Rob Schneider is an American actor and comedian who rose to fame as a Saturday Night Live cast member in the early 1990s before headlining comedies such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Animal and The Hot Chick. His broad, everyman roles were famously parodied in animated comedy trailers that reduced his films to a single absurd premise introduced by his name. That long-running association made his name instantly recognisable as shorthand for a silly movie premise, helping short name-shout clips spread across meme pages and soundboards.