“For a long time in my adolescence, comedy was the only tool I had for communication and dealing with the world and dealing with people - I didn't know any other lens in which to do it.”

American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor

Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series BoJack Horseman, which ran from 2014 to 2020. For that series, he won four Critics' Choice Television Awards and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. His work is associated with television comedy and animation, especially material shaped by character-driven humor and sharp observation.