# Bobby Moynihan

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

Moynihan was born and raised in Eastchester, New York. He graduated from the University of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts in 1999. After graduation, Moynihan toured with a Shakespeare company before discovering Upright Citizens Brigade, where Amy Poehler gave him a job as a bartender for free classes. One of his first classes was with then-15 year old Zach Woods.

## 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 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. 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 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. 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. After SNL, he was the lead in the short-lived CBS sitcom Me, Myself & I. From 2017 to 2021, he voiced the character Louie Duck in the Disney Channel/Disney XD revival of DuckTales. In June 2023, he started voicing the character Bobby Boots in the Disney Junior TV series Pupstruction.
From 2021 to 2022, Moynihan played interim Director of Communications Jayden Kwapis in the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor, and stars as the titular manatee in his series Loafy. Moynihan released a children's book titled Not All Sheep Are Boring in 2022.
In December 2021, Moynihan wrote the segment "The Holiday Pact" in DC Comics' anthology special Tis the Season to Be Freezin', starring the Flash and Captain Cold.
In March 2025, Moynihan appeared on Season 2 of Dropout’s interview-parody show Very Important People in the episode “Dan Wesley Sharron,” playing a frozen man with the same name.

### 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 is a waiter at Pizzeria Uno. He wears a T-shirt featuring Sagara Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin and always complains about inconsequential things around the pizzeria.
* Dancing skeleton in the Haunted Elevator sketch featuring Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins. Moynihan co-wrote the sketch and an animated special that aired on NBC the following year.
* Anthony Crispino is an incompetent reporter at Weekend Update.
* Vinny Vedecci Jr. is the son of Italian talk show host Vinny Vedecci. He wants to ask celebrities ridiculous questions, but they cannot understand his broken English, which makes him cry. Vinny Jr. is based on Johnny Caspar Jr., a character in Miller's Crossing.
* Liam is one of the kids in Gilly's elementary school class. It is often implied that he hates his stepfather.
* Obnoxious Microphone Guy is an annoying man who attends parties and other events and steals the microphone from the emcee.
* 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 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 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 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
* Chris Christie
* Mindy Cohn
* David Crosby
* Ted Cruz
* John Daly
* Danny DeVito
* Josh Duggar
* Guy Fieri
* Jared Fogle
* Rob Ford
* Barney Frank
* James Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano)
* Newt Gingrich
* Jonah Hill
* Mike Huckabee
* Kim Jong-un
* Rob Kardashian
* Brian Kilmeade
* Nathan Lane
* George Lucas
* George R. R. Martin
* Rosie O'Donnell
* Psy
* Seth Rogen
* Kevin Smith
* Snooki
* Steven Seagal
* Donald Sterling
* Glenn Thrush
* Andrea Bocelli

## Personal life

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

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Nine the Hard Way | Stretch | |
| 2002 | Economics 101 | C.D. | |
| 2009 | Charlie on Parole | Ex-Con | Short |
| 2009 | Mystery Team | Jordy | |
| 2009 | The Invention of Lying | Assistant | |
| 2010 | When in Rome | Puck | |
| 2011 | Certainty | Roddy | |
| 2012 | The Brass Teapot | Chuck | |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! | Bobby | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | Chet Alexander (voice) | |
| 2013 | Grown Ups 2 | Male Cheerleader | Cameo |
| 2013 | Delivery Man | Aleksy | |
| 2014 | Party Central | Chet Alexander (voice) | Short film |
| 2014 | Adult Beginners | Paul | |
| 2014 | Bread and Butter | Daniel Lodgen | |
| 2014 | Annie | Guy in Bar | |
| 2015 | Slow Learners | Lenny | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Forgetter Bobby (voice) | Cameo |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Himself | Cameo |
| 2015 | Staten Island Summer | Skootch | |
| 2015 | Underdogs | Rip (voice) | |
| 2015 | Sisters | Alex | |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Mel (voice) | |
| 2016 | Brother Nature | Todd Dotchman | |
| 2017 | The Book of Henry | John | |
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Mayor Percival Muldoon (voice) | |
| 2017 | Killing Gunther | Donnie | |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Mel (voice) | |
| 2019 | Super Gidget | Mel (voice) | Cameo; Short |
| 2020 | We Bare Bears: The Movie | Panda (voice) | |
| 2021 | Flora & Ulysses | Stanlee | |
| 2021 | America: The Motion Picture | Paul Revere (voice) | |
| 2024 | Unfrosted | Chef Boy Ardee | |
| 2024 | IF | Jeremy | |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | Forgetter Bobby (voice) | |
| 2026 | Hoppers | King George (voice) | |
| TBA | Fixed | Lucky (voice) | Post-production |

### Television

| 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" |
| 2009 | Chowder | Jam (voice) | Episode: "The Grape Worm" |
| 2009 | Mercy | Conrad Bellingham | Episode: "I Believe You Conrad" |
| 2011 | UBC Comedy Originals | — | Writer 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Happy Endings | Corey | Episode: "You Snooze, You Bruise" |
| 2012 | Ugly Americans | Jerry "The Fire Ant" McMillan (voice) | Episode: "Journey to the Center of Twayne" |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Stewart Derr | Episode: "Murphy Brown Lied to Us" |
| 2012 | Girls | Thadd | Episode: "She Did" |
| 2012 | 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" |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | 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" |
| 2015 | 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" |
| 2016 | Albert | Albert (voice) | Television film |
| 2017 | Man Seeking Woman | Puffala (voice) | Episode: "Popcorn" |
| 2017 | Descendants 2 | Dude (voice) | Television film |
| 2017 | Big Brother | Himself | Episode #19.34 |
| 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special | Fat Skeleton (voice) | TV special Also writer and producer |
| 2017–2021 | DuckTales | Louie Duck, additional voices | Main cast |
| 2017–2018 | Me, Myself & I | Alex Riley | Main cast; 13 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" |
| 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Santa Claus | Episode: "Mexican Elections" |
| 2018 | 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, additional voices | Main cast |
| 2019 | Documentary Now! | Larry Hawburger | Episode: "Any Given Saturday Afternoon" |
| 2019 | Descendants 3 | Dude (voice) | Television film |
| 2019 | Where's Waldo? | Wizard Wavybeard (voice) | Episode: "Hang Ten in Tahiti" |
| 2019 | Vampirina | Blizzy Stormfront (voice) | Episode: "Freeze Our Guest" |
| 2019 | The Bravest Knight | Grunt (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2019–2021 | Crank Yankers | Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Harvey Girls Forever! | Casper (voice) | Episode: "Scare Bud" |
| 2020 | Tacoma FD | Jumper Jim | Episode: "The Crying Game" |
| 2020 | Game On! | Himself (contestant) | Episode: "Celebrity Guests: Tony Hale and Bobby Moynihan" |
| 2020 | 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" |
| 2021 | Miracle Workers | Governor Lane | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | Geezer (voice) | Short film: Tatooine Rhapsody: English Language dub |
| 2021 | Dogs in Space | Gooey (voice) | Episode: "Who's a Good Boy" |
| 2022–2023 | Alice's Wonderland Bakery | Tweedle Don't (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Is It Cake? | Judge | Netflix |
| 2022 | Star Trek Lower Decks | Chief Carlton Dennis/Gavin (voice) | Episode: "Grounded" |
| 2022 | Battle Kitty | Alley Kitty (voice) | Episode: "Cashino Woods" |
| 2022 | Blockbuster | Lil' Stevie | |
| 2023–present | Pupstruction | Bobby Boots (voice) | |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Himself | Episode: "It's RDR Live!" |
| 2023 | Krapopolis | Barbarian/Ranger (voice) | Episode: "Dungeons and Deliria" |
| 2024 | Impractical Jokers | Himself | Episode: "Bobby Moynihan" |
| 2024 | Monsters at Work | Chet Alexander (voice) | |
| 2024 | Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy | Jedi Bob (voice) | Main role |
| 2024 | Hamster and Gretel | Slamonade Stan (voice) | Episode: "I Think Therefore I Slam" |
| 2024 | NCIS: Origins | Woodrow "Woody" Browne | Season 1: Recurring role |
| 2024 | Dinner Time Live with David Chang | Himself | Episode: "Thanksgiving in 45 Minutes" |
| 2025 | Very Important People | Dan Wesley Sharron | Episode: "Dan Wesley Sharron" |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
| 2009 | "Fallin' for You" | Colbie Caillat | Love interest |
| 2011 | "Threw It On The Ground" | The Lonely Island | EnergyZap Spokesman |