Bobby Moynihan

Bobby Moynihan
Born	Robert Moynihan, Jr. January 31, 1977 (1977-01-31) Eastchester, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Comedian
Years active	2002–present

Robert M. "Bobby" Moynihan, Jr. (born January 31, 1977) is an American actor and comedian who is currently a cast member on Saturday Night Live.

Early life

Moynihan was born and raised in Eastchester, New York and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a BFA in Acting. At Eastchester High School he was a part of the tech club and players club. He participated in Jazz Co.

Career

Before joining the cast of SNL, Moynihan had been performing as an improvisational comedian with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in New York City for nearly ten years.

Moynihan had also 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 Sundance in 2009 before a limited theatrical release.

In the summer of 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 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.com, including their recent web-series Every Week on Entourage where he plays "Turtle" from Entourage.

During the summer of 2008, Moynihan gained a bit of recognition when he was 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 memorable guest appearance as the drug addicted Conrad Bellingham on Mercy. He also appeared in The Invention of Lying and When in Rome.

Recurring characters on SNL

• Mark Payne, a ghetto-acting white waiter who works at Pizzeria Uno. Wears a black do-rag and a black and blue button-down T-shirt featuring Sagara Sanosuke from the anime Rurouni Kenshin and always complains about inconsequential things around the pizzeria (the smell of pepper on the first sketch on the episode hosted by Michael Phelps; how sticky the bar counter is in the second sketch on the episode hosted by Tim McGraw). In the first sketch, Mark had a child that he left on a bus and did not realize it until the end of the sketch. The child was never mentioned in the second sketch.
• Anthony Crispino, relays the second-hand news report on Weekend Update, where he always inaccurately reports on current events.
• 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 asks 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 brother's Miller's Crossing.
• 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 mic before dropping it on the floor.
• 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 and Betty White. McIntosh usually throws his shoe out of anger, and in recent 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—four years after his actor, Bobby Moynihan, was born), 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 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, in fact, deceased, and that he was getting a proper burial), making Ass Dan 30 years old at the time of his death. The 2011 Columbus Day Assblast on the episode hosted by Ben Stiller implied that Ass Dan was still alive (though he almost suffered a heart attack, he still died before he could say that he was going to live forever). The many times he "died" (judging by the fact that his death year changes, but his birth year of 1981 stays the same) could really be the years that Ass Dan has suffered heart attacks and was mistaken for being dead. Though really, this is just over analyzing a hilarious character.
• Keith, a young movie fan who is excited about everything except for the illustrious actor/host that week, notably snubbing Robert DeNiro on the set of Meet the Fockers.
• 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.

Impressions on SNL

• Jason Alexander (as George Costanza from Seinfeld)
• Chaz Bono
• Susan Boyle
• Chris Christie
• Mindy Cohn (as Natalie Green from The Facts of Life)
• David Crosby
• Guy Fieri
• Barney Frank
• Jorge Garcia
• Newt Gingrich
• Gonzo the Great
• Sean Hannity
• Steve Harwell
• Jonah Hill
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Ron Jeremy
• Brian Kilmeade
• Peter King
• Sam Kinison
• Nathan Lane
• Eric Massa
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Mike O'Malley (as Burt Hummel from Glee)
• Wayne Osmond
• Destin Pfaff
• Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
• Jake "The Snake" Roberts
• Pete Rouse
• Karl Rove
• Tareq Salahi
• Richard Shelby
• Snagglepuss
• Rich Sommer (as Harry Crane on Mad Men)
• Rico Rodriguez (as Manny Delgado from Modern Family)

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2002	Economics 101	C.D.
2004	Jump Cuts	The Beef	(1 episode)
2005	Empire Square	Rabbit	(voice) (US Version)
2006	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various	(2006–2008)
2007	Bronx World Travelers	Glider	(3 episodes, 2007–2008)
2008	Saturday Night Live	Various	(2008–present)
2009	Charlie On Parole	Ex-Con
	Mystery Team	Jordy
	The Electric Company	Skeleckian Gravity Spray Spokesperson	(1 episode)
	The Invention of Lying	Assistant
	Chowder	Jam	(1 episode)
	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday	Various	(2 episodes)
	Mercy	Conrad Bellingham	(1 episode)
2010	When in Rome	Puck
2011	Certainty	Roddy
2012	The Brass Teapot	Chuck
	Happy Endings	Corey	(1 episode)
	Revenge for Jolly!	Bobby

External links

• Bobby Moynihan at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Moynihan's performance with trio Buffoons, from JesterJournal.com, April 13, 2007