Gilbert Gottfried (b. 1955) is a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.
A cast member of Saturday Night Live for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. The Cosby Show would be his next break, where Gottfired honed his overbearing and loud stage persona.
Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the Problem Child movies (with John Ritter), is a regular on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and was a regular on Hollywood Squares. His distinct voice has also been featured as Iago in DIsney's Aladdin, Mr. Mxyzptlk on Superman: The Animated Series, and is the voice of the Duck for the Afflac commericals.
Muppet-Related Appearances
1994: Appeared in the "She Drives Me Crazy" music video from Kermit Unpigged.
1996: Guest-starred on the Dennis Quaid episode of Muppets Tonight.
2002: Voiced a possum in the fourth season premiere of Bear in the Big Blue House, "Heroes of Woodland Valley."
2008: Appears on Sesame Street in Episode 4182 participating in the "Running Out of Time Show".