<P> Garrett was born in Woodland Hills, California . He is the son of Barbara (née Colton), a homemaker, and Albert "Al" Gerstenfeld, a hearing aid salesman . He is Jewish, and celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah . Garrett has two older brothers, Jeff and Paul . He attended George Ellery Hale Middle School and graduated from El Camino Real High School, both in Woodland Hills . Garrett attended UCLA for less than two months before dropping out to pursue his comedy career . </P> <P> Garrett started out at various improv clubs in Los Angeles, including The Improv in Hollywood and The Ice House in Pasadena . In 1984, he became the first $100,000 grand champion winner in the comedy category of the TV show Star Search . This led to his first appearance, at age 23, on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, making him one of the youngest comedians ever to perform on the show . His appearance with Carson brought Garrett a lot of national attention, and soon he was appearing as an opening act for such headliners as Diana Ross and Liza Minnelli . He also opened in Las Vegas for Frank Sinatra, David Copperfield, Smokey Robinson, Sammy Davis, Jr., the Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers and Julio Iglesias . </P> <P> After achieving a strong measure of success with stand - up comedy, Garrett decided to change gears and try his luck with performing on TV . From 1985--1986, he was the voice of Hulk Hogan (in a voice similar to Rodney Dangerfield) for the cartoon series Hulk Hogan's Rock' n Wrestling, He was featured on Family Feud during Ray Combs's tenure in a "Funny Men vs. Funny Women Week" during November sweeps . He also appeared for a week on the game show Super Password in 1987 . He also appeared on Hollywood Squares including a memorable moment when he impersonated Bill Cosby during a question about Jell - o . He then appeared in the short - lived summer comedy First Impressions (CBS, 1988), in which he was a divorced father who makes a living doing impressions, in a one - time spot as a bank loan officer on Roseanne (ABC), and The Pursuit of Happiness (NBC, 1995--96), in which he was the hero's gay best friend . Though prior to these roles, Garrett had also had a minor part on Transformers, voicing the Decepticon base Trypticon in season three and as an ill - fated thug in Suicide Kings . He soon won the role of Ray Romano's brother Robert Barone on the long - running family - oriented comedy hit Everybody Loves Raymond . Garrett has also made an appearance on The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air playing a hitman who attempts to kill Will Smith's character . </P> <P> Garrett's distinctive deep voice has landed him prolific work as a voice actor, such as on Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series, 2 Stupid Dogs, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Project Geeker, Biker Mice from Mars, Steven Spielberg Presents: Toonsylvania, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Asterix and the Vikings, Superman: The Animated Series, and Justice League as Lobo . </P>

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