Actor

Gabe Kaplan

March 31, 1945 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the "No-Limit Texas Hold-'Em" type, particularly as co-host and joint commentator, with A.J. Benza, on previous seasons of High Stakes Poker on GSN. Gabe was replaced by fellow comedian and celebrity poker player Norm Macdonald for the show's seventh season.

Notable work

8.5
BoJack Horseman (2014)
as Abe Ziegler (voice)
7.5
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Freddy York

Often works with

Tom Bosley
2 titles together
Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat
Robert Hegyes
2 titles together
Welcome Back, Kotter, Lewis & Clark
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
2 titles together
Welcome Back, Kotter, Lewis & Clark
Dick Van Patten
2 titles together
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The Love Boat

Full filmography · 12

The Grand
as Seth Schwartzman
20075.8
Jack the Dog
as Richie
2001
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as Anthony DePalma
1984
Groucho
as Groucho Marx
1983
Tulips
as Leland Irving
1981
Nobody's Perfekt
as Dibley
1981
Fast Break
as David Greene
1979
The Love Boat
as Stan Nichol
1976