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Adam Pally

Biography

Adam Pally is an American comedian and actor who began doing improvisational and sketch comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York in 2002 and graduated from The New School in 2004. He first earned recognition for playing Max Blum on the ABC comedy Happy Endings, a lead role he held from 2011 to 2013, and received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for supporting work in a comedy series. He went on to play Dr. Peter Prentice on The Mindy Project for its second and third seasons, departing in 2015. His films include Solitary Man (2009), The To Do List (2013), A.C.O.D. (2013), Search Party (2014) and Slow Learners (2015), and he plays Wade Whipple in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and its sequels, plus the spin-off series Knuckles. He also starred in Making History and executive produced The President Show.

44years old

Turns 45 on March 18in 156 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
  • Adam Saul Pally (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
23
Career span
17 years2009 to 2026

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  1. Own stunts

    On June 5, 2015, Pally, Gil Ozeri and John Gemberling got attention for a 50-hour marathon of Entourage with Funny or Die, watching every episode in a row without breaks.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 2009, Pally made a UCB Comedy parody of the "David After Dentist" internet phenomenon. Called "David After Divorce," it got more than 4.9 million views on YouTube.

  3. Early training

    Since 2002, Pally has done sketch and improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, and he continues to appear in shows at the theater's Los Angeles division.

  4. Behind the camera

    Reports in 2012 said Pally wrote a script with Gil Ozeri, a collaborator he worked with often. Gary Sanchez Productions, the company of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, was producing it.

Adam Pally movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Sonic the Hedgehog2020 Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fias Wade

    IMDb rating 6.5197K votes

  2. Dirty Grandpa2016 Comedyas Cousin Nick

    IMDb rating 5.9143K votes

  3. Sonic the Hedgehog 22022as Wade

    IMDb rating 6.5120K votes

  4. Search Party2014as Evan

    IMDb rating 5.68.6K votes

  5. Sonic the Hedgehog 32024as Wade

    IMDb rating 6.985K votes

  6. Shimmer Lake2017as Reed Ethington

    IMDb rating 6.318K votes

  7. Band Aid2017as Ben

    IMDb rating 6.66.2K votes

  8. Joshy2016as Ari

    IMDb rating 5.94.9K votes

Most often with

Jeff Fowler directed three of these films, Jeff Baena two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Adam Pally's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.5 billion

14 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 23 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 14Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $492M31.8% of the total
  2. 2
    $405M26.2% of the total
  3. 3
    $320M20.6% of the total
  4. 4
    GOAT2026as Gerald (voice)
    $194M12.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Dirty Grandpa2016as Cousin Nick
    $94M6.1% of the total
  6. 6
    $23M1.5% of the total
  7. 7
    Dog Days2018as Dax
    $6.8M0.4% of the total
  8. 8
    Solitary Man2009as Irate Student
    $5.0M0.3% of the total
The To Do List (2013), $3.6 millionHell of a Summer (2025), $3.2 millionThe Little Hours (2017), $1.6 millionBand Aid (2017), $248,370A.C.O.D. (2013), $175,705The 4:30 Movie (2024), $2,385

$8.8 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total