Career Rob Schneider

1 career

1.1 career
1.2 saturday night live

1.2.1 recurring snl characters


1.3 feature films, sitcoms, , endorsements
1.4 criticism

career
early career

schneider started stand-up comedy career while still in high school, opening san francisco favorites head on, band managed older brother john. after high school, played bay area nightclubs such holy city zoo , other cafe, , regular guest on local radio programs. after opening show comedian dennis miller in 1987, schneider won slot on hbo s 13th annual young comedians special, hosted miller. schneider s appearance on hbo special led position writer late night nbc sketch comedy series saturday night live.

saturday night live

schneider hired @ saturday night live in 1988. schneider swiftly graduated writer , featured player full cast member. 1990 1994 @ snl, played such roles tiny elvis , orgasm guy . best known recurring character richard laymer, office worker desk stuck beside photocopier, , addressed each of fellow employees endless stream of annoying nicknames. schneider featured in video release bad boys of saturday night live, along colleagues adam sandler, chris rock, david spade, , chris farley.

recurring snl characters

the richmeister, office worker annoys people giving them nicknames make copies.
carlo, il cantore restaurant sketches
the sensitive naked man, nude man gives advice other characters

feature films, sitcoms, , endorsements

after leaving snl, schneider played supporting roles in series of movies including surf ninjas, judge dredd, beverly hillbillies, demolition man , down periscope. appeared in recurring part on tv series coach. in 1996, co-starred in nbc sit-com men behaving badly, american take on hit british series of same name. u.s. version ran 2 seasons.

schneider starred in 1999 feature film deuce bigalow: male gigolo, tale of fish-tank cleaner incurs massive debt , forced become man-whore. followed animal, man given animal powers mad scientist; hot chick, wherein mind of petty thief played schneider mystically switched body of pretty, mean-spirited high school cheerleader (rachel mcadams); , sequel deuce bigalow: european gigolo. latter movie not received critics or moviegoers, , result, schneider won 2005 worst actor razzie award role in film.

in 2006, schneider co-starred in baseball-themed family comedy benchwarmers, along fellow snl alumnus david spade jon heder. other film roles include schneider s appearance jim henson s muppets in 1999 film muppets space, , role san francisco hobo in 2004 remake of around world in 80 days.

schneider s directorial debut, comedy big stan, released in overseas markets during fall of 2008, u.s. release in 2009. in film, starred con artist arrested perpetrating real-estate scams. sentenced prison, takes crash-course in martial arts survive incarceration.

schneider has appeared in numerous comedies starring snl comrade adam sandler, in 2010 s grown ups. comedic characters schneider plays in these films include overly enthusiastic cajun man proclaims catch-phrase, can it! ; amiable middle eastern delivery boy; prison inmate; , sandler s one-eyed hawaiian sidekick, ula. schneider has uttered line can it! running gag in sandler s films waterboy, little nicky, 50 first dates, longest yard, , bedtime stories, in deleted scene click. (a sample of schneider saying phrase turns in song original prankster offspring.) returning favor, sandler appeared in cameo spout same line in schneider s animal, wherein, reference, adam sandler utters: yeah! can it! sandler showed briefly in schneider s hot chick. schneider narrated sandler s 2002 animated movie 8 crazy nights, , voiced part of chinese waiter. schneider had uncredited cameo canadian-japanese wedding-chapel minister in 2007 sandler-kevin james comedy pronounce chuck & larry, , played palestinian cab driver serves title character s nemesis in 2008 sandler film don t mess zohan.

schneider played variety of roles in 2005 tv special norm, starring former snl player norm macdonald, , appeared on episodes of popular tv shows seinfeld , ally mcbeal. schneider hosted sports illustrated: swimsuit 97 tv special, , 2005 teen choice awards, , frequent guest on nbc s late-night variety program tonight show jay leno. (in schneider s appearance leno on july 24, 2007 episode of tonight show, showed in drag actress lindsay lohan after latter cancelled following controversial arrest driving under influence.

besides efforts in movies , television, schneider released first comedy album registered offender in july 2010. registered offender composed of audio sketches , songs, schneider himself doing of character voices on recording. revived stand-up comedy career in 2010 international tour of theaters, clubs , casinos.

schneider appeared in music video country singer neal mccoy s billy s got beer goggles on , song s title character. mccoy , schneider met while 2 went on uso tour in support of u.s. troops 2 months after september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on world trade center , pentagon.

schneider starred title character in cbs-tv situation comedy rob, loosely based on real life. series canceled cbs in may 2012. in 2015, produced, directed , starred in real rob, sitcom follows life , includes real-life wife patricia , daughter miranda. netflix released season of 8 episodes, , second season in 2017.

schneider official celebrity spokesperson taiwan tourism bureau , ten ren tea company in taipei.

schneider spokesperson state farm insurance, dropped in 2014 due anti-vaccination views.

in may 2016, schneider featured special guest on let s play webseries game grumps, alongside wife patricia, commentating on midway s mortal kombat trilogy. reappeared on show in november 2017, commentating on konami s contra.

criticism

in january 2005 oscar preview, movie reviewer patrick goldstein commented that year s best picture nominees ignored, unloved , turned down flat of same studios ... bankroll hundreds of sequels, including follow-up deuce bigalow: male gigolo, film sadly overlooked @ oscar time because apparently nobody had foresight invent category best running penis joke delivered third-rate comic.

schneider retaliated placing ad in los angeles times 2 weeks later, commenting goldstein unqualified opine because had never won pulitzer prize, or other journalistic award, because, remarked, haven t invented category best third-rate, unfunny pompous reporter s never been acknowledged peers. roger ebert of chicago sun-times intervened saying that, schneider can dish out, can t take it. responded, s not @ dishing out either. ebert went on point out on site goldstein won national headliner award, los angeles press club award, rockcritics.com award, , publicists guild award lifetime achievement. schneider later publicly admitted later found out goldstein won lifetime achievement publicist guild award , apologized. remarked, regret (goldstein) got little famous out of it.