Bobby Moynihan

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Bobby Moynihan
Moynihan in 2007
Born
Robert Michael Moynihan Jr.

(1977-01-31) January 31, 1977 (age 47)
Eastchester, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Connecticut (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
  • singer
Years active1996–present
Notable work
Spouse
Brynn O'Malley
​
(m. 2016)​
Children1

Robert Michael Moynihan Jr. (born January 31, 1977)[1][2][3][4] is an American actor and comedian. Moynihan was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2017.[5]

Outside of SNL, he has also voiced Louie Duck on Disney's DuckTales from 2017 to 2021, Panda in We Bare Bears from 2015 to 2020, and Hal the Dog in the PBS Kids series Nature Cat from 2015 to 2024. He has also starred in animated films such as Monsters University (2013) and The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and its 2019 sequel. He portrayed Jayden Kwapis on the sitcom Mr. Mayor and the manatee Loafy in the 2020 show of the same name of which he is also the creator, executive producer, director and writer.

Early life and education[edit]

Moynihan was born and raised in Eastchester, New York.[1][6] He graduated from the University of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts in 1999.[7]

Career[edit]

Moynihan frequently performed with the Derrick Comedy sketch group and appeared in many of their popular internet videos and various projects. He also filmed a supporting role in the group's feature film Mystery Team, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 before a limited theatrical release.

In mid-2008, Moynihan had a supporting role in the popular web-series The Line, an online video project funded by Lorne Michaels' production company, directed by SNL head writer and cast member Seth Meyers, and starring SNL cast members Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis. He acted as a sketch regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien for a number of years and was a contributing writer on MTV's Human Giant, and in years past, he often submitted scripts to SNL with comedy partner Charlie Sanders. Moynihan has also acted in a number of comedy shorts for the website CollegeHumor, including their webseries Every Week on Entourage where he plays "Turtle" from Entourage. During the summer of 2008, Moynihan featured in a national television ad campaign for ESPN Radio with Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay.[8][9] In the summer of 2009, Moynihan starred in the music video for Colbie Caillat's single, "Fallin' for You".[10] He also appeared in three of The Lonely Island's music videos; "Boombox", "Shy Ronnie 2" and "Threw It On The Ground". He made a guest appearance as the drug-addicted Conrad Bellingham on Mercy. He also appeared in the films The Invention of Lying, When in Rome, and Certainty. In 2013, he made his voice acting film debut in Monsters University as Chet Alexander, a member of the Roar Omega Roar fraternity. Moynihan also voiced the titular character in the FX animated comedy Chozen, which aired for one season in 2014.

In 2015, he was a featured character, Lenny, in the romantic comedy film Slow Learners (original title Bad Boys, Crazy Girls). He also voiced Panda in the Cartoon Network series We Bare Bears, as well as Hal the Dog in the PBS Kids animated series Nature Cat, he was replaced by Johnny Yong Bosch from rest of the series. In 2016, Moynihan appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut's Bacon Stuffed crust pizza, and voiced Mel from The Secret Life of Pets in the same year. From 2017 to 2021, he voiced the character Louie Duck in the Disney Channel/Disney XD revival of DuckTales.[11] In June 2023, he started voicing the character Bobby Boots in the Disney Junior TV series, Pupstruction.

From 2021-2022, Moynihan played interim Director of Communications Jayden Kwapis in the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor,[12] and stars as the titular manatee Loafy in the Comedy Central animated series that Moynihan created himself.[13] Moynihan released a children's book titled Not All Sheep Are Boring in 2022.[14]

Saturday Night Live[edit]

Moynihan joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its 34th season on September 13, 2008, and stayed to the end of season 42 on May 20, 2017.[15]

Recurring characters on SNL[edit]

  • Mark Payne, a waiter who works at Pizzeria Uno. He wears a black do-rag and a black and blue button-down T-shirt featuring Sagara Sanosuke from the anime Rurouni Kenshin and always complains about inconsequential things around the pizzeria (the smell of pepper on the first sketch on the episode hosted by Michael Phelps; how sticky the bar counter is in the second sketch on the episode hosted by Tim McGraw). In the first sketch, Mark had a child that he left on a bus and did not realize it until the end of the sketch. The child was never mentioned in the second sketch.[episode needed]
  • Anthony Crispino, relays the second-hand news report on Weekend Update, where he always inaccurately reports on current events.[16]
  • Vinny Vedecci Jr, the son of Bill Hader's Italian talk show host, Vinny Vedecci. Wears a black and white child's sailor suit. Always wants to ask celebrities ridiculous questions, but the celebrities cannot understand his broken English, which makes him cry (until Vinny gives his son a cigarette and a drink of wine). Vinny Jr. is based on Johnny Caspar, Jr. (played by Louis Charles Mounicou III) in the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing.
  • Liam, one of the kids in Gilly's (played by Kristen Wiig) elementary school class. It is often implied that he hates his stepfather.[episode needed]
  • Obnoxious Microphone Guy, a very annoying man who attends parties and other events, will at some point steal the microphone from the emcee (usually played by Jason Sudeikis) and obnoxiously scream "WHAAAAAAAAAT!" into the microphone before dropping it on the floor.[episode needed]
  • Scared Straight Kid, one of the three young trouble-makers (along with Bill Hader and Andy Samberg) lectured by convict Lorenzo McIntosh (played by Kenan Thompson) and McIntosh's fellow inmates including hosts Taylor Swift, Lindsay Lohan, and Betty White. McIntosh usually throws his shoe out of anger, and in later sketches he gives it to him to throw.[17]
  • Ass Dan, a member of the Kick Spit Underground Rock Festival and winner of the Worst He-Man Impression Contest and the Mud-Eating Contest. Even though the Blake Lively/Rihanna episode established that he died in 2009 at the age of 28 (Ass Dan was born in 1981), he was brought back as one half of the Thrilla Killa Klownz on the episode hosted by Ryan Phillippe in the music video "Magical Mysteries" (in which it was stated that Ass Dan "did just die" in the 2010 sketch, making Ass Dan 29 at the time), brought back again for the 2010 Crunkmas Carnival sketch (in which Li'l Blaster established that Ass Dan was dead and finally getting the wake he deserves), and brought back again for the 2011 Easter Festival (in which D.J. Supersoak established that Ass Dan was getting a proper burial), making Ass Dan 30 years old at the time of this death. The 2011 Columbus Day Assblast on the episode hosted by Ben Stiller implied that Ass Dan was still alive, though he almost had a heart attack and still died before he could say that he was going to live forever after the heart attack allegedly passed. On the Bruno Mars episode in October 2012, it's revealed that Ass Dan has an identical twin brother named Butt Dave (also played by Bobby Moynihan).[18]
  • Keith, a young movie fan who is excited about everything except for the illustrious actor/host that week, notably snubbing Robert De Niro in favor of Ben Stiller on the set of Little Fockers. In Keith's first appearance, he snubbed a hockey player (played by host Bradley Cooper).[episode needed]
  • Doug, the mechanic for the Merryville Brothers trolley ride. His character was not named on the first sketch with Jim Carrey as the third Merryville brother.[episode needed]
  • Richie, the stage manager from The Best of Both Worlds who has, on two occasions, been murdered by Julie Andrews and Ice Cube (played by Helen Mirren and Kenan Thompson respectively) and by Daniel Radcliffe and Clint Eastwood (also played respectively by Hugh Jackman and Bill Hader).[episode needed]
  • Slappy Pappy, one of the regular comedians in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" video series.[episode needed]
  • Drunk Uncle, an extremely inebriated and bitter character who drunkenly rants and raves during Weekend Update.[19]
  • Janet Peckinpaugh, a middle-aged woman who hooks up with male celebrities, she hooked up with Tom Brady (as played by Channing Tatum) and Adam Levine as himself.[20]
  • Niff, a retail worker who, along with Dana (Cecily Strong) always insults retail workers whenever they fear they're going to get fired.[episode needed]
  • Kirby, an astronaut obsessed with his "little kitty cat".
  • Riblet, Michael Che's high school friend on Weekend Update.

Celebrity impressions[edit]

Personal life[edit]

In August 2016, Moynihan married his longtime girlfriend, Broadway actress Brynn O'Malley.[21][22] Their daughter was born in July 2017.[23] The family lives in Los Angeles.[24]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Nine the Hard Way Stretch
2002 Economics 101 C.D.
2009 Charlie on Parole Ex-Con Short
Mystery Team Jordy
The Invention of Lying Assistant
2010 When in Rome Puck
2011 Certainty Roddy
2012 The Brass Teapot Chuck
Revenge for Jolly! Bobby
2013 Monsters University Chet Alexander (voice)
Grown Ups 2 Male Cheerleader Cameo
Delivery Man Aleksy
2014 Party Central Chet Alexander (voice) Short film
Adult Beginners Paul
Bread and Butter Daniel Lodgen
Annie Guy in Bar
2015 Slow Learners Lenny
Inside Out Forgetter Bobby (voice) Cameo
Ted 2 Himself Cameo
Staten Island Summer Skootch
Underdogs Rip/The Moustachio Twins/Dr. Gregory Chan, D.D.S. (voices)
Sisters Alex
2016 The Secret Life of Pets Mel (voice)
Brother Nature Todd Dotchman
2017 The Book of Henry John
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Mayor Percival Muldoon (voice)
Killing Gunther Donnie
2019 The Secret Life of Pets 2 Mel (voice)
Super Gidget Cameo; Short
2020 We Bare Bears: The Movie Panda (voice)
2021 Flora & Ulysses Stanlee
America: The Motion Picture Paul Revere (voice)
2024 Unfrosted Chef Boyardee Post-production
IF TBA Post-production
Inside Out 2 TBA [25]
TBA Fixed Lucky (voice) Post-production[26]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Doorman 1 episode (uncredited)
2004 Jump Cuts The Beef 1 episode
2005 Empire Square Rabbit (voice) (US version)
2006–2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Various
2007–2008 Bronx World Travelers Glider 3 episodes
2007–2011 UCB Comedy Originals — 4 episodes
Also director, writer and editor
2008–2017 Saturday Night Live Various Main cast
2008–2012 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday Various 4 episodes
2008 Human Giant — Writer
1 episode
2009 The Electric Company Skeleckian Gravity Spray Spokesperson Episode: "Gravity Groove"
Chowder Jam (voice) Episode: "The Grape Worm"
Mercy Conrad Bellingham Episode: "I Believe You Conrad"
2011 UBC Comedy Originals — Writer
4 episodes
2012 Happy Endings Corey Episode: "You Snooze, You Bruise"
Ugly Americans Jerry "The Fire Ant" McMillan (voice) Episode: "Journey to the Center of Twayne"
30 Rock Stewart Derr Episode: "Murphy Brown Lied to Us"
Girls Thadd Episode: "She Did"
Portlandia Robert Episode: "Winter in Portlandia"
2012–2013 The Side Car Brick (voice) 7 episodes
Also writer
2013 Sesame Street Quacker Duck Man Episode: "Porridge Art"
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zarfonius (voice) Episode: "Storage Zeebles"
2013–2015 The Awesomes Various voices 26 episodes
2013–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Fourvel 4 episodes
2014 Chozen Chozen (voice) 10 episodes
Playing House Danny Episode: "Spaghetti and Meatballs"
2014–2016 Jake and the Never Land Pirates King Crab (voice) 3 episodes
2014–2019 Drunk History Various 2 episodes
2015 The Jack and Triumph Show Mr. Hardgraves Episode: "Siri"
The Simpsons Tyler Boom (voice) Episode: "Cue Detective"
2015–2019 We Bare Bears Panda (voice) 105 episodes
2015–2024 Nature Cat Hal (voice) 86 episodes
2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters Chuck Episode: "Lauren Lapkus"
Albert Albert (voice) TV movie
2017 Man Seeking Woman Puffala (voice) Episode: "Popcorn"
Descendants 2 Dude (voice) TV movie
Big Brother Himself Episode #19.34
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special Fat Skeleton (voice) TV special
Also writer and producer
SNL Presents: Halloween — TV special
Writer
2017–2021 DuckTales Louie Duck (voice) Main cast
2017–2018 Me, Myself & I Alex Riley Main cast; 10 episodes
2017–2023 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself/Guest Judge 3 episodes (including "Good God Girl, Get Out")
2018 Bob's Burgers Sam (voice) Episode: "Are You There Bob? It's Me, Birthday"
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Santa Claus Episode: "Mexican Elections"
Detroiters Himself (As "Fat Bieber") Episode: "Lois"
2018–2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Fran Dodd 3 episodes
2018–2023 Summer Camp Island Mortimer, Melvin, Jimjams, Toad Doctor, Additional Voices (voice)
2018–2020 Star Wars Resistance Orka (voice) Main cast
2019 Documentary Now! Larry Hawburger Episode: "Any Given Saturday Afternoon"
Descendants 3 Dude (voice) TV movie
Where's Waldo? Wizard Wavybeard (voice) Episode: "Hang Ten in Tahiti"
Vampirina Blizzy Stormfront (voice) Episode: "Jumping Jack-o-Lanterns/Freeze Our Guest"
The Bravest Knight Grunt (voice) 6 episodes
2019–2021 Crank Yankers Various voices 3 episodes
2020 Harvey Girls Forever! Casper (voice) Episode: "Scare Bud"
Tacoma FD Jumper Jim Episode: "The Crying Game"
Game On! Himself (contestant) Episode: "Celebrity Guests: Tony Hale and Bobby Moynihan"
Loafy Loafy (voice) Main role; also creator and executive producer
2020–2021 It's Pony Brian (voice) 12 episodes
2021–2022 Mr. Mayor Jayden Kwapis Main role
2021–2022 Kid Cosmic Fantos the Amassor (voice) 7 episodes
2021 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Citizen #2 / Trader (voice) Episode: "Cornered"
Miracle Workers Governor Lane 2 episodes
Star Wars: Visions Geezer (voice) Short film: Tatooine Rhapsody: English Language dub[27]
Dogs in Space Gooey (voice) Episode: "Who's a Good Boy"
2022 Alice's Wonderland Bakery Tweedle Don't (voice)
Is It Cake? Judge Netflix
Star Trek Lower Decks Chief Carlton Dennis/Gavin (voice) Episode: "Grounded"[28]
Battle Kitty Alley Kitty (voice) Episode: "Cashino Woods"
Blockbuster Lil' Stevie
2023 Pupstruction Bobby Boots (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Himself Episode: "It's RDR Live!"[29]
Krapopolis Barbarian/Ranger (voice) Episode: "Dungeons and Deliria"
2024 Impractical Jokers Himself Episode: "Bobby Moynihan"[30]

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Artist Role
2009 "Fallin' for You" Colbie Caillat Love interest

References[edit]

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