Rob Riggle

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  • 15 December 2011 Okay friends! Thank you so much for your questions, but it's time to go! Almost 50 minutes of Q&A! Thanks again!
  • 12 December 2011 Seahawks gettin' warmed up for some MNF!!!
  • 12 December 2011 Getting ready for Monday Night Football in Seattle!!!
  • 10 December 2011 The "Gum Wall" in Seattle! Awesomely gross!
  • 16 November 2011 Green room door at Conan! 13 years ago I made my first appearance on Conan as a bit player... It was my 1st paying gig as an actor!
  • 16 November 2011 Thanks for the cheese plate!!! ...and the break in show business @ConanOBrien ... and the TBS intern who had to go get the cheese plate.
  • 05 November 2011 Beautiful day w/ @tonyhawk "Stand Up for Skateparks!" event... I've bid on some items...hope they hold up.
  • 05 November 2011 Just walked the press line at @tonyhawk "Stand Up for Skateparks" event here at Red Rocks in Vegas! Great event! Great cause!
  • 03 November 2011 Rolling to Vegas!!! Doing shows at The Palms this weekend! If ur in or around Vegas swing by...should be fun!
  • 21 October 2011 Just had a few Sam Adams beers with founder of Samuel Adams Brewery, Jim Koch...this guy really knows his beers!
  • 17 October 2011 It's the Barry Manilow store...and it's for real.
  • 07 October 2011

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  • 10 December 2011 The "Gum Wall" in Seattle! Awesomely gross!
  • 12 December 2011 Getting ready for Monday Night Football in Seattle!!!
  • 12 December 2011 Seahawks gettin' warmed up for some MNF!!!
  • 29 June 2011 Back in the Big Easy baby!!! Finish filming today... This is a great town! Much respect for New Orleans!
  • 16 November 2011 Thanks for the cheese plate!!! ...and the break in show business @ConanOBrien ... and the TBS intern who had to go get the cheese plate.
  • 05 November 2011 Beautiful day w/ @tonyhawk "Stand Up for Skateparks!" event... I've bid on some items...hope they hold up.
  • 16 November 2011 Green room door at Conan! 13 years ago I made my first appearance on Conan as a bit player... It was my 1st paying gig as an actor!
  • 01 June 2011 This was a picture of me in Albania. Tony Blair just landed and is standing in the background.
  • 01 June 2011 Hillside in Kosovo, Summer of 1999. Spent a few nights on that hill before moving further inland.
  • 01 June 2011 I still have all my qualifications from flight school, so up we went! This was in Italy…
  • 03 November 2011 Rolling to Vegas!!! Doing shows at The Palms this weekend! If ur in or around Vegas swing by...should be fun!
  • 01 June 2011 Upon my return from Afghanistan (1st deployment) General Tommy Franks, the Commanding General of Central Command gave me his coin in a semi-formal coin ceremony.
Rob Riggle Snapshot
Rob Riggle was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He went to Shawnee Mission South High School and then onto the University of Kansas. He graduated with a B.A. in Theater & Film. Then he joined the United States Marine Corps. Then he got a Masters in Public Administration. Then he finally grew a pair and decided to chase his dream of being a comedian, actor and writer.

Mr. Riggle began his comedy career (yeah…is that what you call it?) Who the f*** said that?! ….Anyway, Mr. Riggle began his comedy career… in 1997 in New York City while still on active duty in the Marine Corps. He took classes and eventually taught classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. He spent 7 years at the UCB in New York, studying, teaching and performing. He also studied Method Acting in New York for three years…three f***ing years! What a load of B.S. that was….

Rob plays all major sports and most “Country Club” sports (with the exception of hunting real humans).

Rob tends to let AC/DC do a lot of his speaking for him… i.e., “F*** this! …I am hot, and when I’m not, I’m cold as ice... Get outta my way, just step aside…or pay the price… what I want I take, what I don’t I break….”

He also tends to be very lonely with a sh***y attitude like that.

Rob lives in Los Angeles, California these days. Prior to that he lived in New York F***ing City for 10 years! However, there’s a good chance he’ll be coming to a town near you in the not too distant future. Riggle is on the road, performing stand up all across America these days! You should check it out…

Military Bio:
Rob Riggle joined the United States Marine Corps in 1990 at the age of 19. After graduating from the University of Kansas, and successfully completing Officer Candidate School, he accepted his commission and became a Second Lieutenant in 1992.

Rob had a guaranteed flight contract with the Marines. He had earned his pilot’s license while he was at the University of Kansas. Upon completion of The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, 2nd Lt. Riggle went to Pensacola, Florida and then to Corpus Christi, Texas for flight school. Just months away from receiving his “wings” Rob decided he had another calling besides flying. That calling was comedy. WTF?!…or Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as they say in the Marines.

Rob left flight school so he could fulfill his ground contract with the Marines prior to pursuing his comedy dream. Based on his college records the Marines decided to make him a Public Affairs Officer. Rob then attended Defense Information School. Upon graduation, 1st Lt. Riggle was assigned to the 2nd Marine Air Wing at Cherry Point, North Carolina. While stationed there, he was deployed with the 3rd battalion, 8th Marine Regiment on a Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force to Liberia, Africa. (Operation Assured Response & Quick Response)

From North Carolina, Captain Riggle accepted an extension on active duty and was assigned to be the Deputy Director Public Affairs, New York City. While assigned to the New York office, Capt. Riggle was deployed again to Albania (Joint Task Force Shining Hope). From there he was attached briefly to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (24th MEU SOC) and went to Kosovo as part of Operation Joint Guardian.

Capt. Riggle left active duty in the summer of 2000 and immediately joined the Marine Corps Reserves. In the fall of 2001 Capt. Riggle was in New York City. His reserve unit, MTU-17, stationed in Manhattan, were among the first military responders to the attacks on the World Trade Centers. Capt. Riggle was activated from Sept. 12th through the 30th, 2001, where he worked at ground zero moving rubble by hand in the bucket brigades. On November 10th (the Marine Corps birthday) Capt. Riggle received orders back to active duty for one year. He was assigned to Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida.

Capt. Riggle reported for duty at CENTCOM on Nov. 17th. He left for Afghanistan on Nov. 30th. He was assigned to work with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group in Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan. Upon returning from Afghanistan in February of 2002, Capt. Riggle worked in the Joint Operations Center at CENTCOM, until he redeployed to Afghanistan in the summer of 2002 to help support an investigation board there. 

Upon the successful completion of his year long tour. Major Riggle returned to New York and continued to pursue comedy. Two years after his return in the fall of 2004, Major Riggle became a cast member on Saturday Night Live… one of his life long dreams. Major Riggle is still a member of the Marine Corps Reserves today. He has served 22 years total, 9 years active duty, 13 years in the reserves. In April of 2009 Major Riggle was selected for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He will officially "pin on" the rank June 1st, 2009.

His awards include: Combat Action Ribbon, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal x 2, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal x 2, National Defense Service Medal x 2, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation x 2, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Armed Forces Reserve Medal x 2 and the NATO Medal. 

Semper Fidelis!
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