Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider | |
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Born | Robert Michael Schneider October 31, 1963 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Education | San Francisco State University |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1987–present |
Political party | Democratic (1984–2013) Republican (2013–2017) Independent (2017–present) |
Spouses | London King
(m. 1988; div. 1990)Helena Schneider
(m. 2002; div. 2005)Patricia Azarcoya Arce
(m. 2011) |
Children | 3, including Elle King |
Relatives | John Schneider (brother) |
Website | robschneider |
Robert Michael Schneider (/ˈʃnaɪdər/; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian and anti-vaccine activist. After several years performing stand-up comedy, Schneider achieved wider success as a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1994.
Following his departure from SNL, he went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and its 2005 sequel, The Animal (2001), The Hot Chick (2002), The Benchwarmers (2006), and Big Stan (2007). Schneider is the father of singer Elle King.
Early life
Schneider was born in
Career
Early career
Schneider began his career doing stand-up comedy in San Francisco.[5] He made his debut appearance on television in 1987, on HBO's 13th Annual Young Comedians special, which was hosted by comedian Dennis Miller.[6]
Saturday Night Live
Schneider was part of the comedy team at
Recurring SNL characters
- The Richmeister, an office worker who annoys people by giving them nicknames as they make copies.[8]
- Carlo, from the Il Cantore Restaurant sketches
- The Sensitive Naked Man, a nude man who gives advice to other characters
Feature films, sitcoms, and endorsements
After leaving SNL, Schneider played supporting roles in a series of movies including
Schneider starred in the 1999 feature film
In 2006, Schneider co-starred in the baseball-themed family comedy The Benchwarmers, along with his fellow SNL alumnus David Spade as well as Jon Heder. Other film roles include Schneider's appearance with Jim Henson's Muppets in the 1999 film Muppets from Space, and his role as a San Francisco hobo in the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days.
Schneider's directorial debut, the comedy Big Stan, was released in some overseas markets during the fall of 2008, with a U.S. release in early 2009. In the film, he starred as a real estate con artist who is arrested for perpetrating real-estate scams. He is sentenced to prison, so he takes a crash-course in martial arts to survive incarceration.
Schneider has also appeared in numerous comedies starring his SNL comrade
Schneider played a variety of roles in the 2005 television special Back to Norm, starring another former SNL player Norm Macdonald, and appeared on episodes of the popular television shows Seinfeld and Ally McBeal. Schneider hosted the Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 TV special, and the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, and was a frequent guest on NBC's late-night variety program The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In Schneider's appearance with Leno on the July 24, 2007, episode of The Tonight Show, he showed up in drag as actress Lindsay Lohan after the latter cancelled following a controversial arrest for driving under the influence.[10]
Besides his efforts in movies and television, Schneider released his first comedy album
Schneider appeared in the music video for country singer
Schneider starred as the title character in the CBS sitcom Rob, which was loosely based on his real life. The series ran for eight episodes starting on January 12, 2012 and was canceled in May. In 2015, he produced, directed and starred in Real Rob, a sitcom that follows his life and includes his real-life wife Patricia and daughter Miranda. Netflix released a season of 8 episodes,[11][12] and a second season in 2017.[13][14]
Schneider is the official celebrity spokesperson for the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and the Ten Ren Tea company in Taipei.[15]
Schneider was spokesperson for State Farm Insurance, but was dropped in 2014 due to his anti-vaccination views.[16][17]
In May 2016, Schneider was featured as a special guest on the
In 2021, Schneider competed on season six of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant "Hamster". A running gag is that "Hamster" would pantomime urinating on Nick Cannon and get affectionate with him. When unmasked on the fifth week, Schneider dedicated his performance of Luis Miguel's Sabor a Mí to Patricia and his daughters Miranda, Madeline, and Elle. In addition, Schneider did a variation of his Townie character's "You can do it" line by quoting Hamster's final words "You can do it Masked Singer, all night long!"
In 2022, he starred, produced, and directed in Daddy Daughter Trip, which served as his third film as a director and also starred his wife Patricia and daughter Miranda. The film was to be exclusively shown in Harkins Theaters.[18]
Personal life
Schneider has a daughter with former model London King, musician Elle King, who was born in 1989.[19][20] On September 1, 2021, King gave birth to a son named Lucky, Schneider's first grandchild.[21]
In 1996, Schneider established the Rob Schneider Music Foundation. The foundation returned music education to Pacifica's elementary schools by paying the teachers' salaries and providing funds for instruments and other equipment. Prior to Schneider's efforts, the school system had been without music education programs for years.[22]
Schneider once co-owned the DNA Lounge, a San Francisco nightclub.[23]
On April 23, 2011, Schneider married television producer Patricia Azarcoya Arce in Beverly Hills, California.[4][24][25] Their first child, Miranda Scarlett Schneider, was born in 2012.[26] The couple had their second daughter, Madeline Robbie Schneider, in September 2016.[27] The family supports Mexican soccer club Tigres, which is based in Patricia's hometown of Monterrey, Mexico.[28][29]
In 2023, Schneider converted to
Political views and positions
In 2013, Schneider switched political parties from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, explaining: "The state of California is a mess, and the super majority of Democrats is not working. I've been a lifelong Democrat and I have to switch over because it no longer serves the people of this great state."[33]
In an interview on Larry King Now in 2017, Schneider said he was an independent but leaned more conservative.[34]
In 2023, Schneider endorsed candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[35]
Anti-vaccination activism
Schneider has been a critic of
In 2015, Schneider actively opposed the passage of two California laws, California Assembly Bill 2109 and California Senate Bill 277, which both made childhood vaccination exemptions harder to obtain. On September 28, 2012, Schneider and California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly spoke at the "Medical Freedom Rally", where they urged California Governor Jerry Brown to veto Assembly Bill 2109, which would have made it more difficult for parents to use philosophical reasons for exemptions from mandatory childhood vaccinations. While the bill was not vetoed, Governor Brown added a signing message instructing the Department of Health to add a religious exemption and to make sure the process was not overly burdensome to parents.[38][39][40]
While fighting California Senate Bill 277, which removed exemptions to mandatory vaccinations due to personal beliefs, Schneider left a phone message to California state Assemblywoman and bill co-author Lorena Gonzalez saying that he would spend money against her in her next re-election. Gonzalez, in an interview with The Washington Times, said that she found the message to be disturbing, but upon calling back, she said, "he was actually much nicer to me, but let's be honest ... that is 20 mins of my life I'll never get back arguing that vaccines don't cause autism with Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."[41]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Martians Go Home | Voyeur Martian | |
1991 | Necessary Roughness | Chuck Neiderman | |
1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Cedric the Bellman[42][43] | |
1993 | Surf Ninjas | Iggy | |
Demolition Man | Erwin | Uncredited | |
The Beverly Hillbillies | Woodrow Tyler | ||
1995 | Judge Dredd | Fergee
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1996 | Down Periscope | Lt. Martin Pascal | |
The Adventures of Pinocchio | Volpe | ||
1998 | Knock Off | Tommy Hendricks | |
Susan's Plan | Steve | ||
The Waterboy | Townie | ||
1999 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Deuce Bigalow | Also writer |
Big Daddy | Nazo | ||
Muppets from Space | TV Producer | ||
2000 | Little Nicky | The Townie | |
2001 | The Animal | Marvin Mange | Also writer |
2002 | Mr. Deeds | Nazo, the Italian Delivery Man | Uncredited |
Eight Crazy Nights | Chinese Waiter, Narrator (voices) | ||
The Hot Chick | Clive Maxtone/Jessica Spencer | Also writer | |
2003 | The Electric Piper | Rinky Dinky Dink (voice) | |
2004 | 50 First Dates | Ula | |
Around the World in 80 Days | Hobo | ||
2005 | The Longest Yard | Punky | |
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Deuce Bigalow | Also writer | |
2006 | Grandma's Boy | Yuri | |
The Benchwarmers | Gus Matthews | ||
Click | Prince Habeeboo | Uncredited | |
Shark Bait
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Nerissa, Bart, Conch Shell, Eddie, Indian Crab, Lobster, Lou, Madge the Starfish, Pelican (voices) | English dub | |
Little Man | Dinosaur Rex | Uncredited | |
2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
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Asian Minister | Uncredited |
Big Stan | Stan Minton | Also director and producer | |
2008 | American Crude | Bill | |
You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Salim | ||
Bedtime Stories | Indian Horse Seller / Scammer | Cameo role (uncredited) | |
2009 | Wild Cherry | Father of High School Girl[44] | |
American Virgin | Ed Curtzman | ||
2010 | Grown Ups | Rob Hilliard | |
The Chosen One | Paul Zadzik | Also director, writer, and producer | |
2011 | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Ernesto | |
Top Cat: The Movie | Lou Strickland (voice) | U.S. dub | |
2012 | Noah's Ark: The New Beginning | Zed (voice) | |
The Outback | Johnny the Koala, Narrator, Mac the Kangaroo, Boy #1 (voices) | English dub | |
Wings | Dodo (voice) | English dub | |
The Reef 2: High Tide | Nerissa, Bart, Bud, Doom, Eddie, Lobster, Madge, Max the Crab, Pelican, Sponge (voices) | English dub | |
Dino Time | Dodger (voice) | English dub | |
2013 | InAPPropriate Comedy
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Psychologist / J. D. | |
The Little Penguin Pororo's Racing Adventure | Toto (voice) | English dub | |
2014 | Jungle Shuffle | Chuy, Dr. Loco, Great Monkey, Tuana (voices) | [45] |
Shelby | Shelby (voice) | ||
Wings: Sky Force Heroes | Fred (voice) | English dub | |
2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Ramon | |
The Frog Kingdom | One Eye (voice) | English dub | |
OMG, I'm a Robot! | Robo Joseph (voice) | ||
Pups United | Benny (voice) | [46][47] | |
2016 | Norm of the North | Norm (voice) | |
The Adventures of Panda Warrior | Patrick, Jimmy Ginseng (voices) | English dub[48] | |
2017 | Sandy Wexler | Firuz | |
Ozzy | Vito (voice) | English dub | |
2020 | The Wrong Missy | Komante | |
Hubie Halloween | Richie Hartman | ||
2022 | Home Team | Jamie | |
Daddy Daughter Trip | Larry Buble | Also director and producer | |
2023 | Leo | The principal (voice) | [49] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | 227 | Jeremy | Episode: "House Number" |
1990 | Coach | Leonard Kraleman | Episodes: "Professor Doolittle" and "Leonard Kraleman; All-American" |
1990–1994 | Saturday Night Live | Various roles | Main role; seasons 16–19 |
1996 | Seinfeld | Bob Grossberg | Episode: "The Friars Club" |
1996–1997 | Men Behaving Badly
|
Jamie Coleman | Lead role |
1998 | Ally McBeal | Ross Fitzsimmons | Episode: "Happy Trails" |
2005 | The Andy Milonakis Show | Himself | Season 1, Episodes 8 |
2012 | Rob | Rob | Lead role |
2013 | Inside Amy Schumer | Rich | Episode: "Meth Lab" |
2014 | Hot in Cleveland | Chill | Episode: "Murder House" |
2015–2017 | Real Rob | Rob | Lead role; also creator and executive producer |
2021 | The Masked Singer | Hamster | Eliminated in episode 6 |
2023-present | Chip Chilla | Chum Chum Chilla (voice) | First animated kids' series from The Daily Wire |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | A Fork in the Tale | Delivery guy | |
2018 | Madden NFL 19 | Donnie Marks | Story mode, "Longshot Homecoming" |
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It's actually worth watching the entire jaw-dropping display, because Schneider somehow manages to thread the extraordinary needle of being wrong on every single point he makes.
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External links
- Official website
- Rob Schneider at IMDb