robinsons(2007), he voice at least 7 characters including the villain and a Robot.

Apart from writing, acting, producing movies and TV series he has also occasionally ventured into Song writing, set decoration

Ethan Sandler Interesting Facts

• Family Villa: Ethan Sandler & wife Kathryn Hahn Bought a 1920s Mediterranean Los Feliz Spanish Villa (Los Angeles) in 2016 for $2.55 million. Villa is built in an area of 4000 square foot spread over 0.2 acres of land including the land around. Villa has 4 rooms and 4 bath rooms. They previously owned a villa near Silver Lake which they sold for $1.6 millions.
• Famous comedian and actor Adam Sandler is Ethan's cousin.
• Collaboration with Adrian Wenner: Ethan often works in collaboration with Adrian Wenner, they first teamed up at the Northwestern University, They have worked together in Man With A Plan, This Might Hurt, Epitaph, We Hate Paul Revere.
• Mee-Ow improvisational troupe: Ethan Sandler along with Adrian Wenner and Jason Winer were part of the troupe and used to perform.
• Epitaph: co written by Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner was a finalist at the Edinburgh fringe festival, & won Best Sketch Award at the HBO Comedy Festival.
• Fully Committed: He performed 30 different characters in the one man play over the period of 2 weeks at Theatre on the Square, it was written by Becky Mode.
• He was given the chance to produce Nite skool video in his senior year of High school, a honor given to talented students.
• He remains off the social network, he prefers the privacy.
• Adam Sandler & Ethan Sandler are not related despite their last name, Jewish ethnicity and Hollywood background.

Ethan Sandler Quotes

• She is the best actress I have ever seen (on his wife Kathryn Hahn)