Robert Smigel

Robert Smigel

Known for
Acting
Born
February 7, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Leo 2 poster

Leo 2

Movie

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Grown Ups 3 poster

Grown Ups 3

Movie

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Saturday TV Funhouse poster

Saturday TV Funhouse

TV · as Prozo / Additional Voices · 1 ep

2026
Lorne poster

Lorne

Movie · as Lorne (voice)

2026
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been poster

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

Movie · as Self

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self - SNL Writer 1985 - 2013

2025
Happy Gilmore 2 poster

Happy Gilmore 2

Movie · as The Lawyer

2025
Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 18 eps

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
Between the Temples poster

Between the Temples

Movie · as Rabbi Bruce

2024
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

2023
Leo poster

Leo

Movie · as Miniature Horse / Drone / Old Lizard #1 / Old Lizard #3 (voice)

2023
White House Plumbers poster

White House Plumbers

TV · as Inmate Friedman · 1 ep

2022
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm poster

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

Movie · as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)

2021
The Story of Late Night poster

The Story of Late Night

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2020
The King of Staten Island poster

The King of Staten Island

Movie · as Male Pharmacy Owner

2019
Marriage Story poster

Marriage Story

Movie · as Mediator

2019
What We Do in the Shadows poster

What We Do in the Shadows

TV · as Alexander · 1 ep

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
The Week Of poster

The Week Of

Movie · as ER Doctor

2018
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! poster

The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice/puppeteer) · 1 ep

2017
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show poster

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

Movie · as Self

2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs poster

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

2016
Triumph's Election Special 2016 poster

Triumph's Election Special 2016

Movie · as Triumph

2016
The Do-Over poster

The Do-Over

Movie · as Doctor

2016
Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016

Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016

Movie · as Triumph

2016
Triumph Election Watch

Triumph Election Watch

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History poster

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Movie · as Self

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Misery Loves Comedy poster

Misery Loves Comedy

Movie · as Self

2015
Pixels poster

Pixels

Movie · as White House Reporter #2

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 poster

Hotel Transylvania 2

Movie · as Marty (voice)

2015
The Jack and Triumph Show poster

The Jack and Triumph Show

TV · as Triumph · 7 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest, Triumph the Insult Dog, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 3 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 1 ep

2012
This Is 40 poster

This Is 40

Movie · as Barry

2012
Hotel Transylvania poster

Hotel Transylvania

Movie · as Fake Dracula / Marty (voice)

2011
New Girl poster

New Girl

TV · as Chaplain · 1 ep

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · as Jarvis · 1 ep

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Security Guard (voice), Night Security Guard (voice), Yuli (voice), yuli (voice) · 2 eps

2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square poster

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants poster

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Movie · as Self

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan poster

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Movie · as Yosi

2008
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil poster

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The Gong Show with Dave Attell poster

The Gong Show with Dave Attell

TV · as Self - Celebrity Judge (as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) · 3 eps

2008
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Panelist · 1 ep

2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry poster

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Movie · as Mailman

2007
Robot Chicken: Star Wars poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Movie · as Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)

2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

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

Movie · as Self

2005
Earth to America poster

Earth to America

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

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

Movie · as Self

2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog poster

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

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special poster

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

Movie · as Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)

2003
Last Comic Standing poster

Last Comic Standing

TV · as Self - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 1 ep

2002
Punch-Drunk Love poster

Punch-Drunk Love

Movie · as Walter the Dentist

2002
The Religetables poster

The Religetables

Movie

2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie poster

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Movie · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell poster

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

Movie · as Self

2001
50 Years of NBC Late Night poster

50 Years of NBC Late Night

Movie · as Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (archive footage)

2000
Little Nicky poster

Little Nicky

Movie · as Beefy

2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

TV · as One Hundred (voice) · 1 ep

2000
TV Funhouse poster

TV Funhouse

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 8 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Yari · 1 ep

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Titey poster

Titey

Movie · as The Captain (voice)

1998
Tomorrow Night poster

Tomorrow Night

Movie · as Mailroom Guy #1

1998
The Wedding Singer poster

The Wedding Singer

Movie · as Andre

1998
Hete-Roy poster

Hete-Roy

Movie · as (voice)

1998
Guess Which Person Is Crazy poster

Guess Which Person Is Crazy

Movie

1998
The Letter V poster

The Letter V

Movie · as Phillip

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 3 eps

1996
Happy Gilmore poster

Happy Gilmore

Movie · as IRS Agent

1996
The Dana Carvey Show poster

The Dana Carvey Show

TV · as Various Characters · 8 eps

1996
The Ambiguously Gay Duo poster

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

TV · as Bighead / Beetles of Zolaro / Lizardo / Half-Scary (voice) · 12 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 3 eps

1995
Billy Madison poster

Billy Madison

Movie · as Mr. Oblaski

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 1 ep

1993
Wayne's World 2 poster

Wayne's World 2

Movie · as Concert Nerd

1993
Buddy poster

Buddy

Movie · as Homie 2

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Gabriel Razelton (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel poster

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

Movie · as The Brainwave

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as 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), Albert Einstein (voice), Rudolph Giuliani / John McCain / Various Voices (voice), Al Sharpton (voice) · 40 eps