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Robert Smigel

Known For: Acting
Born: February 7, 1960
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Robert Smigel

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.

Filmography

Rain Reign

2026 · Executive Producer

Lorne

2026 · Lorne (voice)

Downey Wrote That

2025 · Self

Happy Gilmore 2

2025 · The Lawyer

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Self - SNL Writer 1985 - 2013

Hollywood Squares

2025 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025 · Self

Between the Temples

2024 · Rabbi Bruce

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

2024 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice), Producer, Writer, Creator

Leo

2023 · Miniature Horse / Drone / Old Lizard #1 / Old Lizard #3 (voice), Writer, Songs, Director

White House Plumbers

2023 · Inmate Friedman

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

2022 · Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)

The Story of Late Night

2021 · Self

The King of Staten Island

2020 · Male Pharmacy Owner

Marriage Story

2019 · Mediator

What We Do in the Shadows

2019 · Alexander

The Masked Singer

2019 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

The Week Of

2018 · ER Doctor, Director, Writer

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

2017 · Self

Triumph Election Watch

Triumph Election Watch

2016 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016 · Self

Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016

Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016

2016 · Triumph, Executive Producer

Match Game

2016 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

The Do-Over

2016 · Doctor

Triumph's Election Special 2016

2016 · Triumph, Writer

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015 · Marty (voice), Producer, Writer, Executive Producer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self - Guest, Triumph the Insult Dog

Pixels

2015 · White House Reporter #2

The Jack and Triumph Show

2015 · Triumph, Executive Producer, Creator

Misery Loves Comedy

2015 · Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

2013 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013 · Thanks

This Is 40

2012 · Barry

Hotel Transylvania

2012 · Fake Dracula / Marty (voice), Screenplay, Executive Producer

Jack and Jill

2011 · Executive Producer

New Girl

2011 · Chaplain

Portlandia

2011 · Jarvis

Bob's Burgers

2011 · Security Guard (voice), Night Security Guard (voice), Yuli (voice)

Louie

2010 · Story

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

2009 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009 · Self

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

2009 · Self

Match Game

2008 · Panelist

The Gong Show with Dave Attell

2008 · Self - Celebrity Judge (as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008 · Yosi, Executive Producer, Screenplay

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

2008 · Self

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

2007 · Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007 · Mailman

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007 · Self

Earth to America

2005 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

2005 · Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

2004 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

2003 · Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), Writer

Last Comic Standing

2003

Night of Too Many Stars

2003 · Executive Producer

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002 · Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

The Religetables

2002 · , Writer

Punch-Drunk Love

2002 · Walter the Dentist

50 Years of NBC Late Night

2001 · Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (archive footage)

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

2001 · Self

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000 · One Hundred (voice)

Ohh Nooo!!! Mr. Bill's Classics!

2000 · Director

TV Funhouse

2000 · , Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice), Writer, Producer, Creator

Little Nicky

2000 · Beefy

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · Yari

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Hollywood Squares

1998 · Self - Panelist

Titey

1998 · The Captain (voice)

The Wedding Singer

1998 · Andre

Tomorrow Night

1998 · Mailroom Guy #1

Hete-Roy

1998 · (voice), Writer, Producer

Guess Which Person Is Crazy

1998

The Letter V

1998 · Phillip

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

1998 · Writer

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

1996 · Bighead / Beetles of Zolaro / Lizardo / Half-Scary (voice), Creator

The Daily Show

1996 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

The Dana Carvey Show

1996 · Various Characters, Producer, Creator

Happy Gilmore

1996 · IRS Agent

Billy Madison

1995 · Mr. Oblaski

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994 · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Wayne's World 2

1993 · Concert Nerd

Buddy

1993 · Homie 2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (archive footage), Writer

Lookwell

1991 · Producer, Writer

Lookwell

1991 · Writer, Creator

The Simpsons

1989 · Gabriel Razelton (voice)

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988 · The Brainwave, Writer

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Various Characters, Marika Backup Singer (uncredited), Partyer (uncredited), Reporter (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Moviegoer (uncredited), Let's Go to the Movies Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Attorney (uncredited), Advisor (uncredited), Caller (voice) (uncredited), Older Fred Savage (voice) (uncredited), Student (uncredited), Sabra Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Carl Wollarski (uncredited), Inhibited Dance Party USA Dancer (uncredited), Bighead (voice) (uncredited), Director (voice) (uncredited), Dr. Bighead (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Various Voices (voice), Boris Yeltsin (voice), The Captain (voice), Various (voice), Heteroy / Various Voices (voice), William Ginsburg (voice), Geppetto (voice), Lorne Michael (voice), Mexican Father / Various (voice), Director / Various Voices (voice), Al Gore / Various Voices (voice), Lorne Michaels / Various Voices (voice), Elephant Man Bones / Various Voices (voice), Lorne Michael / Various Voices (voice), Papa Smurf (voice), Religetables New Anchor (voice), Bugs Bunny (voice), Popeye (voice), Michael Powell (voice), Pothead Theater Announcer (voice), Santa Claus / Various Voices (voice), Elephant Man Bones / Thomas Mesereau / Scientist / Various (voice), Various Voices (voices), Pat Robinson / Darwin (voice), Writer

The Oscars

1953 · Other

Leo 2

— · , Director, Writer

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

— · Self

Saturday TV Funhouse

— · Prozo / Additional Voices, Creator, Writer

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