Rob Schneider

Schneider was born in San Francisco, California on October 31, 1963, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Pacifica.{{Cite web |title=Rob Schneider - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001705/bio/?utm |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} His parents were Pilar (née Monroe), a former kindergarten teacher and ex-school board president, and Marvin Schneider, a real estate broker.{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/92/Rob-Schneider.html |title= Rob Schneider Biography (1963–)|publisher=Film Reference|access-date=September 18, 2007}} His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic.{{cite news|last=Shister|first=Gail|title=Schneider Gets No Time Off For Good Behavior|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 5, 1996|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/08/05/schneider-gets-no-time-off-for-good-behavior/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181116125406/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-08-05-9608050114-story.html |url-status=live|archive-date=November 16, 2018}} Schneider's maternal grandmother was a Filipina who met and married his grandfather, a white American army private, while he was stationed in the Philippines.{{cite web|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|url= https://18doors.org/a_conversation_with_rob_schneider/|title= A Conversation with Rob Schneider|date=January 12, 2009|publisher= 18doors.org |access-date=October 4, 2012}} His mixed background has been a common theme throughout his career.{{cite web |url= https://archives.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2015/06/02/rob-schneider-gets-real |title=Rob Schneider Gets Real |last=Rotter |first=Joshua |date=June 2, 2015 |website=SF Weekly |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180131140905/https://archives.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2015/06/02/rob-schneider-gets-real |url-status=dead|archive-date= January 31, 2018}} Schneider graduated from Terra Nova High School in 1982 and then attended San Francisco State University. His older brother, John, is a producer.

Schneider began his career doing stand-up comedy in San Francisco.{{Cite web |author=Crystal Schelle |date=2023-05-23 |title=Rob Schneider wants you to forget your problems and laugh |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/rob-schneider-wants-you-to-forget-your-problems-and-laugh/article_ba553936-db20-5f12-aba7-f61e977efec4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228152712/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/rob-schneider-wants-you-to-forget-your-problems-and-laugh/article_ba553936-db20-5f12-aba7-f61e977efec4.html |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Frederick News-Post |language=en}} He made his debut appearance on television in 1987, on HBO's 13th Annual Young Comedians special, which was hosted by comedian Dennis Miller.{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/13th-annual-young-comedians-show/news/1000235827/ |title= 13th Annual Young Comedians Show |website= tvguide.com |date=2011}}

After being hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1988, Schneider was part of the show's comedy team from 1990 to 1994.{{Cite news |last=Garvey |first=Marianne |date=2022-09-01 |title=Rob Schneider says 'SNL' was 'over' after Kate McKinnon performed 'Hallelujah' as Hillary Clinton |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/entertainment/rob-schneider-kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-saturday-night-live-snl/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913234018/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/entertainment/rob-schneider-kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-saturday-night-live-snl/index.html |archive-date=2022-09-13 |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2022-10-13 |title=Rob Schneider Says Bill Murray 'Absolutely Hated Us' at 'SNL' and 'Really Hated' Adam Sandler and Chris Farley: 'I Mean, Seething' |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/rob-schneider-bill-murray-hated-snl-cast-adam-sandler-chris-farley-1235403001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201090214/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/rob-schneider-bill-murray-hated-snl-cast-adam-sandler-chris-farley-1235403001/ |archive-date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Variety |language=en-US}} He played such roles as "Tiny Elvis", "Orgasm Guy", and Richard Laymer, the office worker beside the photocopier who addressed each of his fellow employees with an endless stream of annoying gossip. Schneider is featured in the video release The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live, along with colleagues Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Chris Farley.{{Cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/saturday-night-live-bad-boys-adam-sandler-chris-farley/|title= What Happened To The "Bad Boys Of SNL" (Why They Were Fired) |website= screenrant.com |date= December 21, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211225165020/https://screenrant.com/saturday-night-live-bad-boys-adam-sandler-chris-farley/ |url-status=dead|archive-date= December 25, 2021}}

• The Richmeister, an office worker who annoys people by giving them nicknames as they make copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15288_the-10-most-obnoxious-recurring-snl-characters_p2.html|title=The 10 Most Obnoxious Recurring SNL Characters|date=September 6, 2007}}
• Carlo, from the Il Cantore Restaurant sketches
• The Sensitive Naked Man, a nude man who gives advice to other characters

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After leaving SNL, Schneider played supporting roles in a series of films including Surf Ninjas, Judge Dredd, The Beverly Hillbillies, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Demolition Man, and Down Periscope. He also appeared in a recurring part on the television series Coach. In 1996, he co-starred in the NBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, an American take on the hit British series of the same name. The U.S. version ran for two seasons.

Schneider starred in the 1999 feature film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, a tale of a fish-tank cleaner who incurs a massive debt and is forced to become a "man-whore." This was followed by The Animal, about a man given animal powers by a mad scientist; The Hot Chick, wherein the body of a petty thief named Clive Maxtone (played by Schneider) is mystically switched with the body of a pretty, but mean-spirited high school cheerleader named Jessica Spencer (played by Rachel McAdams in her film debut); and the sequel Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. The latter movie was not well received by critics or moviegoers, and as a result, Schneider won a 2005 Worst Actor Razzie Award for his role in the film.{{IMDb name|1705|section=awards}}

In 2006, Schneider co-starred in the baseball-themed family comedy The Benchwarmers, along with his fellow SNL alumnus David Spade as well as Jon Heder. Other film roles include Schneider's appearance with Jim Henson's Muppets in the 1999 film Muppets from Space, and his role as a San Francisco hobo in the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days.

Schneider's directorial debut, the comedy Big Stan, was released in some overseas markets during the fall of 2008, with a U.S. release in early 2009. In the film, he starred as a real estate con artist who is arrested for perpetrating real-estate scams. He is sentenced to prison, so he takes a crash-course in martial arts to survive incarceration.

Schneider has also appeared in numerous comedies starring his SNL comrade Adam Sandler, including 1998's The Waterboy, 2010's Grown Ups, and 2020's Hubie Halloween. The comedic characters Schneider plays in these films include an overly enthusiastic Cajun man who proclaims the catch-phrase, "You can do it!"; an amiable Middle Eastern delivery boy; a prison inmate; and Sandler's one-eyed Hawaiian sidekick, Ula. Schneider has uttered the line "You can do it!" as a running gag in Sandler's films The Waterboy, Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard, and Bedtime Stories, as well as in a deleted scene from Click (a sample of Schneider saying the phrase also turns up in the song "Original Prankster" by The Offspring). Returning the favor, Sandler appeared in a cameo to spout the same line in Schneider's The Animal. Schneider narrated Sandler's 2002 animated movie Eight Crazy Nights, and voiced the part of a Chinese waiter. Schneider also had an uncredited cameo as a Canadian-Japanese wedding-chapel minister in the 2007 Sandler-Kevin James comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and played a Palestinian cab driver who serves as the title character's nemesis in the 2008 Sandler film You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

Schneider played a variety of roles in the 2005 television special Back to Norm, starring another former SNL player Norm Macdonald, and appeared on episodes of the popular television shows Seinfeld and Ally McBeal. Schneider hosted the Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 television special, and the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, and was a frequent guest on NBC's late-night variety program The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In Schneider's appearance with Leno on the July 24, 2007, episode of The Tonight Show, he showed up in drag as actress Lindsay Lohan after the latter cancelled following a controversial arrest for driving under the influence.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/celebrity/rob-schneider-in-drag-fills-in-for-lindsay-lohan-on-tonight-show/|title=Rob Schneider (in Drag) Fills in for Lindsay Lohan on Tonight Show|website=People|access-date=November 15, 2017}}

Besides his efforts in movies and television, Schneider released his first comedy album Registered Offender in July 2010. Registered Offender is composed of audio sketches and songs, with Schneider himself doing all of the character voices on the recording. He also revived his stand-up comedy career in 2010 with an international tour of theaters, clubs, and casinos.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Schneider appeared in the music video for country singer Neal McCoy's "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On", as the song's title character. McCoy and Schneider met while the two went on a USO tour in support of U.S. troops two months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Schneider starred as the title character in the CBS sitcom Rob, which was loosely based on his real life. The series ran for eight episodes starting on January 12, 2012 and was canceled in May. In 2015, he produced, directed and starred in Real Rob, a sitcom that follows his life and includes his real-life wife Patricia and daughter Miranda. Netflix released a season of 8 episodes,{{cite magazine |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/real-rob-trailer-rob-schneider-netflix-comedy-series-1201631754/ |title=[VIDEO] 'Real Rob' Trailer: Rob Schneider Goes All Hollywood On Netflix |magazine=Deadline |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116103407/https://deadline.com/2015/11/real-rob-trailer-rob-schneider-netflix-comedy-series-1201631754/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rob-schneider-netflix-tv-series-real-rob-827928 |title='Real Rob': Rob Schneider's Comedy Series Coming to Netflix |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=December 1, 2015}} and a second season in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/netflix-chelsea-lady-dynamite-real-rob-renewed-season-2-1201793406/|title=Netflix Renews 'Chelsea', 'Lady Dynamite' & 'Real Rob' For Season 2 -TCA|date=July 27, 2016|work=Deadline|access-date=July 27, 2016}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/08/23/new-to-netflix-september-2017/|title=New to Netflix in September: 'Pulp Fiction', 'Jerry Before Seinfeld' and More|date=August 23, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 23, 2017|language=en-US}}

Schneider is the official celebrity spokesperson for the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and the Ten Ren Tea company in Taipei.{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201402110053.aspx|title=Rob Schneider honored for helping boost travel to Taiwan|work=focustaiwan.tw|date=February 11, 2014}}

Schneider was spokesperson for State Farm Insurance, but was dropped in 2014 due to his anti-vaccination views.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-vaccines-autism-battle-continues-despite-scientific-consensus-924080 |title=How Hollywood Stars, Trump and Scientologists Inflame the Vaccine Wars: "It's Spurious but Effective" |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=August 31, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 21, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-rob-schneider-state-farm-antivaccine-views-20140925-story.html |title=State Farm dumps pitchman Rob Schneider over anti-vaccine views |last=Blake |first=Meredith |date=September 25, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 21, 2017}}

In May 2016, Schneider was featured as a special guest on the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps, alongside his wife Patricia, commentating over Midway's Mortal Kombat Trilogy. They reappeared on the show in November 2017, then commentating over Konami's Contra.

In 2021, Schneider competed on season six of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant "Hamster". A running gag is that "Hamster" would pantomime urinating on Nick Cannon and get affectionate with him. When unmasked on the fifth week, Schneider dedicated his performance of Luis Miguel's Sabor a Mí to Patricia and his daughters Miranda, Madeline, and Elle. In addition, Schneider did a variation of his Townie character's "You can do it" line by quoting Hamster's final words "You can do it Masked Singer, all night long!"

In 2022, he starred, produced, and directed in Daddy Daughter Trip, which served as his third film as a director and also starred his wife Patricia and daughter Miranda. The film was to be exclusively shown in Harkins Theaters.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=August 12, 2022 |title='Love's Second Act' Gets Cast; Rob Schneider Sets 'Daddy Daughter Trip' Release; Maria Carretero Joins Assembly; Clip From Colson Baker Action-Thriller 'One Way'; More – Film Briefs |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/rob-schneider-daddy-daughter-trip-release-loves-second-act-cast-more-1235089444/ |access-date=September 3, 2022 |website=Deadline}}

Rob Schneider has performed numerous stand-up comedy shows.

In December 2023, Schneider was hired to perform a standup show at an event organized by the Senate Working Group. The performance was scheduled to last 30 minutes, but the show was cancelled after 10 minutes due to offensive content. Attendees were sent letters of apology after the performance.{{cite news|url=https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/republican-senator-walked-out-of-gross-and-vulgar-rob-schneider-set-cut-short-at-gop-event/|title=Republican Senator Walked Out of 'Gross and Vulgar' Rob Schneider Set Cut Short at GOP Event|date=April 15, 2024| first= Zachary| last= Leeman| publisher=Mediaite}}

Schneider has a daughter with former model London King, musician Elle King, who was born in 1989.{{cite news|last1=Condran|first1=Ed|title=Elle King to bring fiery blues attitude to Philadelphia|url=http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-elle-king-union-transfer-philadelphia-20151127-story.html|access-date=December 19, 2015|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124759/http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-elle-king-union-transfer-philadelphia-20151127-story.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=DeVille|first1=Chris|title=Elle King Is Swaggering Out of Her Father's Shadow|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1847876/elle-king-is-swaggering-out-of-her-fathers-shadow/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|access-date=December 19, 2015|publisher=Stereogum|date=December 10, 2015}} In 2021 King gave birth to a son, Schneider's first grandchild.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1301320/elle-king-welcomes-baby-boy-with-fiance-dan-tooker-find-out-his-unique-name |title=Elle King Welcomes Baby Boy With Fiancé Dan Tooker: Find Out His Unique Name |last=Morin |first=Alyssa |date=September 5, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2022 |agency=E!}}

In 1996, Schneider established the Rob Schneider Music Foundation. The foundation returned music education to Pacifica's elementary schools by paying the teachers' salaries and providing funds for instruments and other equipment. Prior to Schneider's efforts, the school system had been without music education programs for years.{{cite web |url=http://www.robschneidermusicfoundation.org/about.php |title=RSMF – About |publisher=Robschneidermusicfoundation.org |access-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408022408/http://www.robschneidermusicfoundation.org/about.php |archive-date=April 8, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Schneider once co-owned the DNA Lounge, a San Francisco nightclub.{{cite web|title=DNA Lounge: Ancient History: 1906–1998|date=December 13, 2000|url= http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/1906-1998.html#1994|access-date=February 26, 2009}}

On April 23, 2011, Schneider married television producer Patricia Azarcoya Arce in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite web | last = Stevens | first = Kaitlins | title = Who Is Rob Schneider's Wife? All About Patricia Schneider | publisher = People | date = August 3, 2023 | url = https://people.com/who-is-patricia-schneider-rob-schneider-wife-7502827 | accessdate = August 26, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Rob Schneider is married!|url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20484741,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110427211948/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20484741,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 27, 2011|author=People Magazine Online}} They have two daughters, born in 2012{{cite web|author=11.19.12 Print |url= http://www.toofab.com/2012/11/19/rob-schneider-and-patricia-azarcoya-schneider-welcome-baby-daughter/ |title=Exclusive Details: Rob Schneider and Wife Welcome Baby! |publisher=Toofab.com |date=November 19, 2012 |access-date=April 18, 2013}} and 2016.{{cite magazine|author=Juneau, Jen and Elizabeth Leonard|url= http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/09/14/rob-schneider-welcomes-daughter-madeline-robbie/|title=Rob Schneider Welcomes Daughter Madeline Robbie|magazine=People|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=September 14, 2016}} The family supports Mexican soccer club Tigres, which is based in Patricia's hometown of Monterrey, Mexico.{{cite web|url= http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2015/12/10/18232022/rob-schneider-cheers-on-tigres-at-el-volcan|title=Rob Schneider cheers on Tigres at El Volcan {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=December 12, 2017}}{{Cite news|url= https://wearemitu.com/mitu-world/heres-why-rob-schneider-loves-mexican-soccer-so-much/|title= Here's Why Rob Schneider Loves Mexican Soccer So Much|date=December 14, 2015|language=en-US|archive-date= August 14, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210814155344/https://wearemitu.com/mitu-world/heres-why-rob-schneider-loves-mexican-soccer-so-much/|url-status=dead}} The family reside in Arizona.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2023/05/10/rob-schneider-scottsdale-renovated-home-listed.html |title=Purchased from actor Rob Schneider, this renovated Scottsdale home is now on the market|access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Phoenix Business Journal}}

In 2023, Schneider converted to Catholicism.{{Cite web |last=Kandra |first=Deacon Greg |date=2023-11-02 |title=Rob Schneider: 'I am a new convert to Catholicism' |url=https://thedeaconsbench.com/rob-schneider-i-am-a-new-convert-to-catholicism/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Deacon Greg Kandra |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-02 |title=Comedian Rob Schneider on Why He's Now a Catholic |url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/comedian-rob-schneider-on-why-he-is-now-a-catholic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207091723/https://www.ncregister.com/blog/comedian-rob-schneider-on-why-he-is-now-a-catholic |archive-date=2024-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=National Catholic Register |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Klett |first=Leah MarieAnn |date=2023-12-01 |title=Rob Schneider discusses what his newfound faith in Christ means for his Hollywood career |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/rob-schneider-on-his-journey-from-hollywood-comedy-to-catholicism.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207092000/https://www.christianpost.com/news/rob-schneider-on-his-journey-from-hollywood-comedy-to-catholicism.html |archive-date=2024-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=The Christian Post |language=en}}

In 2013, Schneider switched political parties from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, explaining: "The state of California is a mess, and the super majority of Democrats is not working. I've been a lifelong Democrat and I have to switch over because it no longer serves the people of this great state."{{cite news|last1=Chumley|first1=Cheryl K.|title=Hollywood star Rob Schneider turns Republican, citing Democratic 'disaster'|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/1/hollywood-star-turns-republican-citing-democratic-/|access-date=September 28, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007094247/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/1/hollywood-star-turns-republican-citing-democratic-/|archive-date=October 7, 2013|url-status=live}} He endorsed Republican candidate Tim Donnelly for the 2014 California gubernatorial election.

In an interview on Larry King Now in 2017, Schneider said he was an independent but leaned more conservative.{{Citation |title=Rob Schneider clarifies his position on vaccines | date=November 10, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnssseIo1k |language=en |access-date=April 21, 2022}}

In July 2023, Schneider endorsed independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.{{cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Judy|title=Rob Schneider backs RFK Jr.: 'Inspiring, hopeful, courageous'|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4067877-rob-schneider-backs-rfk-jr-inspiring-hopeful-courageous/|work=The Hill|date=July 26, 2023}} In August 2024, following the suspension of Kennedy's campaign, Schneider endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump.{{cite news|last=Flood|first=Brian|title=Comedian Rob Schneider urges fellow RFK supporters to vote Trump, slams Democrats in scathing message|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/comedian-rob-schneider-urges-fellow-rfk-supporters-vote-trump-slams-democrats-scathing-message|work=Fox News|date=23 August 2024}} Schneider was a headliner at the 2024 Moms for Liberty convention.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/donald-trump-moms-for-liberty/679683/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-am&utm_term=The+Atlantic+AM |title=The Women Trump Is Winning |magazine=The Atlantic Magazine |date=31 August 2024}}

Schneider has been a critic of childhood vaccinations. In an interview with News10 in Sacramento, Schneider opined that "The efficacy of these shots have not been proven{{Nbsp}}... And the toxicity of these things{{Snd}}we're having more and more side effects. We're having more and more autism." He also views the actions from the state of California to mandate vaccinations as government overreach.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/01/rob-schneider-links-autism-vaccines_n_1641922.html |title=Rob Schneider Links Autism To Vaccines, Rails Against Big Government (VIDEO) |last=Hart |first=Benjamin |date=July 1, 2012 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=February 21, 2017}}

In 2015, Schneider actively opposed the passage of two California laws, California Assembly Bill 2109 and California Senate Bill 277, which both made childhood vaccination exemptions harder to obtain. On September 28, 2012, Schneider and California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly spoke at the "Medical Freedom Rally", where they urged California Governor Jerry Brown to veto Assembly Bill 2109, which would have made it more difficult for parents to use philosophical reasons for exemptions from mandatory childhood vaccinations. While the bill was not vetoed, Governor Brown added a signing message instructing the Department of Health to add a religious exemption and to make sure the process was not overly burdensome to parents.{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/60227438 |title=Rob Schneider and Tim Donnelly |last=Medical Freedom |date=February 21, 2012 |via=Vimeo}}{{cite web | url=http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_2109_Signing_Message.pdf | title=AB2109 signing message | first=Jerry | last=Brown | author-link=Jerry Brown | date=September 30, 2012 | access-date=February 21, 2017 | archive-date=February 12, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212080247/http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_2109_Signing_Message.pdf | url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/09/am-alert-rob-schneider-tim-donnelly-team-up-on-vaccinations.html |title=AM Alert: Rob Schneider, Tim Donnelly Team Up On Vaccinations |last=Massimino |first=Micaela |date=September 28, 2012 |website=The Sacramento Bee – Capitol Alert |access-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529003350/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/09/am-alert-rob-schneider-tim-donnelly-team-up-on-vaccinations.html |archive-date=May 29, 2016}}

While fighting California Senate Bill 277, which removed exemptions to mandatory vaccinations due to personal beliefs, Schneider left a phone message to California state Assemblywoman and bill co-author Lorena Gonzalez saying that he would spend money against her in her next re-election. Gonzalez, in an interview with The Washington Times, said that she found the message to be disturbing, but upon calling back, she said, "he was actually much nicer to me, but let's be honest{{Nbsp}}... that is 20 mins of my life I'll never get back arguing that vaccines don't cause autism with Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/15/rob-schneider-anti-vaccine-actor-leaves-disturbing/ |title=Rob Schneider, anti-vaccine actor, leaves 'disturbing message' for lawmaker |last=Chasmar |first=Jessica |date=February 15, 2015 |website=The Washington Times |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171529/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/15/rob-schneider-anti-vaccine-actor-leaves-disturbing/ |url-status=dead}}

In June 2024, Schneider performed in Saskatchewan at a fundraising event for the Hospitals of Regina Foundation fundraiser (a Canadian medical not-for-profit organization), where he told jokes about vaccines, women, and transgender people. He was removed from the stage in the middle of his set by event organizers, who later apologized for his behaviour.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/hospitals-regina-foundation-1.7225493|title=Attendee says Rob Schneider's jokes at Hospitals of Regina Foundation fundraiser were 'unacceptable'|website=CBC.ca|date=June 5, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}} Schneider has defended his jokes, stating “I’m doing it right.”{{cite magazine|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|title=Rob Schneider Says People "Yelling," Walking Out of His Comedy Shows Means He's "Doing It Right"|date=August 21, 2024|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rob-schneider-defends-stand-up-backlash-1235980053/|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}

In July 2024, Schneider posted on the social media platform X, "I am sorry to say to ALL the world's GREATEST ATHLETES, I wish you ALL THE BEST, but I cannot watch an Olympics that disrespects Christianity and openly celebrates Satan. I sincerely hope THESE @Olympics get the same amount of viewers as @cspan". This was in reaction to the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which was accused of including drag queen performers burlesquing The Last Supper painting.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-opening-ceremony-last-supper-criticism-9dd5fc5f1849ce9b0720fa997f38ed27|title=Paris Olympics organizers say they meant no disrespect with 'Last Supper' tableau|website=Associated Press|date=July 28, 2024|access-date=October 5, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/rob-schneider-olympics-boycott-19604532.php|title=S.F. comedian Rob Schneider outraged by Paris Olympics, claims it 'openly celebrates Satan'|website=San Francisco Chronicle|date=July 29, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}}

In 2023, Schneider made posts on social media criticizing the transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney, calling her transgender identity "cultural appropriation".{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rob-schneider-comments-dylan-mulvaney-spark-uproar-1825195|title=Rob Schneider's Comments on Dylan Mulvaney Spark Uproar|website=Newsweek|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=October 28, 2024}}

In August 2024, Schneider was a speaker at the 2024 national summit for the anti-LGBT group, Moms for Liberty.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moms-for-liberty-transphobia-summit_n_66d254bee4b013957161d69b/amp|title=Moms For Liberty Goes All In On Transphobia|website=The Huffington Post|date=August 30, 2024|access-date=October 28, 2024}}

In September 2024, Schneider's daughter, Elle King distanced herself from Schneider and criticized his anti-LGBT comments.{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/elle-king|title=Elle King defends the LGBTQ+ community by rebuking her father Rob Schneider's homophobic beliefs (exclusive)|website=The Advocate|date=September 6, 2024|access-date=October 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/elle-king-rob-schneiders-anti-gay-rights-views-video/|title=Elle King Says Father Rob Schneider's "Anti-Gay Rights" Views Are "F***ed", Will Go Years Without Speaking to Him|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 12, 2024 |access-date=October 28, 2024}}

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