Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, 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 also co-wrote the first two Hotel Transylvania films and You Don't Mess with the Zohan, both starring Adam Sandler. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Smigel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
2025
as Self
Comedy stars unite to honor Conan O'Brien as he receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

Between the Temples
2024
as Rabbi Bruce
A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adul...
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
2024
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hosts his game show "Let's Make a Poop" live from the Castro Theatre at SF Sketchfest. With announcer Michael Winslow, g...
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
2024
Producer, Writer, Creator
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hosts his game show "Let's Make a Poop" live from the Castro Theatre at SF Sketchfest. With announcer Michael Winslow, g...

Leo
2023
as Miniature Horse / Drone / Old Lizards #1 & #3 (voice)
Jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one y...

Leo
2023
Writer, Songs, Director
Jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one y...

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
2022
as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s fav...

The King of Staten Island
2020
as Male Pharmacy Owner
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved l...

Marriage Story
2019
as Mediator
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

The Week Of
2018
as ER Doctor
The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

The Week Of
2018
Director, Writer
The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the...

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017
as Self
It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends...
Triumph Election Watch
2016
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Triumph reports from the first Presidential debate, discusses the race with 538 poll analyst Nate Silver, and walks the Emmy red carpet with a celebri...

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike Singleta...
Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016
2016
as Triumph
In his newest election special, Triumph reports from both political conventions, covering the candidates, photobombing news anchors, harassing and pra...
Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016
2016
Executive Producer
In his newest election special, Triumph reports from both political conventions, covering the candidates, photobombing news anchors, harassing and pra...

The Do-Over
2016
as Doctor
The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure.
Triumph’s Election Special 2016
2016
as Triumph
In his election special, Triumph reports from the primary states, chases down Ted Cruz and other candidates, coaches Mike Huckabee, and attends town h...
Triumph’s Election Special 2016
2016
Writer
In his election special, Triumph reports from the primary states, chases down Ted Cruz and other candidates, coaches Mike Huckabee, and attends town h...

Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Marty (voice)
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of sup...

Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Producer, Writer, Executive Producer
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of sup...

Pixels
2015
as White House Reporter #2
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Thanks
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Ches...

This Is 40
2012
as Barry
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their hous...

Hotel Transylvania
2012
as Fake Dracula / Marty (voice)
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One spe...

Hotel Transylvania
2012
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One spe...

Jack and Jill
2011
Executive Producer
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...

SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
It's the Krusty Krab's eleventy-seventh anniversary, and the nostalgia has SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs looking back on key events in ...

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Yosi
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
Executive Producer, Screenplay
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2007
as Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)
A series of 30 sketches, following the hilarious antics of various characters from a galaxy, far, far away.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Mailman
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

Earth to America
2005
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2004
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
A hilarious collection of some of the best Triumph the Insult Comic Dog segments from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how f...

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Writer
Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how f...

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the o...

The Religetables
2002
A VeggieTales parody showing the atrocities, violence, and scandals committed by religious figures or in the name of religion, including witch trials,...

The Religetables
2002
Writer
A VeggieTales parody showing the atrocities, violence, and scandals committed by religious figures or in the name of religion, including witch trials,...

Punch-Drunk Love
2002
as Walter the Dentist
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

Ohh Nooo!!! Mr. Bill's Classics!
2000
Director
The hapless man made of clay hosts this showcase of comedy sketches, while trying to avoid the tricks of his frenemies, Mr. Hands and Sluggo.

Little Nicky
2000
as Beefy
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

Titey
1998
as The Captain (voice)
A Saturday Night Live parody of a (fictional) Walt Disney film of the famous Titanic. Jason Alexander provides the voice for the ship, and Whoopi Gold...

The Wedding Singer
1998
as Andre
Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her f...

Tomorrow Night
1998
as Mailroom Guy #1
Charles is the owner of a photo-shop. He is not too friendly and spends his evenings alone, and one day he finally decides to get a social life. He me...

Hete-Roy
1998
as (voice)
Hete-Roy, in his conservative suit and tie, is a one man conversion-therapy campaign as he zaps gay people with his Bible, switching them from gay to ...

Guess Which Person Is Crazy
1998
short film by Louis C.K.

The Letter V
1998
as Phillip
Louis C.K. recruited his Conan and Dana Carvey Show cohort Robert Smigel to star in another Sunny Skies segment, with Smigel playing the host of a Ses...

Hete-Roy
1998
Writer, Producer
Hete-Roy, in his conservative suit and tie, is a one man conversion-therapy campaign as he zaps gay people with his Bible, switching them from gay to ...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Writer
Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.

Happy Gilmore
1996
as IRS Agent
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

Billy Madison
1995
as Mr. Oblaski
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his fath...

Wayne's World 2
1993
as Concert Nerd
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headlin...

Buddy
1993
as Homie 2
Two buddies, two dudes and two homies hang out on a train.

Lookwell
1991
Producer, Writer
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being ...

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as The Brainwave
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
Writer
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Leo 2
N/A
Adam Sandler's animated comedy movie Leo will receive a sequel, as Netflix's Ted Sarandos has confirmed ideas are being hashed out now.