---
name: "Rob Riggle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-riggle"
fi1m_id: "rob-riggle"
imdb_id: "nm1443527"
tmdb_id: 71403
wikidata_id: "Q1616538"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-14T04:06:35.799263+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rob Riggle

## Identity

Rob Riggle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-riggle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-riggle
- **IMDb ID:** nm1443527
- **TMDB ID:** 71403
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1616538
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Riggle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443527/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71403

Actor. Born 21 April 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1970, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Robert Allen Riggle Jr.
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 47 (5), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 54 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Animation 3, Family 3, Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,557m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Riggle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443527/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71403

## Coming up

- *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026-10-30), as Drunk Santa
- *Jimmy* (2026-11-06), as U.S. Army Colonel Terrill

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Strays*](https://film.one/film/strays.md) (60)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Absolutely Anything*](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) (34)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Emoji Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-emoji-movie.md) (27)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rob Riggle

> Rob Riggle makes overconfident men funny by letting their volume expose how little they know. We like him as a supporting nuisance; give that bluster too much space and the joke starts to wear thin.

Rob Riggle’s authority figures tend to get louder rather than wiser. His size helps: the bullying men he plays can look formidable even while behaving like fools. We rate him in short supporting turns, where an outburst can do the work of a longer scene. The danger is repetition, because there are only so many ways to make shouting funny.

That suits a performer who came through sketch comedy. He was a featured player on *Saturday Night Live* in 2004–05 and a correspondent on *The Daily Show* from 2006 to 2008, before supporting film roles became a regular occupation. In *Step Brothers* (2008), his Randy delivers improvised outbursts opposite Will Ferrell; *The Hangover* (2009) casts him as Officer Franklin, a vengeful cop. These parts give him something definite to do with the aggression, rather than simply asking him to be noisy.

His voice work offers less reliable reasons to choose a film. In Josh Greenbaum’s *Strays* (2023), he voices Rolf amid the foul-mouthed antics of real dogs. We laughed, rather against our better judgement, at the combination of those dogs and the coarse humour; the film also has a sweetness that keeps it from becoming merely unpleasant. Then the same few jokes keep returning, long after they have earned their place. It is one for those already fond of this sort of comedy, rather than a recommendation on the strength of Riggle’s name.

Tony Leondis’s 2017 film gives him the voice of Ice Cream and supplies even less reason to watch. Bright colours and occasional slapstick do little for thin characters or the persistent feeling of being advertised at. Neither film gives us reason to pin its shortcomings on Riggle, though voice work does remove the imposing physical presence that helps his live-action comedy. The distinction matters with an actor whose size can make childish behaviour look more ridiculous. For a first encounter, try *Step Brothers* or *The Hangover*; we would be wary of anything that promises him unlimited time to shout.

## Biography

Rob Riggle is an American actor and comedian. Born on 21 April 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky, he graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring in 2013.

Riggle was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series *Saturday Night Live* from 2004 to 2005 and a correspondent on Comedy Central's *The Daily Show* from 2006 to 2008. He has appeared in films including *Step Brothers* (2008), *The Hangover* (2009), *21 Jump Street* (2012) and *Strays* (2023), in which he voiced Rolf. He played the recurring character Gil Thorpe on the sitcom *Modern Family* from 2013 to 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Strays* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Rolf (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/strays.md)
- *The Emoji Movie* (2017), Fi1m 27, as Ice Cream (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emoji-movie.md)
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, as Calvin Sniglet — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), Fi1m 34, as Grant — [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)
- *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015), Fi1m 52, as Bela (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-2.md)
- *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), Fi1m 54, as Skeleton Husband (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania.md)
- *The Hangover* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Officer Franklin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, as Congressman John Van Huesen — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (116)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jimmy* (2026), as U.S. Army Colonel Terrill
- *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026), as Drunk Santa
- *Nickels* (2026), as Tom Monroe
- *Don't Move* (2026), as Paul DeLuca
- *The Pirate King* (2026), Actor
- *LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails* (2025), series, as Juggernaut (voice)
- *Code 3* (2025), as Dr. Serano
- *Bad Man* (2025), as Chief Sandy
- *Universal Basic Guys* (2024), series, as (voice)
- *The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie* (2024), as Agent Rick Motiff
- *Mr. Birchum* (2024), series, as Gunderson (voice)
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Neal Dorsey
- *First Responders in Crisis* (2023), as Narrator
- *Krapopolis* (2023), series, as Games Commentator (voice), Chadalus (voice)
- *Strays* (2023), as Rolf (voice) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/strays.md)
- *Plastic Earth* (2023), as Host
- *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, as Roman Soldier
- *My Dad the Bounty Hunter* (2023), series, as Glorlox (voice)
- *The Curse of Bridge Hollow* (2022), as Sully
- *Cursed Friends* (2022), as Mr. Knight
- *Bromates* (2022), as Mr. Kemper
- *The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder* (2022), series, as Rob Riggle (voice)
- *Jellystone!* (2021), series, as Blue Falcon (voice), Blue Falcon / Dinky Dalton (voice)
- *The War with Grandpa* (2020), as Arthur
- *Hoops* (2020), series, as Barry Hopkins (voice)
- *Where's Waldo?* (2019), series, as Wizard Rockybeard (voice)
- *Human Discoveries* (2019), series, as Leader Elk (voice)
- *UglyDolls* (2019), as Exposition Robot (voice)
- *Henchmen* (2018), as Biff (voice)
- *50 Summers* (2018), as Narrator
- *Night School* (2018), as Mackenzie
- *Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy* (2018), series, as Rob Riggle · Creator
- *The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants* (2018), series, as Theodore 'Ted' Murdsly (voice)
- *Fancy Nancy* (2018), series, as Doug Clancy (voice)
- *Midnight Sun* (2018), as Jack Price
- *Status Update* (2018), as Darryl Moore
- *12 Strong* (2018), as Max Bowers
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as Sgt. Adderall (voice)
- *The Emoji Movie* (2017), as Ice Cream (voice) — Fi1m 27, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emoji-movie.md)
- *A Happening of Monumental Proportions* (2017), as Mr. Pendlehorn
- *How to Be a Latin Lover* (2017), as Scott
- *Albert* (2016), as Cactus Pete
- *True Memoirs of an International Assassin* (2016), as William Cobb
- *Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life* (2016), as Bear
- *Opening Night* (2016), as Mr. Goldmeyer
- *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2* (2016), as Northwestern Rep
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as Detective Zachary Fontaine, Calvin Sniglet — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Teachers* (2016), series, as Don Larondasack
- *Hell and Back* (2015), as Curt (voice)
- *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015), as Bela (voice) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-2.md)
- *Just Before I Go* (2015), as Rawly Stansfield
- *Dead Rising: Watchtower* (2015), as Frank West
- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), as Grant — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, as Gator Dan
- *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), as Travis / Captain Lippincott
- *Marry Me* (2014), series, as Gary Thick
- *Bad Judge* (2014), series, as Chet
- *Let's Be Cops* (2014), as Officer Segars
- *Dragula* (2014), as Henry
- *22 Jump Street* (2014), as Mr. Walters (uncredited)
- *Playing House* (2014), series, as Buck Finch
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Bowser (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Rob Dulubnik — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Wander Over Yonder* (2013), series, as Bill (voice)
- *Shark After Dark* (2013), series, Actor
- *The Internship* (2013), as Randy
- *Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection* (2012), as Noel (voice)
- *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), as Skeleton Husband (voice) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania.md)
- *21 Jump Street* (2012), as Mr. Walters
- *Nature Calls* (2012), as Gentry
- *High Road* (2012), as James Malone Sr.
- *The Lorax* (2012), as Mr. Aloysius O'Hare (voice)
- *Big Miracle* (2012), as Dean Glowacki
- *Key & Peele* (2012), series, as Boss — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)
- *Impractical Jokers* (2011), series, Actor
- *Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice* (2011), as Noel (voice)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Big Schmidt — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *NTSF:SD:SUV::* (2011), series, as President of the Navy
- *Larry Crowne* (2011), as Jack Strang
- *Happy Endings* (2011), series, as Drew
- *When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren* (2011), as Soccer Coach (uncredited)
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Austin (voice)
- *Going the Distance* (2010), as Ron Surgeoner
- *The Other Guys* (2010), as Martin
- *Killers* (2010), as Henry
- *Furry Vengeance* (2010), as Riggs (uncredited)
- *Victorious* (2010), series, as Vice Principal Dickers — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/victorious.md)
- *Ugly Americans* (2010), series, as Drill Sergeant (voice)
- *Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed* (2010), Actor
- *The League* (2009), series, as Bethesda
- *The Cleveland Show* (2009), series, Actor
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Gil Thorpe — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *May the Best Man Win* (2009), as John Freeman
- *The Hangover* (2009), as Officer Franklin — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover.md)
- *The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard* (2009), as Peter Selleck
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Dr. Brock Stryker
- *Gary Unmarried* (2008), series, as Mitch
- *Step Brothers* (2008), as Randy
- *Chuck* (2007), series, as Jim Rye — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Bronx World Travelers* (2007), series, as Coach
- *Human Giant* (2007), series, as Barry, Neil Daly
- *Unaccompanied Minors* (2006), as Head Guard Hoffman
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Reggie — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), as Jack Telmont
- *Campus Ladies* (2006), series, Actor
- *Love, Inc.* (2005), series, as Sergeant Curtis
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Jack — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Harvey Lissel (voice), Coach Melonis (voice), Police Officer (voice), Vic the Strip Club Owner (voice), Malcolm Hathaway (voice), Prosecutor (voice)
- *Terrorists* (2004), as Badger
- *Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story* (2004), as Eddie Reynolds
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Congressman John Van Huesen — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Hobie Turner — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Upright Citizens Brigade* (1998), series, as Security Guard
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Dr. Fenton Pooltoy (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Shark Week* (1988), series, Actor
- *The Ark and the Aardvark*, as The Todd (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Rob Riggle](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-e5af7c543e53.jpg) Rob Riggle — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Rob_Riggle_SDCC_2014.jpg/1280px-Rob_Riggle_SDCC_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor and comedian Rob Riggle talks with Sailors during his visit to the USS Ross in Rota, Spain, Dec. 6, 2014. Riggle is volunteering with the USO to visit US ](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-4d9956a444d9.jpg) Actor and comedian Rob Riggle talks with Sailors during his visit to the USS Ross in Rota, Spain, Dec. 6, 2014. Riggle is volunteering with the USO to visit US  — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/141206-D-VO565-049_%2815964458621%29.jpg/1280px-141206-D-VO565-049_%2815964458621%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Country music artist Kellie Pickler, retired Chicago Bear middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, actress Dianna Agron, Gen Martin Dempsey, comedian Rob Riggle, actre (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-6e2ca84199de.jpg) Country music artist Kellie Pickler, retired Chicago Bear middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, actress Dianna Agron, Gen Martin Dempsey, comedian Rob Riggle, actre (2014) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/141206-D-VO565-071_%2815780417949%29.jpg/1280px-141206-D-VO565-071_%2815780417949%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Comedian Rob Riggle, performs at a USO show in Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 7, 2014. (DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released)](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-02a21900cdcc.jpg) Comedian Rob Riggle, performs at a USO show in Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 7, 2014. (DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/141207-D-VO565-088_%2815798181440%29.jpg/1280px-141207-D-VO565-088_%2815798181440%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rob Riggle](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-fabfe01e72b0.jpg) Rob Riggle — Image via TMDB
- ![Rob Riggle](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-be07bea3fc44.jpg) Rob Riggle — Image via TMDB
- ![Comedian Rob Riggle, performs at a USO show in Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 7, 2014. (DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released)](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-59e19db538b4.jpg) Comedian Rob Riggle, performs at a USO show in Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 7, 2014. (DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/141207-D-VO565-090_%2815365840833%29.jpg/1280px-141207-D-VO565-090_%2815365840833%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, country music artist Kellie Pickler, retired Chicago Bear middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, actres (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/16080/gallery-f7020e781aa1.jpg) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, country music artist Kellie Pickler, retired Chicago Bear middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, actres (2014) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/141207-D-VO565-110_%2815984776002%29.jpg/1280px-141207-D-VO565-110_%2815984776002%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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