Rob Schneider

This article is about Robert Schneider, the "comedian". Robert Schneider is also the name of a musician.

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Robert Schneider (born October 31, 1963 in San Francisco, California) is an American writer, actor, and comedian.

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October 31 - 1963 - San Francisco - California - Comedian

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He was a Saturday Night Live , and appears in multiple films starring fellow alum Adam Sandler. The characters Schneider normally plays in Sandler's films are either a Cajun man who utters, "You can do it!", or as a Middle Eastern delivery boy. Schneider also portrays innocent goofballs or generally harmless "funny"men in his films. He appeared in the TV series Coach as well.

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Saturday Night Live - Adam Sandler - Cajun - Coach

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In August 2005, Schneider was criticized by respected film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times over his film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalow. After Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times had commented that Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo was overlooked for an Academy Award because "nobody had the foresight to invent a category for Best Running Penis Joke Delivered by a Third-Rate Comic", Schneider responded with full-page ads in Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in which he stated, "Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind ... Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers." Noting that an online search shows that Patrick Goldstein has won a National Headliner Award, a Los Angeles Press Club Award, a RockCritics.com award, and the Publicists' Guild award for lifetime achievement, Ebert responded by saying, "As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks." http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050811%2FREVIEWS%2F50725001%2F1023&AID1=%2F20050811%2FREVIEWS%2F50725001%2F1023&AID2=

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Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times - Los Angeles Times - Academy Award - Daily Variety - The Hollywood Reporter

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Both the reviews and the box office for "Deuce Bigelow: European Gigalow" were poor: the film fell out of the top ten in only its second week, though showing at over three thousand theaters across the US.

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