Acting

Robert Smigel

Born: 1960-02-07
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

101 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

2026 · Movie

Self

Lorne

2026 · Movie

Lorne (voice)

Rain Reign

2026 · Movie

Executive Producer

Downey Wrote That

2025 · Movie

Self

Happy Gilmore 2

2025 · Movie

The Lawyer

Hollywood Squares

2025 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

Self - SNL Writer 1985 - 2013

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025 · TV Show

Self

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025 · Movie

Self

Between the Temples

2024 · Movie

Rabbi Bruce

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

2024 · Movie

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

Leo

2023 · Movie

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

White House Plumbers

2023 · TV Show

Inmate Friedman

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

2022 · Movie

Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)

The Story of Late Night

2021 · TV Show

Self

The King of Staten Island

2020 · Movie

Male Pharmacy Owner

Marriage Story

2019 · Movie

Mediator

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · TV Show

Self

The Masked Singer

2019 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

What We Do in the Shadows

2019 · TV Show

Alexander

The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!

2018 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice/puppeteer)

The Week Of

2018 · Movie

ER Doctor · Writer · Director

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017 · Movie

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

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

2017 · Movie

Self

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016 · Movie

Self

Match Game

2016 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

The Do-Over

2016 · Movie

Doctor

Triumph Election Watch

2016 · Movie

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Triumph's Election Special 2016

2016 · Movie

Triumph · Writer

Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016

2016 · Movie

Triumph · Executive Producer

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015 · Movie

Marty (voice) · Producer · Writer · Executive Producer

Misery Loves Comedy

2015 · Movie

Self

Pixels

2015 · Movie

White House Reporter #2

The Jack and Triumph Show

2015 · TV Show

Triumph · Executive Producer · Creator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · TV Show

Self - Guest · Triumph the Insult Dog · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · TV Show

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · TV Show

Self - Guest

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

2013 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013 · Movie

Thanks

Hotel Transylvania

2012 · Movie

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

This Is 40

2012 · Movie

Barry

Bob's Burgers

2011 · TV Show

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

Jack and Jill

2011 · Movie

Executive Producer

New Girl

2011 · TV Show

Chaplain

Portlandia

2011 · TV Show

Jarvis

Louie

2010 · TV Show

Story

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

2009 · Movie

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009 · Movie

Self

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

2009 · TV Show

Self

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

2008 · TV Show

Self

Match Game

2008 · TV Show

Panelist

The Gong Show with Dave Attell

2008 · TV Show

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

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008 · Movie

Yosi · Executive Producer · Screenplay

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007 · Movie

Mailman

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

2007 · Movie

Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)

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

2007 · Movie

Self

Earth to America

2005 · Movie

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

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

2005 · Movie

Self

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

2004 · Movie

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Last Comic Standing

2003 · TV Show

Cast

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

2003 · Movie

Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) · Writer

Night of Too Many Stars

2003 · TV Show

Executive Producer

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002 · Movie

Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Punch-Drunk Love

2002 · Movie

Walter the Dentist

The Religetables

2002 · Movie

Cast · Writer

50 Years of NBC Late Night

2001 · Movie

Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (archive footage)

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

2001 · Movie

Self

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000 · TV Show

One Hundred (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · TV Show

Yari

Little Nicky

2000 · Movie

Beefy

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

2000 · Movie

Director

TV Funhouse

2000 · TV Show

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

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999 · Movie

Self

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)

Guess Which Person Is Crazy

1998 · Movie

Cast

Hete-Roy

1998 · Movie

(voice) · Writer · Producer

Hollywood Squares

1998 · TV Show

Self - Panelist

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

1998 · Movie

Writer

The Letter V

1998 · Movie

Phillip

The Wedding Singer

1998 · Movie

Andre

Titey

1998 · Movie

The Captain (voice)

Tomorrow Night

1998 · Movie

Mailroom Guy #1

Happy Gilmore

1996 · Movie

IRS Agent

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

1996 · TV Show

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

The Daily Show

1996 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

The Dana Carvey Show

1996 · TV Show

Various Characters · Producer · Creator

Billy Madison

1995 · Movie

Mr. Oblaski

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994 · TV Show

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Buddy

1993 · Movie

Homie 2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · TV Show

Self - Guest · Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · Cast · Writer

Wayne's World 2

1993 · Movie

Concert Nerd

Lookwell

1991 · Movie

Producer · Writer

Lookwell

1991 · TV Show

Writer · Creator

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989 · Movie

Writer

The Simpsons

1989 · TV Show

Gabriel Razelton (voice)

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

1988 · Movie

The Brainwave · Writer

Saturday Night Live

1975 · TV Show

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) · (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) · Announcer (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) · Writer

The Oscars

1953 · TV Show

Other

Grown Ups 3

Date unknown · Movie

Cast

Leo 2

Date unknown · Movie

Cast · Director · Writer

Saturday TV Funhouse

Date unknown · TV Show

Prozo / Additional Voices · Writer · Creator