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Robert Francis Goldthwait, better known as Bobcat Goldthwait, is an American comedian, director, actor, voice actor, and screenwriter, known for his acerbic black comedy, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual gruff and high-pitched voice. He came to prominence with his stand-up specials An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait – Share the Warmth and Bob Goldthwait – Is He Like That All the Time? and his acting roles, including Zed in the Police Academy franchise. Since 2012, he has been a regular panelist on the radio quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.
Birth Name
Robert Francis Goldthwait
Born
Saturday, 26 May 1962
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Disturbance in the Force | Self | 2023 |
| Chop & Steele | Himself / Self | 2022 |
| The Comedy Club | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| Joy Ride | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Gary | 2021 |
| The Patrick Star Show | Shmandrake / Baby Shmandrake | 2021 |
| 1 Line Therapy | Self | 2020 |
| It Started as a Joke | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| Henchmen | Jackalope / Jackalope (voice) | 2018 |
| Lucha VaVoom: Inside America's Most Outrageous Show | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Disturbance in the Force | Self | 2023 |
| Chop & Steele | Himself / Self | 2022 |
| The Comedy Club | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| Joy Ride | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Gary | 2021 |
| The Patrick Star Show | Shmandrake / Baby Shmandrake | 2021 |
| 1 Line Therapy | Self | 2020 |
| It Started as a Joke | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| Henchmen | Jackalope / Jackalope (voice) | 2018 |
| Lucha VaVoom: Inside America's Most Outrageous Show | Self | 2018 |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018 |
| Summer Camp Island | Monk Voice / Additional Voices | 2018 |
| Spy Kids: Mission Critical | JT / The Worm | 2018 |
| The History of Comedy | Self | 2017 |
| Stan Against Evil | Bobcat Goldthwait | 2016 |
| Skylanders Academy | Pop Fizz / Pop Fizz (voice) | 2016 |
| Party Legends | Self | 2016 |
| Hidden America with Jonah Ray | Self | 2016 |
| Flophouse | Self | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Call Me Lucky | Himself | 2015 |
| Future-Worm! | Dr. Wolfman | 2015 |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Self - Panelist | 2015 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Maron | Bobcat Goldthwait | 2013 |
| Gotham Comedy Live | Self - Host | 2012 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Dickie | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self | 2012 |
| Harmontown | Self - Guest / Self - Comptroller / Quark Pffft / Mulraine Sadana / Self | 2012 |
| Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either. | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| MoreHorror in Hollywood | Self | 2011 |
| Finding Bigfoot | Self | 2011 |
| Bob's Burgers | Gary / Dino | 2011 |
| Fish Hooks | Roy / Pillow | 2010 |
| Adventure Time | Bird #1 / Ed | 2010 |
| I Am Comic | Self | 2010 |
| Joe Rogan Experience | Himself | 2009 |
| Just for Laughs | Self | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| World's Greatest Dad | Chaffeur | 2009 |
| Regular Show | Johnny Crasher | 2009 |
| Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Himself | 2009 |
| Cincy Entertainment | Self - Comedian | 2009 |
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Self | 2009 |
| Goldthwait Home Movies | Robert Goldthwait | 2008 |
| Back at the Barnyard | Hockey Mask Bob | 2007 |
| Slacker Cats | Cult cat | 2007 |
| Random! Cartoons | Zoopie | 2007 |
| Sleeping Dogs Lie | Roy Orbison | 2006 |
| Baseball Bunch | Self | 2006 |
| Leroy & Stitch | Nosy (voice) / Nosy | 2006 |
| Redneck Comedy Roundup 2 | 2006 | |
| A Halfway House Christmas | Narrator | 2005 |
| Open Mic | Self | 2004 |
| TV Land's Top Ten | Self | 2004 |
| Shorties Watchin' Shorties | Self | 2004 |
| Windy City Heat | The Director | 2003 |
| Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Nosy | 2003 |
| Grind | Bell Clerk | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest / Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Co-Host / Himself / Himself - Director, Call Me Lucky / Himself (as Bobcat Boldthwait) | 2003 |
| When Stand Up Stood Out | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Hansel & Gretel | Troll (voice) / Troll | 2002 |
| Comic Remix | Self | 2002 |
| Crank Yankers | Steven Goldstein | 2002 |
| Mickey's House of Villains | Pain (voice) / Pain | 2001 |
| Blow | Mr. T | 2001 |
| House of Mouse | Pain | 2001 |
| Late Friday | Self - Host | 2001 |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Zingo | 2000 |
| G-Men from Hell | Buster Lloyd | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Michael Borland | 2000 |
| Lion of Oz | Silly Ozbul / Silly Ozbul (voice) | 2000 |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | XL | 2000 |
| Hercules: Zero to Hero | Pain | 1999 |
| Rusty: A Dog's Tale | Jet the Turtle (voice) / Jet the Turtle | 1998 |
| Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998 |
| The Army Show | Used Car Salesman | 1998 |
| Hercules | Pain (voice) / Pain | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Eli | 1998 |
| Stories from My Childhood | The Chief Minister | 1998 |
| Sweethearts | Charles | 1997 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| Hercules | Pain / Pain (voice) | 1997 |
| Viva Variety | Guest | 1997 |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Merlin | 1996 |
| Back to Back | Psycho | 1996 |
| Arli$$ | Bobcat Goldthwait | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Encino Woman | Yogi Paxil | 1996 |
| Mrs. Winterbourne | TV Comedian | 1996 |
| Out There | Cobb | 1995 |
| Mad TV | Host | 1995 |
| Lauren Hutton and... | Self | 1995 |
| Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Bob | 1995 |
| Destiny Turns on the Radio | Mr. Smith | 1995 |
| A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman | Self | 1995 |
| Unhappily Ever After | Mr. Floppy / Mr. Floppy (voice) / Friskie Transvestite / Self / Talkshow Host | 1995 |
| Radioland Murders | Wild Writer | 1994 |
| ER | Mr. Conally | 1994 |
| The Tick | Uncle Creamy | 1994 |
| HBO Comedy Half-Hour | Self | 1994 |
| Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self / Himself | 1994 |
| Comic Relief VI | Self | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Cinque / Wino / Indian | 1994 |
| But... Seriously | Self | 1993 |
| Dave's World | Lanny Greer | 1993 |
| 1993 MTV Video Music Awards | Self | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Freaked | Sockhead / Sockhead as Tourist | 1993 |
| The John Larroquette Show | Bob Barker | 1993 |
| Living Single | Mugger | 1993 |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Panhandler / Bum | 1993 |
| The Ben Stiller Show | Bobcat Goldwait | 1992 |
| The Golden Palace | Gordon M. Cosay | 1992 |
| Eek! The Cat | Blitzen | 1992 |
| The Larry Sanders Show | Bobcat Goldthwait | 1992 |
| Capitol Critters | Muggle / Muggle (voice) | 1992 |
| Comic Relief V | Self | 1992 |
| The A-List | Self | 1992 |
| Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful | Himself / Self | 1991 |
| Herman's Head | Jealousy | 1991 |
| Shakes the Clown | Shakes the Clown | 1991 |
| Little Vegas | 1990 | |
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | The Sandman | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Bobcat Goldthwait | 1989 |
| Meet the Hollowheads | Cop #1 | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Billy Goldman / Big Bad Wolf | 1989 |
| Comic Relief III | Self | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself | 1989 |
| Scrooged | Eliot Loudermilk | 1988 |
| Tapeheads | Get Rich Quick Guy / Don Druzel | 1988 |
| Empty Nest | Bobcat Goldthwait | 1988 |
| Hot to Trot | Fred P. Chaney | 1988 |
| The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1988 |
| The Howard Stern Show | Self | 1987 |
| Married... with Children | Zemus | 1987 |
| Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Zed / Cadet Zed | 1987 |
| Burglar | Carl Hefler | 1987 |
| The 29th Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 1987 |
| An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait: Share the Warmth | Himself / Self | 1987 |
| One Crazy Summer | Egg Stork | 1986 |
| Comic Relief | Self | 1986 |
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Cadet Zed | 1986 |
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Zed | 1985 |
| Massive Retaliation | Ernie Rust / Ernie Rust (as Bob Goldthwait) | 1984 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Kyle Kinane: Dirt Nap | 2024 |
| Joy Ride | 2021 |
| Don't Let The Pigeon Do Storytime | 2020 |
| AJ and the Queen | 2020 |
| Ron Funches: Giggle Fit | 2019 |
| Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters | 2018 |
| Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives | 2018 |
| Patton Oswalt: Annihilation | 2017 |
| Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills | 2016 |
| Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material | 2016 |
| Those Who Can't | 2016 |
| Marc Maron: More Later | 2015 |
| Call Me Lucky | 2015 |
| Eugene Mirman: Vegan on His Way to the Complain Store | 2015 |
| Robert Kelly: Live at the Village Underground | 2014 |
| Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time | 2014 |
| Maron | 2013 |
| Willow Creek | 2013 |
| Harmontown | 2012 |
| God Bless America | 2012 |
| Anjelah Johnson: That's How We Do It! | 2009 |
| Community | 2009 |
| World's Greatest Dad | 2009 |
| Important Things with Demetri Martin | 2009 |
| Goldthwait Home Movies | 2008 |
| Sleeping Dogs Lie | 2006 |
| Windy City Heat | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 |
| Chappelle's Show | 2003 |
| The Man Show | 1999 |
| Shakes the Clown | 1991 |
Producer Filmography
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