Fred Stoller


Fred Stoller is an American actor, stand-up comedian and author. He is best known for portraying Gerard on Everybody Loves Raymond, the voice of Rusty in the Playhouse Disney series Handy Manny and the voice of Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in the PBS Kids's series, WordGirl.

Early life

Stoller was born in New York City and grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He has a sister, Cindy, six years his senior, and is Jewish. Stoller attended Kingsborough Community College before leaving to pursue comedy full time.

Career

Stoller had worked as a stand-up comedian in nightclubs since the early 1980s at the time of his first television appearance, in 1987, when he appeared on Stand-Up America and in 1989 on The Young Comedians Special alongside six other comedians.
He gained recognition for his frequent appearances as Gerard on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Mr. Lowe in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and as Sheldon Singer, the son of Harold Gould's deli-owning character, on the short-lived sitcom Singer & Sons. He has also made guest appearances on several other TV series. He wrote two episodes of Seinfeld. He also appeared as Fred in the episode "The Secret Code".
Stoller is also known as the voices of Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in WordGirl,
Stanley in the Open Season franchise, Rusty the Monkey Wrench on Handy Manny, Fred the Squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar, Jimbo on Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures and Steve Tree in Oswald.
In 2025, Stoller recurred on Super Duper Bunny League as the mad scientist Dr. Fuzzleglove who was behind the accident that gave the titular team their superpowers.

Personal life

In 2012, Stoller published a successful e-book titled My Seinfeld Year, in which he chronicled his experiences after being hired as a new staff writer. He has since released a book titled Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star, and a second e-book, Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics, in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Written works by Stoller

  • My Seinfeld Year
  • Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
  • ''Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989's Funniest Comics'''