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Bobby Moynihan is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and voice actor. Moynihan was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2008 until 2017.

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.

He was born on January 31, 1977 in Eastchester, New York. He graduated from the University of Connecticut. He performed in a lot of minor projects. He also performed with the Upstanding Citizens' Brigade Theater, like many other SNL cast members.

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, Hal the Dog in the PBS Kids series Nature Cat since 2015, and Bobby Boots in Disney Junior’s Pupstruction.

Saturday Night Live[]

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Recurring Characters[]

  • Mark Payne
  • Anthony Crispino
  • Ass Dan
  • Drunk Uncle
  • 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 troublemakers (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, Charles Barkley, Zach Galifianakis, and Betty White. McIntosh usually throws his shoe out of anger, and in later sketches he gives it to him to throw.
  • 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).[episode needed]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Kirby, an astronaut obsessed with his "little kitty cat".
  • Demeter
  • The Buffalo
  • 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.
  • Riblet, Michael Che's high school friend on Weekend Update.
  • Skeleton (from the David S. Pumpkins sketch).

Impressions[]

Other characters[]

  • Jeremy Ganz, a lawyer who donated both of his kidneys and so does a terrible job at his job and keeps blacking out, unlike Lisa Broderick (Kate McKinnon)

SNL Career[]

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