Bobby Moynihan (born January 31, 1977) is an American actor, comedian and writer who was a cast member on ''
Saturday Night Live'' from 2008 until 2017. He also voiced
Louie Duck
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are triplet cartoon characters created by storyboard artist ( screenwriter) Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company from an idea proposed by cartoonist Al Taliaferro and are the nephews of Donald Duck and the grand-nep ...
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
PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, ...
series ''
Nature Cat'' since 2015. He has also starred in animated films such as ''
Monsters University
''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...
'' (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.
Career
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
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
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
Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He hosts ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'', a late-night talk show on NBC. Prior to that, he was a cast member and head writer for NBC ...
, 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
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with Yankees broadcaster
Michael Kay. In the summer of 2009, Moynihan starred in the music video for
Colbie Caillat's single, "
Fallin' for You". 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
''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...
'' 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
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series ''
We Bare Bears'', as well as Hal the Dog in the
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, ...
animated series ''
Nature Cat'', he was replaced by
Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, and martial artist. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger i ...
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
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are triplet cartoon characters created by storyboard artist ( screenwriter) Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company from an idea proposed by cartoonist Al Taliaferro and are the nephews of Donald Duck and the grand-nep ...
in the
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
/
Disney XD revival of ''
DuckTales''.
Moynihan currently plays interim Director of Communications Jayden Kwapis in the
NBC sitcom ''
Mr. Mayor'', and stars as the titular manatee
Loafy in the
Comedy Central animated series that Moynihan created himself. Most recently, Moynihan is releasing a children's book titled "Not All Sheep Are Boring" (https://ew.com/books/author-interviews/bobby-moynihan-not-all-sheep-are-boring-interview/)
''Saturday Night Live''
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.
Recurring characters on ''SNL''
* 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.
* Anthony Crispino, relays the second-hand news report on ''
Weekend Update'', where he always inaccurately reports on current events.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* Keith, a young movie fan who is excited about everything except for the illustrious actor/host that week, notably snubbing
Robert De Niro
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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).
* Doug, the mechanic for the Merryville Brothers trolley ride. His character was not named on the first sketch with
Jim Carrey
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as the third Merryville brother.
* 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
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and
Kenan Thompson respectively) and by Daniel Radcliffe and Clint Eastwood (also played respectively by Hugh Jackman and
Bill Hader).
* Slappy Pappy, one of the regular comedians in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" video series.
* Drunk Uncle, an extremely inebriated and bitter character who drunkenly rants and raves during
Weekend Update.
* 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.
* Niff, a retail worker who, along with Dana (
Cecily Strong) always insults retail workers whenever they fear they're going to get fired.
* Kirby, an astronaut obsessed with his "little kitty cat".
* Riblet,
Michael Che's high school friend on Weekend Update.
Celebrity impressions
*
Bill Belichick
*
Ken Bone
*
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'', singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from '.
Boyle's debut studio album, ''I D ...
*
Chris Christie
*
Mindy Cohn
*
David Crosby
*
Ted Cruz
*
John Daly (golfer)
*
Danny DeVito
*
Josh Duggar
*
Guy Fieri
*
Jared Fogle
*
Rob Ford
*
Barney Frank
*
James Gandolfini (as
Tony Soprano)
*
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
*
Jonah Hill
*
Mike Huckabee
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*
Kim Jong-un
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*
Rob Kardashian
*
Brian Kilmeade
*
Nathan Lane
*
George Lucas
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*
George R.R. Martin
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Rosie O'Donnell
*
Psy
*
Seth Rogen
*
Kevin Smith
*
Snooki
*
Steven Seagal
*
Donald Sterling
*
Glenn Thrush
*
Andrea Bocelli
Personal life
Moynihan is a native of
Eastchester, New York. In August 2016, Moynihan married his longtime girlfriend, Broadway actress Brynn O'Malley. Their daughter was born in July 2017.
Moynihan is an avid reader of comic books.
[Dietsch, T.J. (October 17, 2013)]
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Comic Book Resources.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
References
External links
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Review of Moynihan's performance with trio Buffoons, from JesterJournal.com, April 13, 2007
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1977 births
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American screenwriters
Living people
American impressionists (entertainers)
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male television actors
American television writers
American male television writers
American male voice actors
American sketch comedians
Comedians from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
University of Connecticut alumni
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers