Basic Information About Bobcat Goldthwait
Full Name | Robert Francis Goldthwait |
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Category | Celebrities βΊ Comedians |
Professions | Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Comedian, Television Director, Film Producer, Voice Actor |
Net worth | $3,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1962-05-26 (62 years old) |
Place of birth | Syracuse |
Nationality | United States of America |
Education | Graduated |
Curiosities and Trademarks | Loud, trembling voice |
Father | Thomas Lincoln Goldthwait |
Mother | Kathleen Ann (Welch) |
Spouse | Sarah de Sa Rego - (17 OctoberΒ 2009 - 2014)Β (divorced) Ann Luly - (31 AugustΒ 1986 - 1998)Β (divorced)Β (2 children) |
Kids | Tasha |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ Instagram βοΈ Twitter βοΈ Imdb |
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What Movie Awards did Bobcat Goldthwait win?
Oscar |
Golden Globe |
Golder Raspberry |
BAFTA |
Other |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Bobcat Goldthwait awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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Grand Special Prize - | Nominee | World's Greatest Dad | 2009 |
New Visions Award - Non Fiction | Nominee | Willow Creek | 2013 |
Grand Special Prize - | Nominee | God Bless America | 2012 |
Audience Award - Festival Favorites | Nominee | God Bless America | 2012 |
People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness | Nominee | God Bless America | 2011 |
Bobcat Goldthwait roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Blow | Mr. T |
Hercules | Pain (voice) |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Zed (as Bob Goldthwait) |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Zed |
One Crazy Summer | Egg Stork |
Freaked | Sockhead as Tourist / Sockhead (voice) |
Scrooged | Eliot Loudermilk |
Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Cadet Zed |
Grind | Bell Clerk (as Bob Goldthwait) |
Mrs. Winterbourne | TV Comedian (uncredited) |
World's Greatest Dad | Director |
World's Greatest Dad | Writer |
World's Greatest Dad | Chaffeur (uncredited) |
Willow Creek | Director |
Willow Creek | Writer |
God Bless America | Director |
God Bless America | Writer |
The Tick | Uncle Creamy 1 episode, 1996 |
Regular Show | Johnny Crasher 1 episode, 2013 |
Community | Director |
Tales from the Crypt | Big Bad Wolf / ... 2 episodes, 1990-1996 |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? | The Sandman 1 episode, 1993 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Zingo 1 episode, 2013 |
The Simpsons | Bobcat Goldthwait 1 episode, 1998 |
ER | Mr. Conally 1 episode, 1995 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self 3 episodes, 1994-2002 |
AJ and the Queen | Director |
Unhappily Ever After | Writer |
Unhappily Ever After | Mr. Floppy / ... 100 episodes, 1995-1999 |
Future-Worm! | Dr. Wolfman 1 episode, 2016 |
Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Merlin 1 episode, 1997 |
Dave's World | Lanny Greer 1 episode, 1994 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Michael Borland 1 episode, 2003 |
That '70s Show | Eli 1 episode, 2003 |
Stan Against Evil | Bobcat Goldthwait 1 episode, 2018 |
The Larry Sanders Show | Bobcat Goldthwait 2 episodes, 1993-1994 |
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Dickie 1 episode, 2013 |
Hercules | Pain 26 episodes, 1998-1999 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self 1 episode, 2018 |
The Ben Stiller Show | Bobcat Goldwait 1 episode, 1992 |
Summer Camp Island | Additional Voices / ... 1 episode, 2019 |
House of Mouse | Pain 5 episodes, 2001-2002 |
Bob's Burgers | Dino / ... 2 episodes, 2013-2020 |
Crank Yankers | Director |
Crank Yankers | Steven Goldstein 1 episode, 2003 |
Living Single | Mugger 2 episodes, 1996 |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | XL 5 episodes, 2000 |
Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self 1 episode, 2013 |
The Daily Show | Self 3 episodes, 1996-1998 |
The Golden Palace | Gordon M. Cosay 1 episode, 1992 |
Bobcat Goldthwait's Quotes
- If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me! Don't chase me around! Don't be going 'whhhoooo I'm gonna sell this to Spike Lee, or Bob Saget.'
- [from "Bob Goldthwait - Is He Like That All The Time?" on HBO]: America is one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.
- That movie looks so bad, I can't believe I wasn't in it.
- You can't blame the President for everything that's wrong with this country. That's like blaming Ronald McDonald if you get a bad cheeseburger.
- (about fatherhood, 1992) Yeah, my kids have already started a support group.
Interesting Facts about Bobcat Goldthwait
- During his May 9, 1994 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), he poured lighter fluid on his chair and set it on fire.
- Was the subject (sort of) of the independent film Calling Bobcat (2000). In a key part of the film, the two main characters theorize about the sobering effect that drinking olive oil before drinking alcohol can have on the human body. This is a reference to lines spoken by Bobcat Golthwait's character in the film Burglar (1987). After the stunt fails, the two characters spend much of the movie trying to track down the comedian.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 186-187. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
- Father of Tasha Goldthwait.
- He's a longtime childhood friend of "Spongebob Squarepants" voice talent Tom Kenny.
- Was a close personal friend of Kurt Cobain.
- He attended Bishop Grimes High School in East Syracuse, graduating with voice actor Tom Kenny, who is best known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999). Goldthwait & Kenny were in the class of 1980.
- Since 2000, he's directed other segments for shows on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show (2003), The Man Show (1999) and Strip Mall (2000).
- Goldthwait's film Stay (2006) was recently bought by Roadside Attractions & Samuel Goldwyn Films at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival for the North American rights to the film. Gaumont also bought it for the international rights to the film.
- Recently between June 9 - 17, 2006, Goldthwait attended the 2006 CineVegas Film Festival. He's also the panelist for the CineVegas "Outlaw Cinema Panel", which started on June 11th. Reviews after this day complemented him as the most talkative and the most interesting panelist.
- He played "The Sandman" in an episode of the children's television show, Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of the Final Wish (1993).
- On the Family Guy (1999) episode, Family Guy: The Perfect Castaway (2005), "Peter Griffin" recalls being on a game show, Bobcat or Bjork, where he heard a sound and had to guess if it was by Bobcat, or Icelandic vocalist BjΓΆrk. He guessed it was Bobcat, but the host tells Peter it was Bjork.
- Finishing up his stand up tour during the writer's strike. [February 2008]
- has a new comedy album on CD coming out on September 23, 2003 by Comedy Central Records. The name of the album is: "I Don't Want To Insult You, But You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait" (a.k.a. - The Uninspired Ramblings of a 40 Old Has-Been). [September 2003]
- Current feature film in production starting July 2008: World's Greatest Dad (2009). [June 2008]
- Currently directing ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), where ratings have sky-rocketed since he joined the show, to touring the country with his unique comedy style. [April 2005]
- Since Bobcat Goldthwait released his new film "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (a.k.a. Stay (2006)), he is now a TV/film director. It's not his first time directing for television, though. In his October 2006 interview in Suicide Girls, he announced that he's not going back to stand-up comedy and has no interest of doing so. He also admitted that directing is his favorite thing to do. [December 2006]
- Pleaded no contest to charges stemming from setting his chair on fire on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). Goldthwait was fined $3,880 and ordered to do public-service announcements to promote a local burn center. Along with the fine and PSA's, he was given three years informal probation.
- He trashed the set of The Arsenio Hall Show (1989), during his appearance in 1994. He tried to break a TV monitor, moved the guest couch several times and spray painted a wall with the following: "Paramount Sucks".
- Was very close to the late Robin Williams.
Additional information of Bobcat Goldthwait
Zodiac | Gemini |
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Lucky Number | 4 |
Lucky Stone | Agate |
Lucky Color | Yellow |
Best Match for Marriage | Leo, Aquarius, Libra |
Break Up | Nikki Cox |
Divorce | Ann Luly |
Eye Color | Grey |
Hair Color | Brown |
Ethnicity | Mixed |
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