Comic icon Adam Sandler will be honored with the People’s Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. Thanks to his decade-spanning work in the comedy genre, beginning with Saturday Night Live back in the early 90s, and his roles in the likes of such hits as Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, The Waterboy, the Grown Ups franchise, and many more, Sandler has become “a fixture in the industry,” according to Jen Neal, NBCUniversal Entertainment executive of live events and specials, who released the following statement regarding Sandler receiving the People’s Icon Award.