Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

Jackie and Adam Sandler appear at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/PA)

The John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts has announced that actor Adam Sandler will receive The Mark Twain Prize for American Humour.

Over the years, the prestigious award has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres.