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).

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
Saturday Night Live
2012
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2018
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2014
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2009
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2018
The Naked Gun
2025
Grown Ups 2
2013
PEN15
2019
Scream VI
2023
The Lego Movie
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
39
Directing
21
Writing
9
Producing
20
Editing
3
Sound
2
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Director
2025
The Naked Gun
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
Scream VI
as Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Various Characters (voice)
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Alice Cooper
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
as Mark McGwire
2018
7 Splinters in Time
as McFly
2018
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Brett Booth
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
as Alan
2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Lawrence Dunn
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2016
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
Neighbors
as Toga #2
2014
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
2013
Grown Ups 2
as Male Cheerleader
2012
The Watch
as Casual Wanker #3
2012
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
as Guy (uncredited)
2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
2009
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Self
2009
Saturday Night Live
as Kiv (uncredited)
2009
Saturday Night Live
as Guy Selling Guy (uncredited)
2008
Water and Power
as Ambassador
2008
Saturday Night Live
as Bad Guy (uncredited)
2008
Saturday Night Live
as DJ (uncredited)
2007
Fighting neighbors
2007
Hot Rod
as Derrick (uncredited)
2006
Awesometown
as Self
2006
Awesometown
2005
Football Town
as Walt Rice
2005
House of Cosbys
as Cosby Team TriOsby (voice)
2005
The 'Bu
as self
2003
Regarding Ardy
as Kiv
2001
White Power
as Kiv
Anger Managment
Hot Seat
Peppers