Gilbert Gottfried
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Few actors are more polarizing in the responses they elicit than the eternally obnoxious, terminally whiny Gilbert Gottfried. Those who have heard his voice are not likely to soon forget his shrill, fingernails-on-the-chalkboard delivery; and those who have seen him are no doubt familiar with his squinty-eyed persona and overly dramatic mannerisms.Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1955, Gottfried was the youngest of three children and began to refine his unique comic persona (a persona Gottfried describes as being "somewhere between Pat Boone and Jeffrey Dahmer") at the age of 15. Quickly gaining a reputation as a talented comic who was often considered an acquired taste, Gilbert toured as a stand-up comic until he gained his first taste of national exposure on the otherwise forgettable 1980-1981 season of Saturday Night Live. A period of transition in the long-running comedy series, given that producer and founder Lorne Michaels had recently departed along with the talented cast, Gottfried's involvement was short-lived as Michaels soon returned to revive the series with a new cast and writers. Moving on, as a member of the cast of Alan Thicke's equally disastrous late-night effort Thicke of the Night in 1983, Gottfried would soon turn to bit parts in films before helming his own latenight schlock-a-thon, USA Up All Night.The replacement for perennial cult favorite Night Flight, USA Up All Night specialized in airing the worst of the worst, constantly scraping the cinematic drivel from the bottom of the barrel, with Gottfried at the helm as its gleefully annoying host. Continuing to work in film and television while serving as master of the B's, Gottfried appeared frequently on the small screen in Duckman and at the movies in Problem Child (and its sequels) before kicking off a successful turn in animated character voices with his role as Iago the Parrot in Disney's Aladdin (1992). A frequent guest of Hollywood Squares and The Howard Stern Show, Gottfried's vigorous vocal chords lend themselves to an amusing variety of impressions, as well. Inspired by Universal monster films of the 1930s, Gottfried is well known for his spot-on Dracula impression (interchangeable with his Pope impersonation), and many others that he frequently incorporates into his stand-up act.He maintained his reputation as one of the funniest, and often most offensive, stand-up comics of his generation, never bothering to commit to a film career, but taking parts here and there, very often in animated projects. He had a long run as the voice of the Aflac duck in a series of commercials for the insurance company, and he made a memorable impression in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats where his infamous telling of the title joke at a Friar's Club Roast stands as arguably its definitive rendition.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Unbelievable!!!!! |
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— | 2020 |
80% | Director's Cut |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Abnormal Attraction |
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— | 2018 |
98% | The Last Laugh |
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— | 2017 |
64% | Animal Crackers |
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— | 2017 |
55% | Can We Take a Joke? |
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— | 2016 |
94% | Life, Animated |
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$0.3M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Rock Story |
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— | 2015 |
89% | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas |
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— | 2014 |
33% | A Million Ways to Die in the West |
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$37.4M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Theodore Bikel: In The Shoes Of Sholom Aleichem |
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— | 2014 |
67% | When Jews Were Funny |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Miss December |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Jack and the Beanstalk |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Hysterical Psycho |
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— | 2009 |
60% | Heckler |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live Lost & Found: SNL in the 80s |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Farce of the Penguins |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Last Request |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes |
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— | 2005 |
79% | The Aristocrats |
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$6.2M | 2005 |
72% | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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$118.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Funky Monkey |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Bitter Jester |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Mickey's House of Villains |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Back by Midnight |
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— | 2002 |
42% | Dr. Dolittle |
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— | 1998 |
11% | How to Be a Player |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Meet Wally Sparks |
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— | 1997 |
33% | Aladdin and the King of Thieves |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Problem Child 3: Junior in Love |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Saved by the Bell---Wedding in Las Vegas |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Silk Degrees |
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— | 1994 |
33% | The Return of Jafar |
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— | 1994 |
27% | Thumbelina |
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— | 1994 |
0% | House Party 3 |
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— | 1994 |
95% | Aladdin |
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— | 1992 |
7% | Problem Child 2 |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Highway to Hell |
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— | 1991 |
13% | Look Who's Talking, Too |
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— | 1990 |
0% | Problem Child |
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— | 1990 |
28% | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Never on Tuesday |
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— | 1988 |
0% | Hot to Trot |
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— | 1988 |
47% | Beverly Hills Cop II |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Dot and the Whale |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Bad Medicine |
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— | 1985 |
TV
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Cyberchase
2002
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Danny's House
2019
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No Score Yet |
Historical Roasts
2019
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No Score Yet |
Jay Leno's Garage
2015-2020
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98% |
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
2014
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
@midnight With Chris Hardwick
2014-2017
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No Score Yet |
Cash Cab
2017-2018
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No Score Yet |
Independent Lens
1999
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No Score Yet |
Last Call With Carson Daly
2007-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Apprentice
2004-2017
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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23% |
Anger Management
2012
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No Score Yet |
Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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No Score Yet |
Last Comic Standing
2003-2015
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No Score Yet |
MAD
2010-2013
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No Score Yet |
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
2012-2013
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No Score Yet |
Celebrity Wife Swap
2012-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Burn With Jeff Ross
2012-2013
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Food Network Star
2005-2018
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
'Til Death
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
Star-ving
2009
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No Score Yet |
Hannah Montana
2006-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Replacements
2006-2009
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No Score Yet |
Celebrity Paranormal Project
2006
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No Score Yet |
My Gym Partner's a Monkey
2005-2008
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No Score Yet |
Crank Yankers
2019
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No Score Yet |
Shorties Watchin' Shorties
2004
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No Score Yet |
Becker
1998-2004
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Fairly OddParents
2001-2019
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No Score Yet |
Son of the Beach
2000-2002
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V.I.P.
1998-2004
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80% |
The Weird Al Show
1997
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Mad About You
1992-1999
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No Score Yet |
Married...With Children
1987-1997
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Wings
1990-1997
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Living Single
1993-1998
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The Ren & Stimpy Show
1996
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A Different World
1987-1993
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Night Court
1984-1992
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No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show
1984-1992
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Saturday Night Live
1975
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Aladdin
1995
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Bumping Mics With Jeff Ross & Dave Attell
2018
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Quotes from Gilbert Gottfried's Characters
Iago: | Look at this. I'm so ticked off that I'm molting. |
Jafar: | (the genie holds the black lamp after Jafar pulls Iago in it) Get your blasted beak out of my face. |
Jafar: | Get your blasted beak out of my face. |
Iago: | Oh, shut up, you moron! |
Jafar: | Don't tell ME to shut up! |
Jafar: | Don't tell me to shut up! |
Genie: | Allow me. Ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders outta chill him out! |
Genie: | (flicks them into the distance) |
Iago: | Jeez, where'd ya dig this bozo up? |
Aladdin: | (Extends his hand the same as before) Do you trust me? |
Aladdin: | Do you trust me? |
Jasmine: | (Gets a sly grin on her face) Yes. |
Jasmine: | Yes. |
Iago: | [impersonating Jafar]: On a scale from one to ten, YOU are an ELEVEN! |
Iago: | Oh, there's a big surprise! I think I'm... ooh... I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from NOT surprise! |
Johnny Crunch: | No dessert until you finish your dinner. |