<P> John Roberts (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer . Roberts portrays Linda Belcher on the animated sitcom Bob's Burgers . </P> <P> Roberts currently provides the voice of Linda, the doting matriarch of the Belcher family, in the FOX animated primetime comedy Bob's Burgers . He has said in interviews that he based the voice of Linda on that of his own mother, Marge . </P> <P> He has appeared several times on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Watch What Happens: Live, has co-written a pilot for MTV with Bob Odenkirk and performed in two national tours for Margaret Cho as well as her Showtime special . Roberts first gained attention as one of the standout performer / writers on the YouTube follow up "Jackie & Debra" which won The Comedy Smalls award in London . He has over 20 million hits on YouTube and has made videos with the likes of Debbie Harry and David Cross . He performs several times a year at NYC's Joe's Pub and has signed a publishing deal with French Kiss Records . </P> <P> Roberts is openly gay . </P>

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