Cast & creator
Robert Smigel
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
87
film credits
107
television credits
144
1953–2026 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 2014
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2015
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Triumph the Insult Dog · 2015
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog · 2015
★ 8.0The Simpsons
Gabriel Razelton (voice) · 1989
Across film & television
Filmography (194)
Showing 194 of 194 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Triumph the Insult Dog
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2015The Simpsons
Gabriel Razelton (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Marika Backup Singer (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Partyer (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Reporter (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Moviegoer (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Let's Go to the Movies Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Attorney (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Advisor (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Caller (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Older Fred Savage (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Student (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Sabra Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Carl Wollarski (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Inhibited Dance Party USA Dancer (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Bighead (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Director (voice) (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Dr. Bighead (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Additional Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
(voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Boris Yeltsin (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
The Captain (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Various (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Heteroy / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
William Ginsburg (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Geppetto (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michael (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Mexican Father / Various (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Director / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Al Gore / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michaels / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Elephant Man Bones / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michael / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Papa Smurf (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Religetables New Anchor (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Bugs Bunny (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Popeye (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Michael Powell (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Announcer (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Pothead Theater Announcer (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Santa Claus / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Elephant Man Bones / Thomas Mesereau / Scientist / Various (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Various Voices (voices)
1975Saturday Night Live
Pat Robinson / Darwin (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Albert Einstein (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Rudolph Giuliani / John McCain / Various Voices (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Al Sharpton (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Bob's Burgers
Security Guard (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers
Night Security Guard (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers
Yuli (voice)
2011
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Writer
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Yari
2000
New Girl
Chaplain
2011
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2013
What We Do in the Shadows
Alexander
2019
The Masked Singer
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2019
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
One Hundred (voice)
2000
Portlandia
Jarvis
2011
The Oscars
Other
1953
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
1994
Match Game
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2016
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
SpongeBob SquarePants
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
1999
Hotel Transylvania
Fake Dracula / Marty (voice)
2012Hotel Transylvania
Executive Producer
2012Hotel Transylvania
Screenplay
2012
Louie
Story
2010
Pixels
White House Reporter #2
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
Marty (voice)
2015Hotel Transylvania 2
Producer
2015Hotel Transylvania 2
Executive Producer
2015Hotel Transylvania 2
Writer
2015
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Thanks
2013
Hollywood Squares
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2025
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Yosi
2008You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Executive Producer
2008You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Screenplay
2008
Happy Gilmore
IRS Agent
1996
White House Plumbers
Inmate Friedman
2023
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
Marriage Story
Mediator
2019
Last Comic Standing
2003
Happy Gilmore 2
The Lawyer
2025
Punch-Drunk Love
Walter the Dentist
2002
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Mailman
2007
Jack and Jill
Executive Producer
2011
This Is 40
Barry
2012
Leo
Miniature Horse / Drone / Old Lizard #1 / Old Lizard #3 (voice)
2023Leo
Songs
2023Leo
Writer
2023Leo
Director
2023
Little Nicky
Beefy
2000
The Wedding Singer
Andre
1998
TV Funhouse
2000TV Funhouse
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2000TV Funhouse
Writer
2000TV Funhouse
Producer
2000TV Funhouse
Creator
2000
The King of Staten Island
Male Pharmacy Owner
2020
The Do-Over
Doctor
2016
Billy Madison
Mr. Oblaski
1995
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
Bighead / Beetles of Zolaro / Lizardo / Half-Scary (voice)
1996The Ambiguously Gay Duo
Creator
1996
Wayne's World 2
Concert Nerd
1993
Lorne
Lorne (voice)
2026
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
Self
2008
The Story of Late Night
Self
2021
The Week Of
ER Doctor
2018The Week Of
Writer
2018The Week Of
Director
2018
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice/puppeteer)
2018
The Gong Show with Dave Attell
Self - Celebrity Judge (as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
2008
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
The Dana Carvey Show
Various Characters
1996The Dana Carvey Show
Producer
1996The Dana Carvey Show
Creator
1996
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2002
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Writer 1985 - 2013
2025
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2009
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Saturday TV Funhouse
Prozo / Additional Voices
Saturday TV Funhouse
Writer
Saturday TV Funhouse
Creator
Saturday TV Funhouse
Creator
Between the Temples
Rabbi Bruce
2024
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Writer
1998
The Jack and Triumph Show
Triumph
2015The Jack and Triumph Show
Executive Producer
2015The Jack and Triumph Show
Creator
2015
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)
2007
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)
2022
Grown Ups 3
Lookwell
Writer
1991Lookwell
Creator
1991
Downey Wrote That
Self
2025
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Writer
2003
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
2009
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2017
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015
Match Game
Panelist
2008
Earth to America
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2005
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
Self
2017
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Writer
1989
Leo 2
Leo 2
Director
Leo 2
Writer
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (archive footage)
2001
Tomorrow Night
Mailroom Guy #1
1998
Night of Too Many Stars
Executive Producer
2003
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Self
2001
Lookwell
Producer
1991Lookwell
Writer
1991
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Self
2026
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self
2016
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
Buddy
Homie 2
1993
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
The Brainwave
1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Writer
1988
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2024Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
Producer
2024Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
Creator
2024Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
Writer
2024
Triumph's Election Special 2016
Triumph
2016Triumph's Election Special 2016
Writer
2016
Guess Which Person Is Crazy
1998Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016
Triumph
2016Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016
Executive Producer
2016
Ohh Nooo!!! Mr. Bill's Classics!
Director
2000
Titey
The Captain (voice)
1998Rain Reign
Executive Producer
2026
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2004
The Religetables
2002The Religetables
Writer
2002
The Letter V
Phillip
1998Triumph Election Watch
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2016
Hete-Roy
(voice)
1998Hete-Roy
Producer
1998Hete-Roy
Writer
1998