Akiva Schaffer

Akiva Schaffer is a American actor, comedy writer, songwriter, film director, rapper, and member of The Lonely Island.

Biography
Schaffer was born in Berkley, California to Jewish parents. Akiva is married to comedy writer and actress, Liz Cackowski and they also have two children together.

Career
He majored in film in the University of California, Santa Cruz. Schaffer directed, co-wrote, and edited the majority of the SNL Digital Shorts. He was the director of "Lazy Sunday", "I Just Had Sex", "Natalie's Rap", and "Like A Boss". Schaffer also directed and starred in the film, Hot Rod. His second feature film directorial project, The Watch, was released on July 27, 2012 which earned the film $67.9 million during it's run. He also directed the third season finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which also stars his friend and comedy partner, Andy Samberg. Schaffer's most recent project is The Lonely Island's second feature film, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping which he co-directed with Jorma Taccone, also co-written and co-produced by with Andy and Jorma.