35 Facts About Bobcat Goldthwait

Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait was born on May 26,1962 and is an American actor, stand-up comedian, director and screenwriter.

Bobcat Goldthwait is known for his black comedy stand-up act, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual raspy and high-pitched voice.

Bobcat Goldthwait has worked extensively as a voice actor, with voice roles in Capitol Critters, Hercules, and Hercules: The Animated Series, and has provided the voice of Pop Fizz in the Skylanders video game series since the character's debut in 2012's Skylanders: Giants.

Robert Francis Bobcat Goldthwait was born on May 26,1964, in Syracuse, New York, the son of Kathleen Ann, a department store employee, and Thomas Lincoln Bobcat Goldthwait, a sheet metal worker.

At an early age, Bobcat Goldthwait decided on a career as a comedian, inspired by enjoying making his friends laugh.

Early in his career, Bobcat Goldthwait co-wrote with Martin Olson, who is listed as writer on his first two comedy specials Share the Warmth and Don't Watch This Show.

Bobcat Goldthwait had been selected for the slot due to frontman Kurt Cobain being a fan of his comedy, and the two developed a friendship over the course of the tour.

Bobcat Goldthwait appeared in a promo video for the band's album In Utero and once fooled an interviewer during a phone interview, impersonating Dave Grohl.

At midnight on New Year's Eve 1993, Bobcat Goldthwait rappelled nude from a catwalk of the stage at the Oakland Coliseum as Kurt Cobain led a countdown.

Bobcat Goldthwait announced his retirement from stand-up in 2005 and performed a "final" run in Vegas in September 2005; he briefly resumed touring in early 2008 ; he performed again in 2009, doing stand-up in Winnipeg on April 3 and 4, and again in Omaha on August 28 and 29; he returned to Winnipeg for four shows on April 9 and 10,2010.

Bobcat Goldthwait released a one-hour stand-up special in 2011 You Don't Look the Same Either.

Bobcat Goldthwait used the name Jack Cheese when he appeared in Tapeheads; when Williams made a cameo as Mime Jerry in Bobcat Goldthwait's Shakes the Clown, he was billed as Marty Fromage.

Bobcat Goldthwait starred in One Crazy Summer, Burglar, Scrooged and Hot to Trot.

In 1992, Bobcat Goldthwait directed, wrote, and starred in Shakes the Clown.

Bobcat Goldthwait made an appearance as a writer in Radioland Murders.

In 1985, Bobcat Goldthwait appeared in Twisted Sister's official video to "Leader of the Pack" and "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" from Come Out and Play.

In 1992, Bobcat Goldthwait appeared as a guest-co-host of the second episode of The Ben Stiller Show.

Bobcat Goldthwait appeared as a relative of Peggy Bundy on the Married.

Bobcat Goldthwait appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993, where he tossed furniture and ran around the set, then into the audience.

At the time, it was widely believed that Paramount Studios had refused to renew Hall's contract because Late Night with David Letterman was moving to CBS, and Bobcat Goldthwait took his anger out on Paramount.

Bobcat Goldthwait stood on the set's couch, spray-painted "Paramount Sucks" on a glass wall, and threw video equipment around the studio.

On May 9,1994, Bobcat Goldthwait appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he briefly lit the guest chair on fire.

One of the most recognizable features of Bobcat Goldthwait's performances is his voice.

Bobcat Goldthwait was a semi-regular guest in the later seasons of the Tom Bergeron-version of Hollywood Squares in 1998.

Bobcat Goldthwait was a featured guest on the August 20,2009, episode of Adam Carolla's podcast.

Bobcat Goldthwait appeared in September 2010 on an episode of LA Ink, where shop owner Kat Von D gave him a tattoo of a potato, impaled on a fork, on his upper right arm.

Bobcat Goldthwait chose the design to remind himself of where he came from and to tell close friends and family that he had not lost his sense of humor.

Bobcat Goldthwait displayed his older tattoo of a cymbal with a moustache on his buttocks.

Bobcat Goldthwait appeared on the May 4,2012, episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.

Bobcat Goldthwait was a voice guest in Season 4 of Adventure Time, voicing Ed in the episode "Web Weirdos".

Bobcat Goldthwait then made his debut as one of the show's panelists on the July 14,2012.

Bobcat Goldthwait later reprised the role of Pop Fizz in the 2016 Netflix series Skylanders Academy.

Bobcat Goldthwait maintains contact with Kimmel and still directs for television and film.

Bobcat Goldthwait was married to his second wife, Sarah de Sa Rego, from 2009 to 2014.

In June 2015, Bobcat Goldthwait was named "Filmmaker on the Edge" at the 17th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival.