Bobcat Goldthwait Biography

Bobcat Goldthwait was born May 26, 1962 and is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and television director. He is commonly known for his energetic, rabid stage personality, his dark, acerbic black comedy, and his gruff but high-pitched voice. Goldthwait was ranked as the 61st greatest comedian of all time by Comedy Central.

Goldthwait became recognized as a solo stand-up comedian and had two televised concert specials in the 1980s: An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait ” Share the Warmth and Bob Goldthwait ” Is He Like That All the Time? He became known for his unique brand of comedy, which combines elements of political satire and often bizarre or somewhat unsettling black comedy.

Goldthwait and Robin Williams appeared on the same bill together but not as a comedy team using the names Jack Cheese and Marty Fromage. Goldthwait used the name Jack Cheese when he appeared in the film Tapeheads; when Williams made a cameo as Mime Jerry in Goldthwaits Shakes the Clown, he was billed as Marty Fromage.

Goldthwait has appeared in several movies. His first major role was in the Police Academy series. He starred in the 1986 comedy film One Crazy Summer, which also starred John Cusack, and his other big role was in the 1987 comedy film Burglar with Whoopi Goldberg. He also starred in Scrooged with Bill Murray. He notably starred in Hot to Trot in 1988 with John Candy and Dabney Coleman. In 1992, Goldthwait wrote, directed, and starred in the movie Shakes the Clown. He also made a cameo appearance as an insane writer in the 1994 film Radioland Murders. In 1985, Goldthwait appeared in Twisted Sisters official video to the songs Leader of the pack and Be Chrool to Your Scuel, from the album Come Out and Play. During the fall of 1993 Goldthwait did stand up material as an opening act for Nirvana on what would be their final North American tour, as well as the promo video for the bands album In Utero, and once fooled an interviewer during a phone interview, impersonating Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.

On one of the final shows of The Arsenio Hall Show, Goldthwait, upset that the show was coming to an end, stood on the couch of the set and proceeded to spray-paint Paramount Sucks on the glass wall, knock over some video equipment and throw the cushions of the couch into the audience as they cheered. (It was believed that Paramount Studios refused to renew Arsenios contract since The David Letterman Show was now moving to CBS, so Goldthwait took his anger out on Paramount.)

Goldthwait retired from stand-up comedy in 2005. The official final gig took place in Las Vegas in September 2005. He resumed touring in early 2008 temporarily from January through April. He again toured in 2009, performing stand up shows in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on April 3 & 4, and Omaha, Nebraska on August 28 and 29.

The March 28, 2005 article of the New York Post announced that Bobcat Goldthwait was the new director of ABCs Jimmy Kimmel Live. He had been directing the show since the fall season of 2004. Since joining, ratings for the show increased to over 2 million viewers per night. The numbers have jumped to 50 with teens. In May 2006, he left to pursue his film career. He maintains contact with Jimmy Kimmel (they are good friends) and still directs for television and film. He returned to directing segments for Jimmy Kimmel Live in the summer of 2007.

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