Acting

Robert Smigel

Born Feb 7, 1960 · 66 years97 titles 59 movies · 38 TV

Biography

Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, filmmaker, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He is also known for his collaborations with Adam Sandler, including co-writing the first two Hotel Transylvania films and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Smigel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Feb 7, 1960

New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

87

Acting credits

4

Directing

21

Writing

18

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

1953 1 title(s)

The Oscars
tv · Other · ★ 7.0

1975 1 title(s)

Saturday Night Live
tv · as Self - Various Characters, as Marika Backup Singer (uncredited), as Partyer (uncredited), as Reporter (uncredited), as Self (uncredited), as Moviegoer (uncredited), as Let's Go to the Movies Announcer (voice) (uncredited), as Attorney (uncredited), as Advisor (uncredited), as Caller (voice) (uncredited), as Older Fred Savage (voice) (uncredited), as Student (uncredited), as Sabra Announcer (voice) (uncredited), as Carl Wollarski (uncredited), as Inhibited Dance Party USA Dancer (uncredited), as Bighead (voice) (uncredited), as Director (voice) (uncredited), as Dr. Bighead (voice), as Additional Voices (voice), as (voice), as Various Voices (voice), as Boris Yeltsin (voice), as The Captain (voice), as Various (voice), as Heteroy / Various Voices (voice), as William Ginsburg (voice), as Geppetto (voice), as Lorne Michael (voice), as Mexican Father / Various (voice), as Director / Various Voices (voice), as Al Gore / Various Voices (voice), as Lorne Michaels / Various Voices (voice), as Elephant Man Bones / Various Voices (voice), as Lorne Michael / Various Voices (voice), as Papa Smurf (voice), as Religetables New Anchor (voice), as Bugs Bunny (voice), as Popeye (voice), as Michael Powell (voice), as Announcer (voice), as Pothead Theater Announcer (voice), as Santa Claus / Various Voices (voice), as Elephant Man Bones / Thomas Mesereau / Scientist / Various (voice), as Various Voices (voices), as Pat Robinson / Darwin (voice), as Albert Einstein (voice), as Rudolph Giuliani / John McCain / Various Voices (voice), as Al Sharpton (voice), Writer · ★ 6.9

1988 1 title(s)

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
movie · as The Brainwave, Writer · ★ 8.0

1989 1 title(s)

The Simpsons
tv · as Gabriel Razelton (voice) · ★ 8.0

1991 2 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
tv · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · ★ 7.8

1995 1 title(s)

Billy Madison
movie · as Mr. Oblaski · ★ 6.2

1996 4 title(s)

1998 8 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

SpongeBob SquarePants
tv · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · ★ 7.7

2000 5 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2003 3 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · ★ 6.5

2005 2 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 4 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

Louie
tv · Story · ★ 7.8

2011 4 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2015 5 title(s)

2016 6 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

The Week Of
movie · as ER Doctor, Writer, Director · ★ 5.5

2019 4 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

The King of Staten Island
movie · as Male Pharmacy Owner · ★ 7.0

2021 1 title(s)

The Story of Late Night
tv · as Self · ★ 6.6

2022 1 title(s)

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
movie · as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice) · ★ 6.3

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 5 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 4 title(s)