# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akiva-schaffer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:26:45.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akiva-schaffer"
name: "Akiva Schaffer"
slug: "akiva-schaffer"
description: "Akiva Daniel Shebar Schaffer is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and rapper. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Schaffer began his career with The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101. In 2005, Saturday Night Live hired the trio, with Schaffer joining as a writer. In their time at SNL, The Lonely Island pioneered the digital short format, creating popular sketches such as \"Lazy Sunday\", \"I Just Had Sex\", \"I'm on a Boat\", and \"Dick in a Box\". After SNL, Schaffer went on to direct movies including Hot Rod, The Watch, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and The Naked Gun. The Lonely Island has made albums such as Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain, and The Wack Album. Schaffer also produced a number of TV shows and movies, including MacGruber, Pen15, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and Palm Springs."
tagline: "American comedy writer, actor and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akiva_Schaffer_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1977-12-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump