Bobby Farrelly

Robert Leo Farrelly Jr. (born June 17, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the Farrelly brothers, alongside his brother Peter, and together are known directing and producing quirky, slightly offensive comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal, Me, Myself and Irene, There's Something About Mary, and the 2007 remake of The Heartbreak Kid.
==Life and career==
Farrelly was raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Mariann, a nurse practitioner, and Dr. Robert Leo Farrelly. His grandparents were Irish immigrants. He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he entered the school on a hockey scholarship.
Bobby and his brother Peter Farrelly are known as the Farrelly brothers. They have written, directed and produced several comedy films including Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, Kingpin, Shallow Hal, Me, Myself & Irene and Stuck on You, as well as Fever Pitch, and The Lost Son of Havana. They conceived the Seinfeld episode "The Virgin" (4.10)
In 2014, Bobby and Peter directed Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to their 1994 blockbuster hit Dumb and Dumber.
In 2016, Bobby directed two episodes of Season 10 of the Canadian cult mockumentary TV series Trailer Park Boys.
== Personal life ==
Farrelly has been married to his wife Nancy since 1990; they have two daughters and a son, who died in 2012. Farrelly's youngest daughter is comedian AB Cassidy.
Category:1958 births
Category:American film directors
Category:American film producers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American television directors
Category:American television producers
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:Comedy film directors
Category:Living people
Category:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
Category:RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players
Category:People from Providence County, Rhode Island
Category:People from Cumberland, Rhode Island
Category:Film directors from Rhode Island
Category:Screenwriters from Rhode Island