- Born
- Birth nameRobert Michael Schneider
- Height5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
- Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1975), Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), The Hot Chick (2002), and Grown Ups (2010).- IMDb mini biography by: Movie Guy
- SpousesPatricia Maya Schneider(April 23, 2011 - present) (2 children)Helena Schneider(October 1, 2002 - ?) (divorced)London King(September 25, 1988 - September 1, 1990) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesJohn Schneider(Sibling)
- Known for his famous line "You can do it"
- Frequently appears in Adam Sandler films either with a large role or a small cameo
- Often plays characters of different nationalities
- His short stature which is usually the point of a joke in his movies.
- Schneider got into a vocal feud with film critic Patrick Goldstein for his derisive opinion of his films by questioning his fitness to comment because he didn't win any journalistic awards. Another film critic, Roger Ebert, entered the argument by noting that he himself won a Pulitizer Prize for his film criticism and thus felt entitled to say to Schneider, "Your film sucks." Despite the conflict, when Ebert fell seriously ill, Schneider sent a large bouquet of flowers with a note saying "Your least favorite actor, Rob Schneider." Ebert was deeply moved by his gesture and noted that Schneider was a good man despite the quality of his films and hoped to see him in a good film he could praise.
- [1996] Was an emergency guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) when Charlie Sheen suddenly canceled on the day he was scheduled. Schneider was in the adjacent studio taping Men Behaving Badly (1996) when he gladly accepted the request to take Sheen's place on very short notice.
- Welcomed his 1st daughter, Elle King (b. 1989). Mother is his 1st wife, London King.
- He and comedian Adam Sandler are close friends, appearing in one another's movies: The Hot Chick (2002), The Animal (2001), Little Nicky (2000), and Big Daddy (1999), among others.
- His mother, Pilar Schneider, is featured in a cameo role in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)--as the old woman at the restaurant Deuce goes to for his blind date with Kate (Arija Bareikis).
- The real reason I decided on show business was to avoid a day job.
- (On why he chose to leave Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1994 after four seasons): "It was time to graduate".
- "People don't ask Andre Agassi, 'You know you're the No. 1 tennis player in the world ... have you thought about polo?'" - When asked if he'd ever consider a dramatic role.
- [on stand-up comedy] I'm still figuring it out. I delve into what's interesting to me. The fact that 400 people in America make more money combined than the 150 million people at the lower end of the tier is pretty outrageous. But where's the joke? People aren't going there to hear what I think about politics. They wanna laugh. I talk about my marriage, my family and stuff that people can, hopefully, relate to.
- You know you're successful in show business when people start suing you. Now there's another level to it. When people start saying you're dead.
- The Animal (2001) - $1,000,000 +
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