Fred Stoller
Frederick Stoller (born March 19, 1958) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and author. He is best known for portraying Gerard on "Everybody Loves Raymond". He is also the voice of Stanley in the "Open Season" series, Fred the Squirrel in "The Penguins of Madagascar", Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy in "WordGirl", Jimbo in Disney Jr.'s "Mickey and the Roadster Racers" and Rusty the monkey wrench on Disney Jr.'s "Handy Manny". Early life. Stoller was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He has one younger sister. Career. Stoller had worked as  a stand-up comedian in nightclubs since the early 1980s at the time of his first television appearance, in 1987, when he appeared on "Stand-Up America" and later on "The Young Comedians Special" alongside six other comedians. He gained recognition for his frequent appearances as Gerard on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond", Mr. Lowe in "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" and as Sheldon Singer, the son of Harold Gould's deli-owning character, on the short-lived sitcom "Singer & Sons". He has also made guest appearances on several other TV series. He wrote two episodes of "Seinfeld  (The Soup" and the Kramer/chimpanzee subplot of "The Face Painter"). He also appeared as Fred in the episode "The Secret Code". Stoller is also known as the voices of Stanley in the "Open Season" franchise, Rusty the Wrench on "Handy Manny", Fred the Squirrel in "The Penguins of Madagascar", and Steve Tree in "Oswald". In 2012, Stoller published a successful e-book titled "My Seinfeld Year", in which he chronicled his experiences after being hired as a new staff writer. He has since released a book titled "Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV  Guest Star", and a second e-book, "Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics", in 2017.