Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born
October 31,
1963) is an
American actor,
comedian,
screenwriter and
director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the
NBC sketch-comedy series
Saturday Night Live, Schneider went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedies
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and
The Hot Chick.
Early life
Schneider was born in
San Francisco, California and grew up in the nearby suburb of
Pacifica. He is the son of Pilar (
née Monroe) Schneider, a former kindergarten teacher and ex-school board president, and Marvin Schneider, a
real estate broker.
Schneider's father was a
secular Jew, while his maternal grandmother was a
Filipina who met and married Schneider's maternal grandfather, an American army private, while he was stationed in the
Philippines.
[A Conversation with Rob Schneider - InterfaithFamily.com] Schneider graduated from
Terra Nova High School in 1982.
