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Bobcat Goldthwait
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor
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May 26, 1962 in Syracuse, NY
Biography:During a 1994 interview with comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, The Today Show's Katie Couric became so rattled at Goldthwait's paranoiac, high-decibel responses to her questions that she repeatedly entreated him to calm down and relax. After the commercial break, a frowning Couric looked directly at the guys in the NBC control room and asked, "Why didn't you tell me he always talks like that?" Indeed, Goldthwait has never spoken when shouting will do -- at least not professionally. A popular attraction on the comedy-cabaret circuit in the early '80s, Goldthwait made his film bow as gonzo gang leader Zed in "Police Academy 2: The First Assignment" (1985); he revived the character -- this time as a good-guy police cadet -- in two "Police Academy" sequels. Though we've been treated to generous helpings of Goldthwait's marine-raiders comic style in such TV series as "Capitol Critters" (1992) and "Unhappily Ever... Full Biography
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Director Bobcat Goldthwait, left, and Robin Williams on the set of "World's Greatest Dad" (Magnolia...
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Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams
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