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Name
Joel McHale

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1971-11-20 (55 years old)

Place of Birth
Roma, Italy

Biography

Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television producer, television personality, and voice artist. He is best known for hosting The Soup and for his role as Jeff Winger on Community. He is of Irish-American descent and European-Canadian descent.

He voiced Elliot in Open Season 2, filling in for Ashton Kutcher. He also appeared in Spider-Man 2 in a cameo appearance as bank manager Mr. Jacks, CSI: Miami as Greg Welsh, and Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World as Wilbur.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2004 Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Jacks
2020 Community Table Read as Jeff Winger
2009 The Informant! as Robert Herndon
2025 California King as Zane
2018 We Brought Back MST3K as Self
2008 Open Season 2 as Elliot (Voice)
2011 What's Your Number? as Roger the Boss
2023 It's a Wonderful Knife as David Carruthers
2012 Ted as Rex
2011 The Big Year as Barry Loomis
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Wilbur Wilson
2022 I Am Phenomenal as Bill Winger
2023 Office Race as Spencer
2023 Attack of the Doc! as Self
2014 Deliver Us from Evil as Butler
2014 Blended as Mark
2024 Parachute as Jamie Collins
2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Boyd Mitchler
2014 Adult Beginners as Hudson
Soon Untitled Community Movie as Jeff Winger
2023 Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match as Johnny Cage (voice)
2006 Mini's First Time as Host
2019 Dark Harbor as Greg
2023 The Seven Faces of Jane as Michael
2024 Better Off as Self
2013 The Mighty T as Narrator
2025 Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as James Bunratty
2018 A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Chevy Chase
2016 The Human Face of Big Data as Narrator
2024 The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James as Narrator (voice)
2018 Assassination Nation as Nick Mathers
2018 Stuck as Judge Lepetri
2018 The Happytime Murders as Agent Campbell
2018 Game Over, Man! as Joel McHale
2015 Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare as Himself - Special Guest
2019 Trouble as Norbert (voice)
2019 Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang as Self
2020 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Lassiter's Father
2020 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge as Johnny Cage (voice)
2020 Becky as Jeff
2021 Happily as Tom
2014 Harmontown as Self
2008 The Onion Movie as Office Worker
2021 Queenpins as Rick
2020 All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief as Self
2021 Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms as Johnny Cage (voice)
2005 Lords of Dogtown as TV Reporter
2023 JEREMY as Self
2024 The Real Full Monty as Self (uncredited)
2022 Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
2014 Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep as Self
2016 Six Seasons and a Finale as Self
Soon Reimagined as Hamilton Lydell
1995 American Messiah as Assassin
2025 Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self (archive footage)
2026 Scream 7 as Mark Evans
2026 Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X as Himself
2026 Stop! That! Train! as Male Passenger 2
2026 Stocking Shelves as Smitty

2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Greg Welch
1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2003 Last Comic Standing ( 1 episode ) as Himself
2020 Medical Police ( 1 episode ) as Joel McHale
2003 Oliver Beene ( 1 episode ) as Man in Elevator
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1984 Almost Live! ( 286 episodes ) as Self / Various
2007 Pushing Daisies ( 1 episode ) as Harold Hundin
1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Ian
2021 Fast Foodies ( 1 episode ) as Self
2000 The Huntress ( 1 episode ) as Quicky the Clown
2021 Crime Scene Kitchen ( 29 episodes ) as Self - Host
1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2009 Community ( 110 episodes ) as Jeff Winger
2017 Will & Grace ( 2 episodes ) as Phil
2010 The Marriage Ref ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 E!'s 101 ( 65 episodes ) as Self
2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 The IT Crowd ( 1 episode ) as Roy
2009 Web Soup ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Richard
2004 The Soup ( 625 episodes ) as Self - Host
2019 Straight Up Steve Austin ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 Billy on the Street ( 1 episode ) as Self
2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 Iron Chef America ( 2 episodes ) as Himself
2015 Dr. Ken ( 1 episode ) as Ross
2020 Josh Gates Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2023 Celebrity Prank Wars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 The Great Indoors ( 22 episodes ) as Ashley Jack Gordon
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2016 Join or Die with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 I Can See Your Voice ( 4 episodes )
2022 Is It Cake? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2017 Mystery Science Theater 3000 ( 1 episode ) as Doug McClure
2023 House of Villains ( 31 episodes ) as Self - Host
2023 Krapopolis ( 1 episode ) as Games Commentator (voice)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2017 The Gong Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
2017 The F Word ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2018 The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale ( 19 episodes ) as Self - Host
2012 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja ( 4 episodes ) as First Ninja (voice)
2019 Love, Death & Robots ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant Morris (voice)
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2015 Lip Sync Battle ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2016 Match Game ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
2022 The Bear ( 6 episodes ) as David Fields
2019 The Masked Singer ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Guest Panelist
2020 I Can See Your Voice ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2013 Rick and Morty ( 1 episode ) as Hemorrhage (voice)
2017 Santa Clarita Diet ( 2 episodes ) as Chris
2020 DC's Stargirl ( 7 episodes ) as Sylvester Pemberton / Starman
2022 Celebrity Beef ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Host
2017 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television ( 1 episode ) as Joel McHale
2018 The Rookie ( 1 episode ) as Brad Hayes
2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as DVD (voice)
2008 Water and Power ( 1 episode ) as Joel McHale
2020 DC's Stargirl ( 13 episodes ) as Sylvester Pemberton
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2016 To Tell the Truth ( 12 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
2016 Milo Murphy's Law ( 1 episode ) as Victor (voice)
2019 Card Sharks ( 21 episodes ) as Self - Host
2023 Animal Control ( 44 episodes ) as Frank Shaw
2019 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage ( 1 episode )
2019 Lights Out with David Spade ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
2014 BoJack Horseman ( 1 episode ) as Alex (voice)
2016 The $100,000 Pyramid ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2008 Sons of Anarchy ( 2 episodes ) as Warren
2014 black-ish ( 1 episode ) as Joel McHale
2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Dummy ( 1 episode ) as Agent Jason
2022 Password ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Celebrity Guest
1993 The X-Files ( 3 episodes ) as Tad O'Malley
2024 Dinner Time Live with David Chang ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Tiger King ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2019 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode )
2017 Dimension 404 ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Maker
2007 Thank God You're Here ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
2014 Running Wild with Bear Grylls ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Conan ( 9 episodes ) as Self
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Joel McHale (voice)
2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Contestant
2020 The Cabin with Bert Kreischer ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 American Housewife ( 1 episode ) as Doyle Bradford
2023 Dr Phil LIVE! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 Yellowjackets ( 3 episodes ) as Kody
2015 Difficult People ( 1 episode ) as Felix
2018 What the Fit ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 The 1% Club ( 24 episodes ) as Self - Host
2024 Grave Conversations ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 That's My Jam ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host
1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2025 Hollywood Squares ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2017 Bill Nye Saves the World ( 1 episode ) as Self
2026 Strip Law ( 1 episode ) as Pringus (voice)
2026 The Official House of Villains Podcast ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 The Ultimate Improv Show ( 1 episode ) as Monologist
Soon Star Wars Detours ( 1 episode ) as Host of Galaxy Rumors (voice)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host

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