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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2026
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2024
The Simpsons
2025
The Daily Show
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2026
Saturday Night Live
1991
Hollywood Squares
2000
Bob's Burgers
2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2006
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2011
New Girl
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
144
Directing
4
Writing
22
Producing
14
Sound
1
Crew
4
2026
Lorne
as Lorne (voice)
2026
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
as Self
2026
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Writer 1985 - 2013
2025
Happy Gilmore 2
as The Lawyer
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Hollywood Squares
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2025
The Simpsons
as Gabriel Razelton (voice)
2025
Match Game
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024
Between the Temples
as Rabbi Bruce
2024
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2024
The Daily Show
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2023
Leo
as Miniature Horse / Drone / Old Lizard #1 / Old Lizard #3 (voice)
2023
White House Plumbers
as Inmate Friedman
2023
What We Do in the Shadows
as Alexander
2023
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2022
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert) (voice)
2021
The Story of Late Night
as Self
2020
The King of Staten Island
as Male Pharmacy Owner
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Triumph the Insult Dog
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2019
Marriage Story
as Mediator
2019
The Masked Singer
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2018
The Week Of
as ER Doctor
2018
New Girl
as Chaplain
2018
Bob's Burgers
as Yuli (voice)
2018
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice/puppeteer)
2017
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
as Self
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2017
Bob's Burgers
as Night Security Guard (voice)
2016
Triumph's Election Special 2016
as Triumph
2016
The Do-Over
as Doctor
2016
Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016
as Triumph
2016
Triumph Election Watch
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
as Self
2016
Portlandia
as Jarvis
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
2015
Pixels
as White House Reporter #2
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Marty (voice)
2015
The Jack and Triumph Show
as Triumph
2015
Bob's Burgers
as Security Guard (voice)
2015
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2012
This Is 40
as Barry
2012
Hotel Transylvania
as Fake Dracula / Marty (voice)
2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Yari
2010
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as One Hundred (voice)
2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self
2009
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
as Yosi
2008
Last Comic Standing
2008
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
as Self
2008
The Gong Show with Dave Attell
as Self - Celebrity Judge (as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
2008
Match Game
as Panelist
2008
Saturday Night Live
as Al Sharpton (voice)
2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Mailman
2007
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
as Palpatine Parody / Ray (voice)
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
Saturday Night Live
as Albert Einstein (voice)
2007
Saturday Night Live
as Rudolph Giuliani / John McCain / Various Voices (voice)
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2006
Saturday Night Live
as Pat Robinson / Darwin (voice)
2005
Earth to America
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Elephant Man Bones / Thomas Mesereau / Scientist / Various (voice)
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Various Voices (voices)
2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2004
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
2004
Saturday Night Live
as Michael Powell (voice)
2004
Saturday Night Live
as Announcer (voice)
2004
Saturday Night Live
as Pothead Theater Announcer (voice)
2004
Saturday Night Live
as Santa Claus / Various Voices (voice)
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
2003
Saturday Night Live
as Bugs Bunny (voice)
2003
Saturday Night Live
as Popeye (voice)
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
as Walter the Dentist
2002
The Religetables
2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2002
Saturday Night Live
as Lorne Michael / Various Voices (voice)
2002
Saturday Night Live
as Papa Smurf (voice)
2002
Saturday Night Live
as Religetables New Anchor (voice)
2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
as Self
2001
50 Years of NBC Late Night
as Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (archive footage)
2001
TV Funhouse
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voice)
2001
Saturday Night Live
as Al Gore / Various Voices (voice)
2001
Saturday Night Live
as Lorne Michaels / Various Voices (voice)
2001
Saturday Night Live
as Elephant Man Bones / Various Voices (voice)
2000
Little Nicky
as Beefy
2000
TV Funhouse
2000
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
2000
Saturday Night Live
as Geppetto (voice)
2000
Saturday Night Live
as Lorne Michael (voice)
2000
Saturday Night Live
as Mexican Father / Various (voice)
2000
Saturday Night Live
as Director / Various Voices (voice)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
Saturday Night Live
as William Ginsburg (voice)
1998
Titey
as The Captain (voice)
1998
Tomorrow Night
as Mailroom Guy #1
1998
The Wedding Singer
as Andre
1998
Hete-Roy
as (voice)
1998
Guess Which Person Is Crazy
1998
The Letter V
as Phillip
1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
1998
Saturday Night Live
as Boris Yeltsin (voice)
1998
Saturday Night Live
as The Captain (voice)
1998
Saturday Night Live
as Various (voice)
1998
Saturday Night Live
as Heteroy / Various Voices (voice)
1997
Saturday Night Live
as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
Saturday Night Live
as (voice)
1997
Saturday Night Live
as Various Voices (voice)
1996
Happy Gilmore
as IRS Agent
1996
The Dana Carvey Show
as Various Characters
1996
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
as Bighead / Beetles of Zolaro / Lizardo / Half-Scary (voice)
1996
Saturday Night Live
as Bighead (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Saturday Night Live
as Director (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Saturday Night Live
as Dr. Bighead (voice)
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1995
Billy Madison
as Mr. Oblaski
1994
Saturday Night Live
as Inhibited Dance Party USA Dancer (uncredited)
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Concert Nerd
1993
Buddy
as Homie 2
1991
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1991
Saturday Night Live
as Carl Wollarski (uncredited)
1990
Saturday Night Live
as Older Fred Savage (voice) (uncredited)
1990
Saturday Night Live
as Student (uncredited)
1990
Saturday Night Live
as Sabra Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1989
Saturday Night Live
as Caller (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Brainwave
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Moviegoer (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Let's Go to the Movies Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Attorney (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Advisor (uncredited)
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Reporter (uncredited)
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1985
Saturday Night Live
as Marika Backup Singer (uncredited)
1985
Saturday Night Live
as Partyer (uncredited)
Leo 2
Grown Ups 3
Saturday TV Funhouse
as Prozo / Additional Voices