Rob Riggle

Rob Riggle
Riggle at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Robert A. Riggle Jr.[1] (1970-04-21) April 21, 1970 (age 54) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Education	University of Kansas (BA) Webster University (MPA)
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, retired U.S. marine officer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Tiffany Riggle ​ ​ (m. 1999; sep. 2020)​
Children	2
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Marine Corps Reserve
Years of service	1990–2013
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles / wars	Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War (USO)
Website	www.robriggle.com

Robert A. Riggle Jr. (born April 21, 1970) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and retired United States Marine officer. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, he joined the Marines in 1990 and later attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Riggle is known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006 to 2008; as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2004 to 2005; as the recurring character Gil Thorpe on the 20th Television sitcom Modern Family from 2013 to 2019; and for his comedic roles in films such as Step Brothers (2008), The Hangover (2009), Killers (2010), The Internship (2013), Let's Be Cops (2014), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and How to Be a Latin Lover (2017). He has also co-starred in the Adult Swim comedy-action series NTSF:SD:SUV::. In 2012, he replaced Frank Caliendo for the comedy skit and prognostication portions of Fox NFL Sunday. Riggle currently co-hosts the miniature golf game show series Holey Moley with Joe Tessitore on ABC.

Riggle was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Sandra and Robert Allen Riggle, who worked in insurance.^[2] His family moved to Overland Park, Kansas when he was two.^[2][3][4] He attended Shawnee Mission South High School, where he was involved in the school's radio and TV stations. He was voted the most humorous in high school and graduated in 1988.^[2] He later attended the University of Kansas, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, attained his pilot's license, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Film in 1992.^[3] He went on to earn a Master of Public Administration degree from Webster University in 1997.

Riggle joined the Marines in 1990 after getting his pilot's license, intending to become a naval aviator, but left flight school to pursue a comedy career.^[5] Riggle was a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and often referred to his military experiences on The Daily Show, including acting as the show's "military analyst" and joking that he could kill any other member of the show.^[6] In August 2007, he went to Iraq to report for The Daily Show and to entertain troops under the purview of the USO.^[7]

Riggle was a public affairs officer with a New York City-based unit; he served in Liberia, Kosovo, Albania, and Afghanistan.^[2] He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel^[8] and received the Meritorious Service Medal (2); Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal; Joint Service Achievement Medal; Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2); Combat Action Ribbon (He earned it during his tour in Kosovo^[9]); National Defense Service Medal (2); Kosovo Campaign Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; and NATO Medal.^[10][11]

On January 1, 2013, he retired from the Marine Corps Reserve after 23 years of service.^[12]

1st row	Meritorious Service Medal w/ 1 gold award star			Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal			Joint Service Achievement Medal
2nd row	Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal w/ 1 gold award star			Combat Action Ribbon			National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star
3rd row	Kosovo Campaign Medal w/ 1 campaign star			Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/ 1 campaign star			Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
4th row	Humanitarian Service Medal			Armed Forces Reserve Medal			NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia

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Riggle has a long-standing comedic partnership with comedian Rob Huebel, with whom he frequently appears at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) and in their former improvisational sketch comedy troupe Respecto Montalban. Perhaps the duo's best known creation was their long running two-man show Kung Fu Grip which they performed at UCBT and other comedy venues for many years, and in the 2004 HBO Comedy Arts Festival. Around this time, they began appearing together in several of Comedy Central and VH1's "talking head" commentary programs such as Best Week Ever and A2Z. They also appeared in Bravo network's 100 Scariest Movie Moments special in 2004. These appearances got the duo their first exposure to television viewers and made them favorites among VH1 viewers. Riggle, Huebel and most of their castmates from Respecto Montalban also performed in sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien through the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The duo's growing popularity landed them an audition on Saturday Night Live in the summer of 2004. They auditioned together, though only Riggle ended up making the cut. After spending one season on Saturday Night Live from 2004 to 2005, Riggle soon joined Huebel and many of his other Respecto Montalban castmates in Los Angeles to work on new projects. Soon after, the two landed a holding deal at NBC in early 2006 to develop a half-hour comedy program, though it never reached production.

In September 2006, Riggle joined The Daily Show as a regular correspondent. Around the same time, Huebel (along with Respecto Montalban member Paul Scheer and stand-up comic Aziz Ansari) started developing Human Giant, a sketch show for MTV. Riggle often appeared in the show's sketches, and in its 24-hour live marathon which aired in May 2007. One of Riggle's most memorable appearances was as hired muscle Ham-Bone, who appeared alongside Aziz Ansari in the season one sketch "Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru". Riggle and Huebel can also be seen on stage at the UCBT in Doug Benson's documentary Super High Me.

A featured player during the 2004–2005 season, Riggle's first appearance as a SNL cast member was on the show's 30th-season premiere on October 2, 2004.^[13] He has portrayed Larry the Cable Guy, Howard Dean, Rick Sanchez, Mark McGwire, and Toby Keith. He had a one-shot character named Leviticus, a loud, violent street preacher who only appeared on a Weekend Update segment on the Christmas episode hosted by Robert De Niro (though another sketch featuring Leviticus scheduled to air on the episode hosted by Hilary Swank was cut after dress rehearsal).

Prior to becoming a cast member, Riggle appeared in a non-speaking role during season 29 in a pre-taped parody of Fear Factor, where he played the father of one of the child contestants during the "Breakfast in Bed" challenge, in which a child must eat the maggots off a plate of Eggs Benedict with the understanding that failing to do so results in the divorce of his parents.

In September 2006, Riggle joined the cast of The Daily Show to replace the departing Rob Corddry, and his debut on September 20, 2006.

TV Guide cited Riggle's segment "Marines in Berkeley" where he donned hippie regalia to spoof University of California, Berkeley peace activists protesting a local Marines recruiting station.^[14]

During the 2008 Olympics, Riggle traveled to China to tape sketches for The Daily Show, producing the four-part special feature "Rob Riggle: Chasing the Dragon".^[15]

Riggle left The Daily Show on December 10, 2008, in his words "to go fight crime"; however, he appeared at Bonnaroo 2009—with John Oliver and Rory Albanese, one of the show's executive producers—in a show entitled An Evening (or Afternoon) with The Daily Show featuring John Oliver, Rob Riggle & Rory Albanese.

On August 3, 2010, Riggle made a surprise cameo on The Daily Show during an interview with Will Ferrell.^[16] While Ferrell and Stewart began discussing Riggle's "lack of talent" and making other disparaging remarks about him, Riggle suddenly walked onto the set to "surprise" them and asked if they were talking about him. His intimidating presence appeared to make Ferrell and Stewart visibly afraid, continuing the running joke that Stewart is afraid of Riggle.

Previously, Riggle's live comedy work was mostly improvisational and sketch-based, but beginning in 2006 he wanted to try something different and decided to create a stand-up act. After working on it in various comedy clubs in New York City, he toured colleges and other comedy clubs, often performing with John Oliver and other Daily Show writers. He credits John Oliver for encouraging him to try stand-up while they shared an office at The Daily Show.^[17]

Riggle hosted an episode of Comedy Central's stand-up series Live at Gotham on December 4, 2009, and taped a Comedy Central Presents special that aired on March 5, 2010.

Riggle played Eddie Reynolds in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, a 2004 film starring Rob Corddry, and featuring almost all of the Respecto Montalban group. Later that year Riggle was one of the "Flab Four" on the Comedy Central mini-series Straight Plan for the Gay Man, a parody of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy that ran for three episodes.

In 2006, Riggle guest-starred as a boat captain named Captain Jack on the "Booze Cruise" episode of The Office, and as an anti-euthanasia activist on Arrested Development. He was also seen as a NASCAR announcer in the comedy film Talladega Nights with Will Ferrell.

In late 2007, Riggle began appearing as a spokesman in a series of Budweiser commercials. In 2008 he signed a talent holding contract with CBS and CBS Paramount Network TV, which included a development deal to create and star in a half-hour comedy series.^[18] He also gained a supporting role in Step Brothers, where he plays a rude co-worker of Brennan's (Will Ferrell). He had memorable supporting roles in the 2009 films The Hangover and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, and supporting roles in the 2010 comedies Going the Distance, Killers, and The Other Guys.

In 2009, Riggle started a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, playing Mitch, Jay Mohr's brother from the Marines.

In 2010, Riggle and comedian Paul Scheer wrote and starred in "Designated Driver", a series of sketches for the first season of the HBO comedy show Funny or Die Presents. Riggle, Scheer and Rob Huebel also wrote and starred in a series of sketches called "Death Hunt" in the show's second season in 2011.

For the 2010–2011 NFL football season, Riggle recorded a Monday Night Football introduction and several short comedy bits for the Kansas City Chiefs to be played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. He played the lead in the 2011 CBS sitcom pilot Home Game, executive produced by Mark Wahlberg.

Riggle is seen in stadium monitors at Qwest Field during Seattle Seahawks games, encouraging fans to cheer.

In May 2011, Riggle appeared in a 2-minute short on funnyordie.com as the U.S. Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden.^[19] He plays a humble US Navy Lieutenant (though the insignia on his uniform displays three solid gold bands, indicating the O-5 rank of a USN commander) who, upon being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, pledges absolute discretion, then gets intoxicated at a local bar and boasts unreservedly to a large crowd that he was bin Laden's assassin.

From 2011 to 2013, Riggle has co-starred as "The President of the Navy" in the Adult Swim comedy-action series NTSF:SD:SUV::. On July 11, 2012, he hosted the 2012 ESPY Awards.

In 2012, Riggle had a recurring role as "Kevin Jesquire" in season two of the FX comedy series Wilfred. He also began the recurring role of Gil Thorpe, the real-estate rival of Phil Dunphy (played by Ty Burrell), on the hit comedy series Modern Family, which continued through the show's 11th and final season in 2020.

In October 2013, he played Satan in the music video for Steel Panther's "Party Like Tomorrow is the End of the World".

In 2014, he was expected to star with Rob Lowe in the pilot for the single-camera comedy The Pro as Bobby Welch, a former professional tennis player.^[20] but the series was not picked up. Riggle appeared as Frank West in the 2015 film Dead Rising: Watchtower.^[21]

In August 2016, Riggle appeared at the Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe.

From September 2016, Riggle took over the role of Colonel Sanders in the KFC ad campaigns, following other comedians including Norm Macdonald and Darrell Hammond.^[22]

Riggle has been co-hosting on Stephen Curry's miniature golf game show Holey Moley in 2019 thru 2021 seasons with Joe Tessitore.

In 2023, Riggle voiced Glorlox, an alien bounty hunter and recurring character in My Dad the Bounty Hunter.^[23]

Beginning with the 19th-season premiere of the Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show on September 9, 2012, Riggle took over the comedy skit and prognosticator portions previously performed by Frank Caliendo from 2003 to 2011.^[24] Riggle did not return to the Fox NFL pre-game show in 2020.

Riggle married his wife Tiffany on April 13, 1999, and have two children. They filed for divorce in October 2020.^[25]

In June 2021, Riggle publicly claimed that his ex-wife had hacked his personal Apple account, stolen money from his home, and that she was somehow spying on him. Later that month, Riggle was granted a temporary restraining order against his ex-wife after finding a hidden camera, disguised as a smoke detector, in his home with more than 10,000 videos stored in it — some of which support his claims.^[26] A second hearing was scheduled for July 2021 at Riggle's request for a forensic expert to go through the footage obtained through the hidden camera.^[27]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Pushing Tom	Bob
2004	Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story	Eddie Reynolds
	Terrorists	Badger
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Jack Telmont
	Unaccompanied Minors	Head Guard Hoffman
2007	Super High Me	Himself
	Wild Girls Gone
2008	Step Brothers	Randy
2009	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Peter Selleck
	The Hangover	Officer Franklin
	May the Best Man Win	John Freeman
2010	Furry Vengeance	Riggs
	Going the Distance	Ron
	Killers	Henry
	The Other Guys	Detective Evan Martin
	High Road	James Malone Sr.
2011	Larry Crowne	Jack Strang
2012	Big Miracle	Dean Glowacki
	The Lorax	Aloysius O'Hare	Voice
	21 Jump Street	Mr. Walters
	Hotel Transylvania	Skeleton husband	Voice
	Nature Calls	Gentry
2013	The Internship	Randy
2014	Just Before I Go	Rawly Stansfield
	22 Jump Street	Mr. Walters	Uncredited
	Let's Be Cops	Officer Segars
	Dumb and Dumber To	Travis and Captain Lippencott
2015	Absolutely Anything	Grant
	Dead Rising: Watchtower	Frank West
	Hotel Transylvania 2	Bela	Voice
	Hell and Back	Curt	Voice
2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Northwestern Rep
	Opening Night	Goldmeyer
	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Bear
	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	William Cobb
2017	How to Be a Latin Lover	Scott
	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Ned Pendlehorn
	The Emoji Movie	Ice cream emoji	Uncredited voice role
2018	12 Strong	Colonel Max Bowers
	Midnight Sun	Jack
	Status Update	Darryl Moore
	Night School	Mackenzie
	Henchmen	Biff	Voice
2019	UglyDolls	Exposition Robot	Voice
2020	The War with Grandpa	Arthur
2022	The Curse of Bridge Hollow	Sully
2023	Strays	Rolf	Voice
TBA	The Ark and the Aardvark	The Todd	Voice; in production
	Bad Man		Post-production[28]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–2004	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various Characters
1998–2000	Upright Citizens Brigade	Various Characters	5 episodes
2004	Straight Plan for the Gay Man	Rob: Culture Guy	3 episodes
	Chappelle's Show	Debt Consolidation Pop-Up
2004–05	Saturday Night Live	Cast Member	20 episodes
2005–06	Love, Inc.	Major Curtis	2 episodes
2006	The Office	Captain Jack	Episode: "Booze Cruise"
	Arrested Development	Congressman John Van Huesen
2006–07	Campus Ladies	Glen	2 episodes
2006–08	The Daily Show	Correspondent	86 episodes
2007	Family Values	Theo Gladdings	Sitcom Pilot
2007–08	Human Giant	Various Characters	6 episodes
	Bronx World Travelers	Coach	2 episodes
2009–10	Gary Unmarried	Mitch	7 episodes
2009–22	American Dad!	Various Voices	7 episodes
2010	Chuck	Jim Rye
2010–12	The Cleveland Show	Chet Butler (voice)	2 episodes
2010	Comedy Central Presents	Himself
	Glenn Martin DDS	Duke
	Team Spitz	Jeff Spitz	CBS Sitcom Pilot
2010–11	Funny or Die Presents	Various Characters	7 episodes
2011	30 Rock	Reggie	Episode: "I Heart Connecticut"
	Childrens Hospital	Dr. Brock Stryker
	Happy Endings	Drew	Episode: "Full Court Dress"
	Home Game	Joe Allen	CBS Sitcom Pilot
	Ugly Americans	Drill Sergeant
2011–13	NTSF:SD:SUV::	President of the Navy	16 episodes
2012	Victorious	Vice Principal Dickers	Episode: "The Breakfast Bunch"
	World Series of Dating	Host	2 episodes
	Wilfred	Kevin Jesquire	4 episodes
	Fox NFL Sunday	Self	First appearance on September 9, 2012
2012–16	New Girl	Big Schmidt	4 episodes
2013–16	Drunk History	J. Edgar Hoover / Teddy Roosevelt	2 episodes
2013–19	Modern Family	Gil Thorpe	7 episodes
2014	The Pro	Bobby Welch	NBC Sitcom Pilot
	Bad Judge	Chet	Episode: "Judge and Jury"
	The League	Bethesda	3 episodes
2015	Marry Me	Officer Gary Bric
	Golan the Insatiable	Golan the Insatiable (voice)	6 episodes
	Key & Peele	Ron's boss	Episode: "Hollywood Sequel Doctor"
	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Rorg / QT Bot (voice)	Episodes: "Rorg: A Hero of a Past", "Escape From Scrap City"
	Playing House	Buck Finch	Episode: "Knotty Pine"
	Fresh Off the Boat	Gator Dan	Episode: "Family Business Trip"
2016	Teachers	Don Larondasack	Episode: "Picture Day"
	Wander Over Yonder	Bill (voice)	Episode: "The Family Reunion/The Rival"
	Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe	Himself/roaster	Television special
	Albert	Cactus Pete	Voice, television film
	Lip Sync Battle	Himself	Episode: "Rob Riggle vs. Jeff Dye"
	Son of Zorn	Headbutt Man (voice)	2 episodes
2017	The Simpsons	Dr. Fenton Pooltoy (voice)	Episode: "A Father's Watch"
	Angie Tribeca	Detective Zachary Fontaine	4 episodes
	Bob's Burgers	Austin (voice)	Episode: "Into the Mild"
2018	Big Hero 6: The Series	Greg Jack (voice)	Episode: "The Impatient Patient"
	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Theodore "Ted" Murdsly (voice)	Episode: "Captain Underpants and the Flustering Mindless Woe of the Memory Wipes"
2018–22	Fancy Nancy	Doug Clancy (voice)	52 episodes
2018	Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy	Rob Riggle	8 episodes
2019	Schooled	Alan Buccholz	Episode: "Tamagotchis and Bells"
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Rob Dulubnik	Episode: "A Tale of Two Bandits"
	Big Mouth	Sgt. Adderall (voice)	Episode: "The ASSes"
	Archibald's Next Big Thing	Sea Captain (voice)	Episode: "The Oath of the Compass/Garbage Fruit"
2019–22	Holey Moley	Color commentator
2020	Hoops	Barry Hopkins (voice)	7 episodes
	Bless the Harts	Coach Fowler (voice)	Episode: "The McEntire Truth"
2020–21	The Unicorn	Trey	2 episodes
2021	Holey Moley Australia	Commentator	[29]
	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Himself	Episode: "Rob Riggle, Joe Tessitore & Jeannie Mai"
	Big City Greens	Community Dan (voice)	Episode: "Bat Girl"
	Adam Carolla: Truth Yeller	Himself
2022	Jellystone!	Blue Falcon (voice)	Episode: "Heroes and Capes"
	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Get In"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Trucks"
	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Rob Riggle"
2023	My Dad the Bounty Hunter	Glorlox	Voice; recurring role
	Krapopolis	Sportscaster #2 (voice)	Episode: "The Stuperbowl"
	The Loud House	Lance Loud (voice)	2 episodes
	Barmageddon	Himself	Episode: "Rob Riggle vs. Chris Hardwick"
2024	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Hobie Turner	Episode: "Disgruntled"
	Mr. Birchum	Gunderson (voice)
	Elsbeth	Neal Dorsey	Episode: "The Wrong Stuff"

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