He’s back! After nearly 30 years since the original movie was released, Adam Sandler is reprising his iconic role as Happy Gilmore in Netflix’s Happy Gilmore 2.
The new movie sees Happy pick up his golf clubs once again in order to fund his daughter’s tuition for ballet school.
Not only are we buzzing to see Adam back as Happy, but many of the OG cast are returning too, as well as a bunch of new characters (including Bad Bunny as Happy’s new caddy) and a whole host of blink and you’ll miss them cameos. But really you should pause and pay attention because these cameos are strictly A-List.
Missed a few while enjoying the new movie? Well here’s the full cast list of old and new characters and all the cameos you may have missed.
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Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore
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The main player returns, Adam Sandler is set to reprise his role as the iconic golfer Happy Gilmore.
Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit
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Also returning is Julie Bowen who played Happy’s wife Virginia in the first movie.
Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin
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And it wouldn’t be Happy Gilmore without Christopher McDonald playing Happy’s nemesis Shooter McGavin.
Dennis Dugan as Doug Thompson
Dennis Dugan returns as Doug Thompson the commissioner of the golf tour.
Ben Stiller as Hal L
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Ok so technically Ben Stiller did appear in the first Happy Gilmore movie, but he went uncredited. He’s now reprising his as role Hal L, who was one of the orderlys at the retirement home. Now he’s left that job and is running a support group.
Kevin Nealon as Gary Potter
During the first movie we also met the character of Gary Potter, who was another professional golfer, and he was played by Kevin Nealon, who is reprising his role.
Benny Safdie as Frank Manatee
Frank Manatee is a sports drink company owner and he’s played by Benny Safdie, who previously worked with Adam on Uncut Gems.
Bad Bunny as Oscar
Oscar is Happy’s new caddy, and from the looks of the trailer has no idea what he’s actually doing. He’s played by singer Bad Bunny.
Sunny Sandler as Vienna Gilmore
Vienna is Happy and Virginia’s only daughter, and she’s the reason her dad has to get back into golf in order to pay for her ballet school tuition. She’s played by Adam Sandler’s real life daughter Sunny.
Kym Whitley as Bessie
Bessie is a member of Hal’s support group and she’s played by Kym Whitley.
Lavell Crawford as Slim Petersen
Slim is the son of Happy’s late mentor Chubbs and is played by comedian and actor Lavell Crawford.
Blake Clark as Farmer Fran
In 1998 Adam Sandler starred in and created the sports comedy movie The Waterboy, which featured a character called Farmer Fran, an assistant coach. He’s played by Blake Clark, and he’s now reprising the role of Farmer Fran but in Happy Gilmore.
Ethan Cutkosky, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip Fine Schneider and Conor Sherry as Happy’s sons – Wayne, Gordie, Bobby, and Terry Gilmore
The sequel movie sees Happy and Virgina have four boys who are known as Wayne, Gordie, Bobby and Terry.
As it’s a film all about golf, it would be remiss if it didn’t feature one or two professional golfers, but rather than just a few, Happy Gilmore 2 had a whole host of golfers take their cameo moment in the film.
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- Keegan Bradley
- Bryson DeChambeau
- John Daly
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Brooks Koepka
- Nelly Korda
- Nancy Lopez
- Rory McIlroy
- Collin Morikawa
- Jack Nicklaus
- Corey Pavin
- Xander Schauffele
- Paige Spiranac
- Scottie Scheffler
- Jordan Spieth
- Justin Thomas
- Lee Trevino
- Will Zalatoris
The movie also features a huge number of recognisable names including actors that frequently appear in other Adam Sandler movies, and some surprising faces too, including Travis Kelce and Eminem, who are playing characters rather than themselves.
- Eric Andre as Steiner
- Reggie Bush as 8 Ball
- Kid Cudi as FBI Agent
- Eminem as Donald Jr
- John Farley as Nate
- Nikki Garcia as Medusa
- Jack Giarraputo as Jack Beard (He’s the co-founder of production company Happy Madison alongside Adam Sandler)
- Marcello Hernández as Esteban
- Oliver Hudson as Harley
- Tim Herlily as Dr Hertz (Tim is also the movie’s writer)
- Martin Herlily as Fitzy (He’s Tim’s son)
- Travis Kelce as Waiter
- Jon Lovitz as Dapper Man
- Becky Lynch as Flex
- Post Malone as DJ Omar Gosh
- Boban Marjanovic as Drago Larson
- Haley Joel Osment as Billy Jenkins
- Dan Patrick as Pat Daniels
- Margaret Qualley as Sally
- Jackie Sandler as Monica (yes as in Adam Sandler’s wife)
- Sadie Sandler as Charlotte (Sadie is Adam’s eldest daughter)
- Rob Schneider as Tricycle Cowboy
- Nick Swardson as Ben Daggett
And then there are a few select celebrities playing themselves in cameo roles too, did you spot all of them?
- Cam’ron as himself
- Alix Earle as herself
- Sean Evans as himself (aka the guy who presents Hot Wings)
- Ken Jennings as himself
- Bobby Lee as himself
- Treasure Wilson as herself
Happy Gilmore 2 is available on Netflix now
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