Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried
Gottfried at the 2020 GalaxyCon Richmond
Birth name	Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried
Born	(1955-02-28)February 28, 1955 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died	April 12, 2022(2022-04-12) (aged 67) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Kensico Cemetery
Medium	Stand-up, television, film, podcast
Years active	1970–2022
Genres	Satire blue comedy black comedy insult comedy improvisational comedy impressions
Subject(s)	Religion race relations racism popular culture sex cinema celebrities
Spouse	Dara Kravitz ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
Relative(s)	Arlene Gottfried (sister)
Website	gilbertgottfried.com

Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian and actor, known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York accent, and his edgy, often controversial, sense of humor. His numerous roles in film and television included voicing Iago in The Walt Disney Company's Aladdin franchise, Mister Mxyzptlk in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Action, Digit LeBoid in PBS Kids' Cyberchase, Kraang Subprime in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Aflac duck (before he was replaced by Daniel McKeague in 2011). He also played Mr. Peabody in the Problem Child franchise.

Gottfried hosted Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014–2022), along with Frank Santopadre, which featured discussions of classic films and celebrity interviews, most often with veteran actors, comedians, musicians, and comedy writers. The documentary Gilbert (2017) explored his life and career.

Early life

Gottfried was born Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City on February 28, 1955, the son of hardware store owner Max Gottfried and homemaker Lillian Zimmerman. His father and grandfather ran the store, above which the family lived. He was raised in a Jewish family, but later said of his unusual upbringing, "I ate pork. We weren't that aware of the holidays or anything like that, but were aware of being Jewish. It's like I kind of knew that even though I was never bar mitzvahed and we didn't follow the holidays, I knew that if the Nazis came back, I'd be in the same train coach with everyone else." He was the younger brother of Karen Gottfried and photographer Arlene Gottfried (1950–2017).

From Coney Island, the family moved to Brooklyn's Crown Heights, followed by Borough Park.

Career

Gottfried's first routine on stage was at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village during one of its Hootenanny Night events when he was 15 years old. His two sisters Arlene and Karen accompanied him, having thought the performances he did for the family were good enough for the stage and encouraged him to try it out. His early routines focused on impressions of old time actors and celebrities, including Boris Karloff and Humphrey Bogart. From there, he worked the local comedy circuit and became known in the area as a "comedian's comedian", and started to perform edgier material when he became bored with his usual routines. One such incident occurred when Gottfried opened for Belinda Carlisle, which was attended by younger girls and their mothers: "I tried doing my regular act for about five minutes, then I just launched into the filthiest stuff I could think of. And the next day, I got a call from my agent saying, 'Everybody there loved you,' which is show business talk for, 'You're fired.'"

In 1980, when Saturday Night Live was being retooled with a new staff and new comedians, the producers noticed Gottfried and hired him as a cast member for its sixth season. Gottfried's persona during Saturday Night Live sketches was different from his later characterization: He rarely spoke in his trademark voice and never squinted. During his 12-episode stint, he was rarely used in sketches. Gottfried recalled that a low point was having to play a corpse in a sketch about a sports organist hired to play inappropriate music at a funeral. He had one recurring character named Leo Waxman (husband of Denny Dillon's Pinky Waxman on the recurring talk show sketch "What's It All About?") and two celebrity impersonations: David Stockman and Roman Polanski.

From 1983 to 1984, Gottfried regular performed on Alan Thicke's short-lived show Thicke of the Night. In April 1987, he headlined a half-hour comedy special that aired as part of the Cinemax Comedy Experiment series. Gottfried played accountant Sidney Bernstein in Beverly Hills Cop II, in which he reunited with friend and fellow SNL alumnus Eddie Murphy. In August that same year, Gottfried made his debut appearance on The Howard Stern Show and went on to make over 100 appearances on the radio show over the next 25 years. That year, he also starred in the sitcom pilot Norman's Corner, co-written by Larry David prior to creating Seinfeld.

Gottfried in 1999

Although not a regular, Gottfried appeared in The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, as well as the voice of Jerry the Belly Button Elf in Ren and Stimpy. Three of his most prominent roles came in 1990, 1991, and 1992, when he was cast as Igor Peabody in Problem Child and Problem Child 2 and Iago in Aladdin. When asked how he prepared for the role of Iago, Gottfried joked, "I did the whole DeNiro thing. I moved to South America! I lived in the trees!" Gottfried reprised the role in The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the television series and various related media, such as Kingdom Hearts and House of Mouse. However, the character was ultimately recast to Alan Tudyk for the 2019 remake. Gottfried also voiced Berkeley Beetle in the 1994 film Thumbelina. He was the host of the Saturday edition of USA Up All Night for its entire run from 1989 to 1998.

He was a recurring guest star during the Tom Bergeron era of Hollywood Squares and became the center of attention in a bizarre episode that aired on October 1, 1999. In this episode, the two contestants made nine consecutive incorrect guesses, six of which were to be game-deciding questions asked to Gottfried. As the only remaining square left, whoever captured him would have five squares and therefore win the game. Penn Jillette, who was a guest alongside Teller on the same episode, berated a contestant earlier for giving an incorrect guess by shouting, "You fool!". Gottfried himself began to use the phrase, with most of the other stars (including Bergeron himself) eventually joining in with every successive wrong guess, beginning with the second question he was asked. As a result, it took the episode's entire half hour to play only one game; however, he was eventually captured on the last possible question. Appropriately, the episode became known as the "You Fool!" episode. Gottfried was temporarily fired from Hollywood Squares after this incident, returning about a month later.

Gottfried provided the voice of the duck in the Aflac commercials, Digit in Cyberchase, Dr. Bender and his son Wendell in The Fairly OddParents, and Mister Mxyzptlk (pronounced "Mikz-yez-pit-lik") in Superman: The Animated Series. He reprised his role as Mister Mxyzptlk in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Justice League Action, and Lego DC Super-Villains. He also played a nasty wisecracking criminal genius named Nick Knack in two episodes of Superboy. He also co-wrote an issue of Superboy, which featured Nick Knack's origin. Gottfried made regular appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has played Harry Potter and Yoda.

Gottfried at the Writers Guild of America East Solidarity Rally in November 2007

In 2004, Comedy Central featured Gottfried's stand-up material for Shorties Watchin' Shorties. Gottfried was part of an online advertising campaign for Microsoft's Office XP software, showing (in a series of animated cartoons) that the Clippy office assistant would be removed. In 2006, Gottfried topped the Boston Phoenix's tongue-in-cheek list of the world's 100 Unsexiest Men. In April, he performed with the University of Pennsylvania's Mask and Wig Club in their annual Intercollegiate Comedy Festival. Also in 2006, he made an appearance on the Let's Make a Deal portion of Gameshow Marathon (as a baby in a large high chair, he says "Hey Ricki, I think I need my diaper changed!"), and in the Dodge Viper in the big deal (where he tells the contestants "What were you thinking?!" because neither one picked it). He also guest-starred in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy as Santa Claus in the one-hour Christmas special. He voiced Rick Platypus in an episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey entitled "That Darn Platypus".

He appeared as Peter's horse in an episode of Family Guy entitled "Boys Do Cry", in which Peter is excited to learn that Gottfried is providing the voice of the horse. He also voiced himself in some episodes. He also guest-starred in Hannah Montana as Barny Bittmen. In January 2009, Gottfried worked again with David Faustino for an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving. In 2011, Gottfried appeared in the episode "Lost Traveller" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Leo Gerber, a sarcastic computer professional working for the NYPD's Technical Assistance Response Unit, which producer Warren Leight said could become a recurring character. Gottfried read a section from the hit book Fifty Shades of Grey in a June 2012 YouTube video, which was created with the aim of using his trademark voice to make fun of the book's graphic sexual content.

In 2011, Gottfried published his only book Rubber Balls and Liquor.

In 2013, he became a member of "Team Rachael" in the second season of Food Network's Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off. In March that year, he appeared on ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap, in which he swapped wives with Alan Thicke. He was also a commentator on truTV Presents: World's Dumbest....

Gottfried in 2016

On May 28, 2014, Sideshow Network premiered Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, an interview podcast where Gottfried and his co-host Frank Santopadre discussed classic films and talk to "Hollywood legends and behind-the-scenes talents" who shaped Gottfried's childhood and influenced his comedy. His first guest was Dick Cavett. His final guest was Brenda Vaccaro in a two part episode released on April 25 and May 2, 2022. Gottfried would be hospitalized a few hours after the episode's recording. Since Gottfried's death, the podcast continued by re-uploading older episodes in honor of his legacy.

Gottfried was the third contestant fired during the fourteenth season of the NBC reality show The Celebrity Apprentice. In 2016, he played the "Pig Man" in a comedy / fantasy film titled Abnormal Attraction.

In 2017, he appeared as himself in Episodes, where a contestant on a fictional TV endurance game show is penalized with "48 hours of Gilbert Gottfried".

On June 10, 2018, Gottfried appeared in a special segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver where, for UK viewers only, a segment about the UK's law restricting broadcast of debates from the Houses of Parliament was replaced by 5 minutes of him reading "3-star Yelp reviews" along with host John Oliver telling the audience "you brought this on yourself because of your stupid law." He returned on November 18, 2018 in the show's last episode of the year to read out extracts from the Brexit agreement, again for UK viewers only. He had previously performed as "the real voice of Jared Kushner" in dubbed film clips on the show.

On July 31, 2019, Gottfried appeared as a guest in episode 170 of the Angry Video Game Nerd.

On January 10, 2022, he guest-starred as God in the penultimate episode of Smiling Friends Season 1. On October 18, 2022, he appeared in the Somebody Feed Phil Season 6 episode "Croatia" in the "Joke for Max" segment on a video call with the show host Philip Rosenthal where he tells a few jokes in honor of Phil's late father Max. Released in the same month, The Paloni Show! Halloween Special includes a skit with Gottfried voicing an "apartment manager who doesn't want to deal with his tenants."

In April 2023, he had a posthumous guest role on the second episode of Adult Swim's Royal Crackers as a "fixer" hired to dispose of a dead body. The episode ended with a dedicated message to Gottfried saying "Thank you, Gilbert" before the credits.

Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast launched on June 1, 2014. GGACP was a long-form interview podcast and was hosted by not only Gottfried, but his friend and professional comedy writer Frank Santopadre. Gottfried's wife Dara served as executive producer and it was recorded weekly until his death in 2022, with re-uploads of older episodes continuing afterwards in his honor.

Standard episodes ran about an hour in length and featured interviews with a variety of entertainers, writers, and directors, including Dick Cavett, Tippi Hedren, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro (who ended up being his final guest), Bob Costas, Susie Essman, Dick Van Dyke, Alan Arkin, Phil Rosenthal, Lee Grant, and many more. Several guests made more than one appearance, but none more often than Mario Cantone. Cantone would annually help Gottfried and Santopadre celebrate the Christmas season with a mixture of songs, jokes, and cheer.

Its title Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast is a reference to the 1957 black-and-white science fiction film The Amazing Colossal Man, directed by Bert I. Gordon. Gottfried's chaotic comedic riffing and Santopadre's earnest interviewing offered the show a style all its own.

Starting in 2015, the podcast featured shorter mini-episodes around half an hour in length on more specific topics like particular character actors, films, or songs. The mini-episodes were later rebranded as Amazing Colossal Obsessions.

Artistry and image

Danny Gallagher of the Dallas Observer wrote that "Gottfried has one of the most original formulas in the history of comedy," adding, "You don't just laugh at the punchline when Gilbert Gottfried tells a joke. You laugh at the setup. You laugh at his comments about the joke. You even laugh at the segues between his jokes." Eric Falwell wrote of his influence in The Atlantic: "Gottfried's work as a stand-up shaped many comics today, whether they would say as much or not. He was a figure who ... pushed stand-up to move beyond the realm of the merely observational and create space for the absurd." In 2022, the Jewish Journal named him one of "The Top 10 Jewish Reality TV Stars of All Time."

Gottfried was best known for speaking in an exaggerated loud and grating voice, which was not his natural speaking voice. Mark Binneli of Rolling Stone described Gottfried as a "squinting, squawking mass of contradictions", noting his status as "one of America's filthiest stand-ups" while simultaneously being "one of the most successful voice-over artists in children's entertainment". He was also known for joking about recent tragedies, prompting fellow comedian Bill Maher to dub him the "King of Too Soon". In a July 2012 op-ed for CNN, he wrote, "I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will find a very old picture of two masks. One mask is tragedy. It looks like it's crying. The other mask is comedy. It looks like it's laughing. Nowadays, we would say, 'How tasteless and insensitive. A comedy mask is laughing at a tragedy mask.'"

Controversies

See also: Humor based on the September 11 attacks and The Aristocrats

At the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Gottfried told a series of masturbation jokes in reference to Paul Reubens' arrest for masturbating in an adult theater, saying if it was a crime, he should be on death row. Viewers in the Eastern time zone saw the entire set live, but Fox censored the broadcast for the West Coast delay. Fox issued an apology, calling the jokes "irresponsible and insulting". Gottfried said that producers stated he would not be invited back and Rolling Stone wrote that the monolog resulted in his blacklisting.

During his monologue at a Friars Club roast of Hugh Hefner, 3 weeks after the September 11 attacks, Gottfried joked that he had intended to catch a plane, but could not get a direct flight because "they said they have to stop at the Empire State Building first". This was one of the first public examples of 9/11 humor. Audience members responded with hisses and a cry of "too soon!". Gottfried later stated he thought "too soon" meant he did not take a long enough pause before the punchline. Realizing he had lost the audience "bigger than anybody has ever lost an audience", Gottfried abandoned his prepared remarks and launched into the famous Aristocrats joke, which won back the audience. Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza used Gottfried's monolog as a segment in their 2005 film The Aristocrats.

On March 14, 2011, Gottfried tweeted 12 jokes about the earthquake disaster in Japan. Aflac, which does 75% of its business in Japan, responded by dismissing Gottfried from voicing its mascot and announcing a casting call for his replacement, despite Gottfried later apologizing for his jokes. He was replaced by Daniel McKeague (who did an impression of Gottfried) on April 26.

Personal life

In 1992, Gottfried suffered from appendicitis and was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery; the treatment was successful.

In late 1997, he met Dara Kravitz at a Grammy Awards party. On September 3, 2007, they were married and had a daughter Lily, born June 12, 2007, and a son Max, born May 18, 2009, named after Gottfried's parents. He was a longtime resident of the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

Gottfried was known for his frugality; he often walked instead of using public transportation because he did not want to pay the fares. In another incident, illustrator Drew Friedman recalled that Gottfried would visit his apartment unannounced in the late 1980s to watch films on his VCR because he did not want to buy one of his own.

Death

On April 12, 2022, at 2:35 p.m. ET, Gottfried died at a Manhattan hospital of recurrent ventricular tachycardia, complicated by type II myotonic dystrophy, which he had privately suffered with for many years. He was 67 years old.

His family released a statement on his Twitter account, writing: "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend, uncle, and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor."

A funeral was held for Gottfried on April 14 in Westchester County, New York. Celebrities who attended the funeral were Jeff Ross (who gave Gottfried's eulogy), Colin Quinn, Susie Essman, Mario Cantone, Dave Attell, and Paul Shaffer, as well as Bob Saget's wife Kelly Rizzo and their three daughters. Notably absent was Whoopi Goldberg, who sent a gift in honor of Gottfried. Sarah Silverman had planned on sitting shiva with a slew of Gottfried's friends and family.

He was buried in the Sharon Gardens section of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York, with the epitaph on his gravestone reading, "Too Soon". This is a reference to his style of telling jokes, as well as his death.

Legacy

Gottfried was scheduled to appear as a special guest at the Ebertfest film festival to discuss the documentary film about him entitled Gilbert. Ebertfest announced it would dedicate its 2022 event to the memories of Gottfried and Sidney Poitier. Gottfried was also posthumously inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.

The 2023 video game Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is dedicated to Gottfried's memory as he was to reprise his role as Mister Mxyzptlk; Dana Snyder recorded the part in his place. Also, in the same year, Ron Pardo took over Gottfried's voice role as Digit in Cyberchase; the role of Iago was taken over by Barrett Leddy in Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest and by Piotr Michael in Once Upon a Studio. Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match is dedicated to Gottfried, where he voiced David Doubdly in a posthumous credit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The House of God	Paramedic
1985	Bad Medicine	Tony Sandoval
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Sidney Bernstein
1988	Hot to Trot	Dentist
1989	Never on Tuesday	Lucky Larry Lupin
1990	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Johnny Crunch	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	Seriously...Phil Collins	Roger
	Problem Child	Mr. Peabody	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	Look Who's Talking Too	Joey, The Baby Gym Instructor
1991	Problem Child 2	Mr. Peabody
	Horror Hall of Fame 2	Boris
	Highway to Hell	Hitler
1992	Aladdin	Iago	Voice
1994	House Party 3	Luggage Clerk
	Thumbelina	Berkeley Beetle	Voice
	The Return of Jafar	Iago	Voice, direct-to-video
	Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas	Burt Banner
	Double Dragon	Walter
1995	Problem Child 3: Junior in Love	Dr. Peabody
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Iago	Voice, direct-to-video
	Be Cool about Fire Safety!	Seemore Smoke	Voice
	Escape from It's a Wonderful Life	Angry man on porch
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Mr. Harry Karp
	Def Jam's How to Be a Player	Tony the Doorman
1998	Dr. Dolittle	Compulsive Dog	Voice
1999	Goosed	Alan Levy
2001	Longshot	Mr. Chadwick
2002	Mickey's House of Villains	Iago	Voice, direct-to-video
2004	The Amazing Floydini	Magic Store Owner
	Back by Midnight	Security Guard
	Funky Monkey	Dr. Spleen
	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Duck	Voice, uncredited
2005	The Aristocrats	Himself
2006	Farce of the Penguins	"I'm Freezing My Nuts Off" Penguin	Voice
2007	Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams	Iago	Voice, direct-to-video
2008	Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes	Himself
2009	The Lindabury Story
	Jack and the Beanstalk	Grayson the Goose
2011	Miss December	The Police Officer
2013	Beecher Baby Bouncer	Himself	Short
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Abraham Lincoln
2016	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	Himself
	Director's Cut	Superintendent
	Unbelievable!!!!!	as himself
	Gender Bender	Dr. Montalto
	Life, Animated	Himself
	The Comedian
	Hospital Arrest	Jerome Carter
2017	Gilbert	Himself
	80s Creature House	Grim Reaper
	Animal Crackers	Mario Zucchini	Voice
2018	Abnormal Attraction	Pig Man
	Boy Band	Mort	Voice
	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Rand McDonald
2019	Super Gidget	Infestor	Voice, short
2020	A Wrestling Christmas Miracle	Rice
	The Truth About Santa Claus	Dr. Leland	Final Role
2023	Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match	David Doubldy	Voice; Direct-to-Video; posthumous release (final film role); dedicated in memory
2024	Shrek 2 Retold	Announcer	Voice; posthumous release

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980–1981	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	Cast member; 12 episodes
1983–1984	Thicke of the Night
1987	The Cosby Show	Mr. Babcock	Episode: "Say Hello to a Good Buy"
1989–1998	USA Up All Night	Saturday night host
1990	Superboy	Nick Knack	2 episodes
1991	Night Court	Oscar Brown
1993–1995	Bonkers	Two-Bits	Voice, 2 episodes
1993–1994	Bobby's World	Karate Sensei, Mad Scientist
	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various skits
1993	Problem Child	Mr. Peabody	Voice
1994	Living Single	Larry Friedlander
	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Jerry the Bellybutton Elf / Adonis	Voice
1994–1995	Aladdin	Iago	Voice, main role, 83 episodes
	Wings	Lewis	Guest role; 3 episodes
1994–1997	Duckman	Art DeSalvo	Voice, 4 episodes
1995	Married... with Children	Himself	Episode: "Ship Happens"
	Adventures in Wonderland	Mike McNasty	Episode: "Pie Noon"
	The Parent 'Hood	Pizza Manager	Episode: "Pizza Man"
	Mad About You	Spanky's Master	Episode: "The Couple"
	Bump in the Night	Stink Bug	Voice
	Aladdin on Ice	Iago	Voice, television film
1996	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Roy	Episode: "The Tale of Station 109.1"
	In the House	Mr. Comstock
	Escape From It's a Wonderful Life	Angry Man on Porch
1996–1997	Dexter's Laboratory	Mr. Pickles	Voice, 3 episodes
1997–1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Mister Mxyzptlk	Voice, 2 episodes
1997	Muppets Tonight	Himself	episode 207
	The Weird Al Show
1998	Cosby	Cellmate	Episode: "Fifteen Minutes of Fame"
	Noddy	Jack Frost	Episode: "Jack Frost is Coming to Town"
	Big Bag	Muchachos the Hamster	In the Troubles the Cat segments
	Saturday Night Live	Napoleon Bonaparte	Voice, episode: "Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind"
1998–1999	Hercules	Minister Cleon	Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Assassin"
1998–2004	Hollywood Squares	Himself	Regular
1999	Dilbert	Accounting Troll	Voice, episode: "Hunger"
	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Himself	2 episodes
	Timon & Pumbaa	The Woodpecker	Voice, episode: "Mozam-Beaked"
2000	Clerks: The Animated Series	Jerry Seinfeld, Patrick Swayze	Voice, 2 episodes
2001–2002	The Fairly OddParents	Dr. Bender, Wendell	Voice, 3 episodes
2001–2003	House of Mouse	Iago	Voice, 7 episodes
2002–2022	Cyberchase	Digit, Widget	Voice, main role Daytime Emmy [Nominee] Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Children's Daytime Emmy Awards 2007
2002	Bear in the Big Blue House	Large Possum	Voice, episode: "Welcome to Woodland Valley Part 2"
	Son of the Beach	Noccus Johnstein	2 episodes
	Celebrity Deathmatch	Himself	Voice, episode: "Gottfried in the Arena"
2003	Becker	Alan
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Comic	Episode: "Last Laugh"
2004	Home Movies	Tonto the Parrot	Episode: "Honkey Magoo"
	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Various sketches	8 episodes
	Celebrity Paranormal Project
	I Love Toys
	Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments	Himself	Part I: 100-81
2005	Billy and Mandy Save Christmas	Santa Claus	Voice, television film
2007	The Emperor's New School	Additional voices	Episode: "Emperor's New Musical"
	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Rick Platypus	Voice, episode: "That Darn Platypus"
2007, 2018, 2023	Family Guy	Gilbert Gottfried Horse, Dog Whistle, Himself	Voice, 3 episodes
2008	Hannah Montana	Barney Bitman	Episode: "(We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl"
	I Love the New Millennium		4 episodes
	Comedy Central Roast: Bob Saget	Himself
	The Replacements		Voice, episode: "A Buzzwork Orange"
	Back at the Barnyard	Barn Buddy	Voice, episode: "Barn Buddy"
	Sesame Street	Denny the Distractor	Episode: "Hurry Up, You're Running Out of Time"
	The View	Horny the Dwarf	Episode: "Joy's Month in ReView"
	SeeMore's Playhouse	Himself	Episode: "Marching Orders"
	Pyramid	Celebrity Guest
2009	Star-ving	"Gilbert's Kid"
	Comedy Central Roast: Joan Rivers	Himself
	Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
2010	'Til Death	Tommy	Guest starred
	Robotomy	Tickle Me Psycho	Voice, episode: "The Playdate"
	Comedy Central Roast: David Hasselhoff	Himself
2011	Comedy Central Roast: Donald Trump
	Roast of Facebook	Twitter
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Leo Gerber	2 episodes
2012	Comedy Central Roast: Roseanne Barr	Himself
	The Burn with Jeff Ross
2013–2014	TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest...
2013	Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off
	Celebrity Wife Swap		Episode: "Gilbert Gottfried/Alan Thicke"
	Mad	Linkong, Father, Crash	Voice; episode: "Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein"
2014	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Ranginald Bagel	Voice, episode: "Bring Me the Head of Ranginald Bagel"
	The Celebrity Apprentice 7	Himself
	Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas	Mr. Greenway	Voice, television film
	Last Comic Standing	Himself
	Big Brother 16	Otev	Voice
	Newbridge Tourism Board Presents: We're Newbridge, We're Comin' To Get Ya!	Himself
	Anger Management	Dudley	Guest starred
2014–2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Kraang Subprime	Voice, 6 episodes
2016	Mighty Magiswords	Prohyas' Stomach	Voice, episode: "Gut Feelings"
	Sharknado: The 4th Awakens	Ron McDonald	Television film
2017–2019	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Jared Kushner / Himself	4 episodes
2017	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Strip Club MC	Episode: "Pilot"
	Justice League Action	Mister Mxyztplk	Voice, 3 episodes
	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming	Ron McDonald	Television film
	Episodes	Himself	Season 5, Episode 1
	Cash Cab
	The Untitled Action Bronson Show		Season 1, Episode 7
2018	Crashing		Episode: "The Atheist"
	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Rand McDonald	Television film
	The Tom and Jerry Show	Genie	Voice, episode: "Meanie Genie"
	Arrested Development	ShoeDini Advertiser	Voice, episode: "Sinking Feelings"
	Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell	Himself
	Jay Leno's Garage		Episode: "In Harm's Way"
2019	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Himself/Redaction/Samantha/Lord Sexy	3 episodes
	Critters: A New Binge	Uncle	5 episodes
	Historical Roasts	Adolf Hitler	Episode: "Anne Frank"
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Himself (cameo) Sal	Episode: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" Voice, Episode: "The Hankering"
	Teen Titans Go!	Coal Miner	Voice, episode: "Christmas Crusaders"
2020	Karate Tortoise	Rat Bastard	Episode: "Legend of the Shelled Vigilante"
2021	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years	Shecky	Voice, episode: "Wise Kraken"
	Pyramid	Celebrity Guest
2022	Smiling Friends	God	Voice, episode: "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back"
	The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!	Gott F. Reed	Voice, posthumous release
	Somebody Feed Phil	Himself	Episode: "Croatia", posthumous release
	Paradise PD		Voice, episode: "Diddy's Home", posthumous release
2023	Royal Crackers	The Fixer	Voice, episode: "Theo's Comeback Tour", posthumous release; dedicated in memory
	The Patrick Star Show	Shecky	Voice, episode: "Get Off My Lawnie", posthumous release

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1999	Disney's Arcade Frenzy	Iago
2001	Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
2002	Kingdom Hearts
2006	Kingdom Hearts II
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (provides new dialogue in Re:Coded HD version only)
2014	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Mister Mxyzptlk
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains
2020	Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe	Fred Fuchs
2024	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants	Kraang Sub-prime; posthumous release

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	CollegeHumor	Himself	Episode: "Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey"
2017	Hello From the Magic Tavern	Cockroach Clown (voice)	Episode: "Dark Lord's Birthday Party"
2019	The Adventures of Nick	Himself	Episode: "Love Just Got Fried"
2019	Angry Video Game Nerd	Fred Fuchs	Episode: "Life of Black Tiger"
2020–2022	The Adventures of Autism Cat	Hindaril	Episodes: "I’VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU" and “MY HORSE HAS MALFUNCTIONED”
2021	SicCooper	Himself	Episode: "We Purchased Another Small Sega Master System Collection + More!"
2023	Danny's House		Episode: "Danny Brown Shocks Gilbert Gottfried With His Dreams", posthumous release
2024	Shrek 2 Retold	Announcer	Posthumous release

Commercials

• MTV (1980s)
• Pepsi (1991)
• Pop-Tarts: Voice of the Toaster (1995)
• Aflac: Voice of the Aflac duck (2000–2011)
• Subway (2000)
• Office XP: Voice of Clippy (2001)
• Glad (2003)
• Shoedini (2010)
• Easterns Automotive Group commercials (2012)
• Eat24 (2015 Super Bowl commercial)

Discography

Year	Artist	Title	Role	Label	Formats
1986	Zee	Make My Day (With Your Love Tonight)	"tough guy vocals"	Warlock Records	12" single
1992	Bob & Tom	We Three Kings	featured on "Censored"	Big Mouth Creative Services	CD, cassette
1995	various	Magical Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Disney's Aladdin	performer on "I'm Looking Out for Me" & "Forget About Love" (duet with Liz Callaway)	Walt Disney Records	CD, cassette
2005	Gilbert Gottfried	Dirty Jokes	n/a	Image Entertainment	CD/DVD
2021	The Balls Project	A Momentary Lapse of Balls	spoken word on "Learning to Shit"	n/a (self-released)	digital

Featured recordings

• Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007), for the song "Peacock Princess" (sung with Lea Salonga)

External links

• Official website
• Gilbert Gottfried at IMDb
• Gilbert Gottfried at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gilbert Gottfried discography at Discogs
• Gilbert Gottfried at Find a Grave