Bobby Moynihan
Moynihan in 2007
Born	Robert Michael Moynihan Jr. (1977-01-31)January 31, 1977 (age 48) Eastchester, New York, U.S.
Education	University of Connecticut (BFA)
Occupations	Actor comedian writer producer
Years active	1996–present
Notable work	Derrick Comedy Saturday Night Live
Spouse	Brynn O'Malley ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	2

Robert Michael Moynihan Jr. (born January 31, 1977)^[1][2][3][4] is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member and writer for theNBCsketch comedy seriesSaturday Night Live from 2008 to 2017.^[5]

Outside ofSNL, he has also voicedLouie Duck onDisney'sDuckTales from 2017 to 2021, Panda inWe Bare Bears from 2015 to 2020, and Hal the Dog in thePBS Kids seriesNature Cat from 2015 to 2025. He has also performed in animated films such asMonsters University (2013) andThe Secret Life of Pets (2016) and its2019 sequel. He portrayed Jayden Kwapis on the sitcomMr. Mayor and the manatee Loafy in the 2020show of the same name of which he is also the creator, executive producer, director and writer.

Moynihan was born and raised inEastchester, New York.^[1][6] He graduated from theUniversity of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts in 1999.^[7] After graduation, Moynihan toured with a Shakespeare company before discoveringUpright Citizens Brigade, whereAmy Poehler gave him a job as a bartender for free classes. One of his first classes was with then-15 year oldZach Woods.^[8]

Moynihan frequently performed with theDerrick Comedy sketch group and appeared in many of their popular internet videos and various projects. He also filmed a supporting role in the group's feature filmMystery Team, which premiered at theSundance Film Festival in 2009 before a limited theatrical release.

In mid-2008, Moynihan had a supporting role in the popular web-seriesThe Line, an online video project funded byLorne Michaels' production company, directed bySNL head writer and cast memberSeth Meyers, and starringSNL cast membersBill Hader andJason Sudeikis. He acted as a sketch regular onLate Night with Conan O'Brien for a number of years and was a contributing writer on MTV'sHuman Giant, and in years past, he often submitted scripts toSNL with comedy partnerCharlie Sanders. Moynihan has also acted in a number of comedy shorts for the websiteCollegeHumor, including their webseriesEvery Week on Entourage where he plays "Turtle" fromEntourage. During the summer of 2008, Moynihan featured in a national television ad campaign forESPN Radio with Yankees broadcasterMichael Kay.^[9][10] In the summer of 2009, Moynihan starred in the music video forColbie Caillat's single, "Fallin' for You".^[11] He also appeared in three of The Lonely Island's music videos; "Boombox", "Shy Ronnie 2" and "Threw It On The Ground". He made a guest appearance as the drug-addicted Conrad Bellingham onMercy. He also appeared in the filmsThe Invention of Lying,When in Rome, andCertainty. In 2013, he made his voice acting film debut inMonsters University as Chet Alexander, a member of the Roar Omega Roar fraternity. Moynihan also voiced the titular character in theFX animated comedyChozen, which aired for one season in 2014.

In 2015, he was a featured character, Lenny, in the romantic comedy filmSlow Learners (original titleBad Boys, Crazy Girls). He also voiced Panda in theCartoon Network seriesWe Bare Bears, as well as Hal the Dog in thePBS Kids animated seriesNature Cat. In 2016, Moynihan appeared in a commercial forPizza Hut's BaconStuffed crust pizza, and voiced Mel fromThe Secret Life of Pets in the same year. AfterSNL, he was the lead in the short-livedCBS sitcomMe, Myself & I.^[12] From 2017 to 2021, he voiced the characterLouie Duck in theDisney Channel/Disney XD revival ofDuckTales.^[13] In June 2023, he started voicing the character Bobby Boots in theDisney Junior TV seriesPupstruction.

From 2021 to 2022, Moynihan played interim Director of Communications Jayden Kwapis in theNBC sitcomMr. Mayor,^[14] and stars as the titular manatee in his seriesLoafy.^[15] In December 2021, Moynihan wrote the segment "The Holiday Pact" inDC Comics' anthology specialTis the Season to Be Freezin', starring theFlash andCaptain Cold.^[16] Moynihan released a children's book titledNot All Sheep Are Boring, with illustrations by Julie Rowan-Zoch and published by Penguin Random House, in 2022.^[17]

In March 2025, Moynihan appeared on Season 2 ofDropout’s interview-parody showVery Important People in the episode "Dan Wesley Sharron", playing a frozen man with the same name.^[18]

Moynihan joined the cast ofNBC'sSaturday Night Live duringseason 34 on September 13, 2008, and remained through the end ofseason 42 on May 20, 2017.^[19] He has made subsequent cameo appearances duringJack Harlow's hosting debut in 2022 and theSaturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special.^[20][21]

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• Mark Payne is a waiter at Pizzeria Uno. He wears a T-shirt featuringSagara Sanosuke fromRurouni Kenshin and always complains about inconsequential things around the pizzeria.^{[episode needed]}
• Dancing skeleton in the Haunted Elevator sketch featuring Tom Hanks asDavid S. Pumpkins. Moynihan co-wrote the sketch andan animated special that aired on NBC the following year.
• Anthony Crispino is an incompetent reporter atWeekend Update.^[22]
• Vinny Vedecci Jr. is the son of Italian talk show host Vinny Vedecci. He wants to ask celebrities ridiculous questions, but they cannot understand his broken English, which makes him cry. Vinny Jr. is based on Johnny Caspar Jr., a character inMiller's Crossing.
• Liam is one of the kids in Gilly's elementary school class. It is often implied that he hates his stepfather.^{[episode needed]}
• Obnoxious Microphone Guy is an annoying man who attends parties and other events and steals the microphone from the emcee.^{[episode needed]}
• Scared Straight Kid, one of the three young trouble-makers (along withBill Hader andAndy Samberg) lectured by convict Lorenzo McIntosh (played byKenan Thompson) and McIntosh's fellow inmates including hosts Taylor Swift, Lindsay Lohan, and Betty White. McIntosh usually throws his shoe out of anger, and in later sketches he gives it to him to throw.^[23]
• Ass Dan, a member of the Kick Spit Underground Rock Festival and winner of the Worst He-Man Impression Contest and the Mud-Eating Contest. Even though the Blake Lively/Rihanna episode established that he died in 2009 at the age of 28 (Ass Dan was born in 1981), he was brought back as one half of theThrilla Killa Klownz on the episode hosted by Ryan Phillippe in the music video"Magical Mysteries" (in which it was stated that Ass Dan "did just die" in the 2010 sketch, making Ass Dan 29 at the time), brought back again for the 2010 Crunkmas Carnival sketch (in which Li'l Blaster established that Ass Dan was dead and finally getting the wake he deserves), and brought back again for the 2011 Easter Festival (in which D.J. Supersoak established that Ass Dan was getting a proper burial), making Ass Dan 30 years old at the time of this death. The 2011 Columbus Day Assblast on the episode hosted by Ben Stiller implied that Ass Dan was still alive, though he almost had a heart attack and still died before he could say that he was going to live forever after the heart attack allegedly passed. On the Bruno Mars episode in October 2012, it's revealed that Ass Dan has an identical twin brother named Butt Dave (also played by Bobby Moynihan).^[24]
• Keith, a young movie fan who is excited about everything except for the illustrious actor/host that week, notably snubbingRobert De Niro in favor ofBen Stiller on the set ofLittle Fockers. In Keith's first appearance, he snubbed a hockey player (played by hostBradley Cooper).^{[episode needed]}
• Doug, the mechanic for the Merryville Brothers trolley ride. His character was not named on the first sketch withJim Carrey as the third Merryville brother.^{[episode needed]}
• Richie, the stage manager fromThe Best of Both Worlds who has, on two occasions, been murdered by Julie Andrews and Ice Cube (played byHelen Mirren andKenan Thompson respectively) and by Daniel Radcliffe and Clint Eastwood (also played respectively by Hugh Jackman andBill Hader).^{[episode needed]}
• Slappy Pappy, one of the regular comedians in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" video series.^{[episode needed]}
• Drunk Uncle, an extremely inebriated and bitter character who drunkenly rants and raves duringWeekend Update.^[25]
• Janet Peckinpaugh, a middle-aged woman who hooks up with male celebrities, she hooked up withTom Brady (as played by Channing Tatum) and Adam Levine as himself.^[26]
• Niff, a retail worker who, along with Dana (Cecily Strong) always insults retail workers whenever they fear they're going to get fired.^{[episode needed]}
• Kirby, an astronaut obsessed with his "little kitty cat".
• Riblet,Michael Che's high school friend on Weekend Update.

In August 2016, Moynihan married his longtime partner, Broadway actress Brynn O'Malley.^[27][19] Their daughter was born in July 2017.^[28] The family lives inLos Angeles.^[29]

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