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Born May 26, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA Birth Name Robert Francis Goldthwait Nicknames The Bobcat

Bobscratch Goldfarb Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)

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Loud, trembling voice



Trivia (21)



During his May 9, 1994 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), he poured lighter fluid on his chair and set it on fire.



Was the subject (sort of) of the independent film Calling Bobcat (2000). In a key part of the film, the two main characters theorize about the sobering effect that drinking olive oil before drinking alcohol can have on the human body. This is a reference to lines spoken by Bobcat Golthwait's character in the film Burglar - Die diebische Elster (1987). After the stunt fails, the two characters spend much of the movie trying to track down the comedian.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 186-187. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.





He's a longtime childhood friend of "Spongebob Squarepants" voice talent Tom Kenny



Was a close personal friend of Kurt Cobain



He attended Bishop Grimes High School in East Syracuse, graduating with voice actor Tom Kenny , who is best known for his work on SpongeBob Schwammkopf (1999). Goldthwait & Kenny were in the class of 1980.



Goldthwait's film Stay (2006) was recently bought by Roadside Attractions & Samuel Goldwyn Films at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival for the North American rights to the film. Gaumont also bought it for the international rights to the film.

Recently between June 9 - 17, 2006, Goldthwait attended the 2006 CineVegas Film Festival. He's also the panelist for the CineVegas "Outlaw Cinema Panel", which started on June 11th. Reviews after this day complemented him as the most talkative and the most interesting panelist.





On the Family Guy (1999) episode, Family Guy: The Perfect Castaway (2005), "Peter Griffin" recalls being on a game show, Bobcat or Bjork, where he heard a sound and had to guess if it was by Bobcat, or Icelandic vocalist Björk . He guessed it was Bobcat, but the host tells Peter it was Bjork.

Finishing up his stand up tour during the writer's strike. [February 2008]



has a new comedy album on CD coming out on September 23, 2003 by Comedy Central Records. The name of the album is: "I Don't Want To Insult You, But You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait" (a.k.a. - The Uninspired Ramblings of a 40 Old Has-Been). [September 2003]





Current feature film in production starting July 2008: World's Greatest Dad (2009). [June 2008]



Currently directing ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), where ratings have sky-rocketed since he joined the show, to touring the country with his unique comedy style. [April 2005]



Since Bobcat Goldthwait released his new film "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (a.k.a. Stay (2006)), he is now a TV/film director. It's not his first time directing for television, though. In his October 2006 interview in Suicide Girls, he announced that he's not going back to stand-up comedy and has no interest of doing so. He also admitted that directing is his favorite thing to do. [December 2006]



Pleaded no contest to charges stemming from setting his chair on fire on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). Goldthwait was fined $3,880 and ordered to do public-service announcements to promote a local burn center. Along with the fine and PSA's, he was given three years informal probation.



He trashed the set of The Arsenio Hall Show (1989), during his appearance in 1994. He tried to break a TV monitor, moved the guest couch several times and spray painted a wall with the following: "Paramount Sucks".



Was very close to the late Robin Williams

Personal Quotes (9)

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me! Don't chase me around! Don't be going 'whhhoooo I'm gonna sell this to Spike Lee, or Bob Saget.'



[from "Bob Goldthwait - Is He Like That All The Time?" on HBO]: America is one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.



That movie looks so bad, I can't believe I wasn't in it.





You can't blame the President for everything that's wrong with this country. That's like blaming Ronald McDonald if you get a bad cheeseburger.

(about fatherhood, 1992) Yeah, my kids have already started a support group.



Fame is like a big eraser. It's strange, now that I'm famous. In my parents' opinion, all the shitty things - all the wreckage of my past - is erased. Now it's like I was never the kid who got arrested. Now I'm a wonderful son.



I retired from acting the same time they stopped hiring me. But following my own thing of making these small indie movies has been the happiest I've ever been.



I didn't see "Phantom Menace" or the "Attack of the Clones" because I'm forty years old and I've been laid.



I lost my job. I didn't actually lose my job. My job is still there, but somebody else is doing it.... I lost my girlfriend. I didn't actually lose my girlfriend. My girlfriend is still there, but somebody else is doing it.

