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Martin Robert Schneider (born October 31 , 1963 in San Francisco , California ) is an American Actor , Comedian and Screenwriter best known for his Lowbrow films. BIOGRAPHY Career He was a ''''. Besides movies and television, Schneider made an appearance in the music video for country singer Neil McCoy's "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On." Schneider plays Billy, who is the focus of the song. Feuds with critics In January 2005, film critic Patrick Goldstein of the '''' was overlooked for an Academy Award because "nobody had the foresight to invent a category for Best Running Penis Joke Delivered by a Third-Rate Comic." Schneider responded two weeks later with full-page ads in '' Daily Variety '' and '' The Hollywood Reporter '' where he said "Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind ... Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers." {Link without Title} In August 2005, film critic 's autobiography, in which Mohr said that Schneider was condescending to him. Prior to the incident, Schneider had called into '''' magazine, Schneider called Ebert an "ass" and said "I'm told he's not nice to the people he works with." Ebert rejected the accusation and said "...if he's going to persist in making bad movies, he's going to have to grow accustomed to reading bad reviews." {Link without Title} as Antoine Laconte in '''' ( 1999 )]] South Park spoof The films in which Schneider is the main character often involve him either being a certain type of person or thing, e.g. a woman in '' The Hot Chick '', or an animal in '' The Animal ''. This formula is spoofed In the South Park episode " The Biggest Douche In The Universe ", in which a trailer is shown for a series of movies in which Schneider becomes a Stapler , a Carrot , "Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb," and finally " Kenny ". The trailers follow the predictable format of Schneider movie trailers: ''Rob Schneider was an animal. Then he was a woman. And now Rob Schneider is... a stapler! And he's about to find out that being a stapler is harder than it looks. Rob Schneider is... ''The Stapler''. Rated PG-13.'' He responded in an About.com interview: "I loved it. That was genius. I thought the only thing, they were too nice to me...When you’re spoofed by the best people in the business, that’s an honor." Personal life Schneider grew up in ''. Schneider currently owns a home in San Francisco. FILMOGRAPHY '']]
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