Akiva Schaffer

Birthday: 1977-12-01
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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).

Credits

Year Title Character
Anger Managment
Hot Seat
Peppers
2025-07-30 The Naked Gun Additional Voices (voice)
2023-03-08 Scream VI Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
2022-09-08 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Alice Cooper
2022-05-20 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Various Characters (voice)
2019-05-22 The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Mark McGwire
2018-07-13 7 Splinters in Time McFly
2017-02-07 Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special Alan
2016-06-03 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Lawrence Dunn
2014-05-08 Neighbors Toga #2
2013-07-11 Grown Ups 2 Male Cheerleader
2012-07-26 The Watch Casual Wanker #3
2007-08-03 Hot Rod Derrick (uncredited)
2007-01-01 Fighting neighbors
2005-12-28 Football Town Walt Rice
2003-02-01 Regarding Ardy Kiv
2001-12-01 White Power Kiv