- Born
- Nicknames
- Bob
- Bobby
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Robert Lopez is the Tony®-, Grammy®-, Emmy®- and Oscar®- winning co-creator of the worldwide smash-hit Broadway musicals "Avenue Q" and "The Book of Mormon." Together with his wife and collaborator Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he co-wrote songs for the feature films "Winnie the Pooh (2011)" and "Frozen (2013)", as well as "Finding Nemo: The Musical," a beloved fixture in Disney's Animal Kingdom since 2006.
He shared two Emmy® Awards for his music for Nickelodeon's Wonder Pets! (2006) and an Emmy® nomination for his work on the musical episode of Scrubs (2001). His work has been featured on South Park (1997), The Simpsons (1989) and Phineas and Ferb (2007)," as well as 3rd & Bird (2008) and Johnny and the Sprites (2005)." He has won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Frederick Loewe and Edward Kleban awards.
Lopez, a Yale College graduate, lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two daughters.- IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous
- SpouseKristen Anderson-Lopez(October 12, 2003 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- ParentsKatherine LopezFrank Lopez
- RelativesTim Dillon(Cousin)
- The twelfth person and eighth man to receive the status of EGOT. The other recipients (chronologically) are Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Scott Rudin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, John Legend, Alan Menken, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and Elton John. In fact, Robert Lopez is actually the first person ever to achieve a double EGOT (meaning having won at least two Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys). As of 2024, he has three Emmys, three Grammys, two Oscars, and three Tonys.
- Won Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Score (Music and/or Lyrics) with collaborator Jeff Marx for "Avenue Q."
- Along with Kristen Anderson-Lopez, of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].
- Father of Katie Lopez.
- Won two 2011 Tony Awards for co-writing the hit musical "The Book Of Mormon" with Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
- I'm the kind of guy who likes to kind of pad about and look for things to eat. I actually play the part of Pooh's tummy. I'm the uvular growl that's his tummy growl.
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