Joel McHale

Joel McHale

Known for
Acting
Born
November 20, 1971 (age 54)
Birthplace
Rome, Lazio, 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

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Filmography

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Untitled Community Movie poster

Untitled Community Movie

Movie · as Jeff Winger

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Untitled Kevin Cate Short

Untitled Kevin Cate Short

Movie

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Junkyard

Junkyard

Movie

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The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

TV · as Roy · 1 ep

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Star Wars Detours poster

Star Wars Detours

TV · as Host of Galaxy Rumors (voice) · 6 eps

2026
Oh Season poster

Oh Season

Movie · as Hamilton Lydell

2026
Scream 7 poster

Scream 7

Movie · as Mark Evans

2026
Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X poster

Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X

Movie · as Himself

2026
Stop! That! Train! poster

Stop! That! Train!

Movie · as Male Passenger 2

2026
Strip Law poster

Strip Law

TV · as Pringus (voice) · 1 ep

2026
The Official House of Villains Podcast poster

The Official House of Villains Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
California King poster

California King

Movie · as Zane

2025
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox poster

Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox

Movie · as James Bunratty

2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special poster

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
The 1% Club poster

The 1% Club

TV · as Self - Host · 26 eps

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2024
Parachute poster

Parachute

Movie · as Jamie Collins

2024
Better Off poster

Better Off

Movie · as Self

2024
The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James poster

The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
The Real Full Monty poster

The Real Full Monty

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2024
Dinner Time Live with David Chang poster

Dinner Time Live with David Chang

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Grave Conversations poster

Grave Conversations

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
It's a Wonderful Knife poster

It's a Wonderful Knife

Movie · as David Carruthers

2023
Office Race poster

Office Race

Movie · as Spencer

2023
Attack of the Doc! poster

Attack of the Doc!

Movie · as Self

2023
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match poster

Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match

Movie · as Johnny Cage (voice)

2023
The Seven Faces of Jane poster

The Seven Faces of Jane

Movie · as Michael

2023
JEREMY poster

JEREMY

Movie · as Self

2023
Celebrity Prank Wars poster

Celebrity Prank Wars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
House of Villains poster

House of Villains

TV · as Self - Host · 31 eps

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Games Commentator (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Animal Control poster

Animal Control

TV · as Frank Shaw · 56 eps

2023
Dr Phil LIVE! poster

Dr Phil LIVE!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
The Ultimate Improv Show poster

The Ultimate Improv Show

TV · as Monologist · 1 ep

2022
I Am Phenomenal poster

I Am Phenomenal

Movie · as Bill Winger

2022
Is It Cake? poster

Is It Cake?

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps

2022
The Bear poster

The Bear

TV · as David Fields · 6 eps

2022
Celebrity Beef poster

Celebrity Beef

TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps

2022
Password poster

Password

TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 2 eps

2021
Happily poster

Happily

Movie · as Tom

2021
Queenpins poster

Queenpins

Movie · as Rick

2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves poster

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Movie · as Self

2021
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms poster

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms

Movie · as Johnny Cage (voice)

2021
Fast Foodies poster

Fast Foodies

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Crime Scene Kitchen poster

Crime Scene Kitchen

TV · as Self - Host · 29 eps

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
Yellowjackets poster

Yellowjackets

TV · as Kody · 3 eps

2021
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump poster

Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
That's My Jam poster

That's My Jam

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Community Table Read poster

Community Table Read

Movie · as Jeff Winger

2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home poster

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home

Movie · as Lassiter's Father

2020
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge poster

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge

Movie · as Johnny Cage (voice)

2020
Becky poster

Becky

Movie · as Jeff

2020
Medical Police poster

Medical Police

TV · as Joel McHale · 1 ep

2020
Josh Gates Tonight poster

Josh Gates Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
I Can See Your Voice poster

I Can See Your Voice

TV · as Self - Guest Host · 4 eps

2020
DC's Stargirl poster

DC's Stargirl

TV · as Sylvester Pemberton / Starman · 7 eps

2020
Dummy poster

Dummy

TV · as Agent Jason · 1 ep

2020
Tiger King poster

Tiger King

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 3 eps

2020
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer poster

The Cabin with Bert Kreischer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Dark Harbor poster

Dark Harbor

Movie · as Greg

2019
Trouble poster

Trouble

Movie · as Norbert (voice)

2019
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang poster

Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang

Movie · as Self

2019
Straight Up Steve Austin poster

Straight Up Steve Austin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots

TV · as Sergeant Morris (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 5 eps

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

2019
Card Sharks poster

Card Sharks

TV · as Self - Host · 21 eps

2019
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage poster

What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage

TV · 1 ep

2019
Lights Out with David Spade poster

Lights Out with David Spade

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2019
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · 1 ep

2018
We Brought Back MST3K poster

We Brought Back MST3K

Movie · as Self

2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture poster

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Movie · as Chevy Chase

2018
Assassination Nation poster

Assassination Nation

Movie · as Nick Mathers

2018
Stuck poster

Stuck

Movie · as Judge Lepetri

2018
The Happytime Murders poster

The Happytime Murders

Movie · as Agent Campbell

2018
Game Over, Man! poster

Game Over, Man!

Movie · as Joel McHale

2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale poster

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

TV · as Self - Host · 19 eps

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as Brad Hayes · 1 ep

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Phil · 2 eps

2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000 poster

Mystery Science Theater 3000

TV · as Doug McClure · 1 ep

2017
The Gong Show poster

The Gong Show

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2017
The F Word poster

The F Word

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2017
Santa Clarita Diet poster

Santa Clarita Diet

TV · as Chris · 2 eps

2017
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television poster

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television

TV · as Joel McHale · 1 ep

2017
Dimension 404 poster

Dimension 404

TV · as Mr. Maker · 1 ep

2017
Bill Nye Saves the World poster

Bill Nye Saves the World

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
The Human Face of Big Data poster

The Human Face of Big Data

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Six Seasons and a Finale

Six Seasons and a Finale

Movie · as Self

2016
The Great Indoors poster

The Great Indoors

TV · as Ashley Jack Gordon · 22 eps

2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson poster

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 12 eps

2016
Milo Murphy's Law poster

Milo Murphy's Law

TV · as Victor (voice) · 1 ep

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
American Housewife poster

American Housewife

TV · as Doyle Bradford · 1 ep

2015
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare poster

Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare

Movie · as Himself - Special Guest

2015
Dr. Ken poster

Dr. Ken

TV · as Ross · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Difficult People poster

Difficult People

TV · as Felix · 1 ep

2014
Deliver Us from Evil poster

Deliver Us from Evil

Movie · as Butler

2014
Blended poster

Blended

Movie · as Mark

2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas poster

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Movie · as Boyd Mitchler

2014
Adult Beginners poster

Adult Beginners

Movie · as Hudson

2014
Harmontown poster

Harmontown

Movie · as Self

2014
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Movie · as Self

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Alex (voice) · 1 ep

2014
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black-ish

TV · as Joel McHale · 1 ep

2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Mighty T

The Mighty T

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty

TV · as Hemorrhage (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Ted poster

Ted

Movie · as Rex

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja poster

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

TV · as First Ninja (voice) · 4 eps

2011
What's Your Number? poster

What's Your Number?

Movie · as Roger the Boss

2011
The Big Year poster

The Big Year

Movie · as Barry Loomis

2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World poster

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Movie · as Wilbur Wilson

2011
Billy on the Street poster

Billy on the Street

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Marriage Ref

The Marriage Ref

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as DVD (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 9 eps

2009
The Informant! poster

The Informant!

Movie · as Robert Herndon

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Jeff Winger · 110 eps

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Web Soup poster

Web Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
Open Season 2 poster

Open Season 2

Movie · as Elliot (Voice)

2008
The Onion Movie poster

The Onion Movie

Movie · as Office Worker

2008
Water and Power poster

Water and Power

TV · as Joel McHale · 1 ep

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Warren · 2 eps

2007
Pushing Daisies poster

Pushing Daisies

TV · as Harold Hundin · 1 ep

2007
Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Old Norm Head (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Mini's First Time poster

Mini's First Time

Movie · as Host

2006
The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

Movie · as Roy

2005
Lords of Dogtown poster

Lords of Dogtown

Movie · as TV Reporter

2005
Iron Chef America poster

Iron Chef America

TV · as Himself · 2 eps

2004
Spider-Man 2 poster

Spider-Man 2

Movie · as Mr. Jacks

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self - Host · 625 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 3 eps

2003
Last Comic Standing poster

Last Comic Standing

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

2003
Oliver Beene poster

Oliver Beene

TV · as Man in Elevator · 1 ep

2003
E!'s 101

E!'s 101

TV · as Self · 65 eps

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Greg Welch · 1 ep

2000
The Huntress poster

The Huntress

TV · as Quicky the Clown · 1 ep

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Ian · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

1995
American Messiah poster

American Messiah

Movie · as Assassin

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Tad O'Malley · 3 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Joel McHale (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1984
Almost Live! poster

Almost Live!

TV · as Self / Various · 286 eps

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep