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Joel McHale

Joel McHale

Highest Rated: 90% Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)

Lowest Rated: 14% A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)

Birthday: Nov 20, 1971

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Joel McHale became one in a long line of wry, rapier-edged comedians to make a name for mercilessly eviscerating pop culture on E! Entertainment Television's signature comedy show before riding that job to fame well beyond the cable channel. Though having only minor acting credits under his belt, McHale's host duties for "The Soup" (E!, 2004-2015) earned him such buzz that in 2009, he was tapped to star in the much-anticipated NBC sitcom, "Community" leading to TV Guide to chose him as one of its "Fresh Faces of Fall 2009." A member of the University of Washington Huskies national championship football team, he made a name for himself as anything but a dumb jock, translating his snarky, iconoclastic dissection of "the festering petri dish of celeb culture" into stand-up comedy, as well as on-call pundit status on news shows such as "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" (MSNBC, 2003-2011). Along with the ratings success of "Community" came feature film offers, including a turn alongside Matt Damon in director Steven Soderbergh's "The Informant!" (2009). Demonstrating that rare capacity for both sarcasm and nice-guy affability, McHale - like Steve Carell before him - leveraged a small but zealous cable following into a more multifaceted acting career.

Highest rated movies

85% 93% Psych 2: Lassie Come Home 81% 91% Parachute 80% 44% The Informant! 74% 55% Assassination Nation
71% 58% Becky
69% 26% Happily
69% 73% Ted
68% 71% A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox James Bunratty (Character) - 2024
81% 91% Parachute Jamie (Character) - 2023
55% 72% It's a Wonderful Knife David Carruthers (Character) $811.3K 2023
No Score Yet 80% Office Race Spencer (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Johnny Cage (Voice) - 2023
35% 82% The Seven Faces of Jane Michael (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl Self - 2022
48% 82% Queenpins Rick Kaminski (Character) - 2021
50% 59% Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Johnny Cage (Voice) - 2021
69% 26% Happily Tom (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet VICE Versa: College $ports, Inc. Unknown (Character) - 2021
85% 93% Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Lassiter's Father (Character) - 2020
71% 58% Becky Jeff (Character) $178.2K 2020
90% 86% Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Johnny Cage (Voice) - 2020
No Score Yet 37% Trouble Norbert (Voice) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stuck Judge Lepetri (Character) - 2019
74% 55% Assassination Nation Nick (Character) $2.0M 2018
23% 40% The Happytime Murders Agent Campbell (Character) $20.7M 2018
68% 71% A Futile and Stupid Gesture Chevy Chase (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Human Face of Big Data Narrator - 2014
48% 31% Adult Beginners Hudson (Character) $104.4K 2014
14% 21% A Merry Friggin' Christmas Boyd Mitchler (Character) - 2014
30% 42% Deliver Us From Evil Butler (Character) $30.6M 2014
15% 64% Blended Mark (Character) $46.3M 2014
69% 73% Ted Rex (Character) $218.6M 2012
42% 41% The Big Year Barry Loomis (Character) $7.2M 2011
23% 44% What's Your Number? Roger (Character) $14.0M 2011
23% 37% Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D Wilbur (Character) $38.5M 2011
80% 44% The Informant! FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon (Character) $33.3M 2009
No Score Yet 35% Open Season 2 Elliot (Voice) - 2008
54% 47% Mini's First Time Host (Character) $48.9K 2006

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 83% House of Villains Host 2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crime Scene Kitchen Executive Producer,
Host
2021 2023-2024
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2024
No Score Yet 35% Password Guest,
Self
2022 2024
60% 81% Animal Control Frank Shaw (Character),
Executive Producer
2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2022-2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2015 2018 2021 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Can See Your Voice Guest 2020 2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2014 2016 2020 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday Contestant 2023
No Score Yet 28% Is It Cake? Judge 2023
No Score Yet 18% Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge Judge 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Carpool Karaoke: The Series Self 2023
No Score Yet 56% That's My Jam Guest 2023
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015-2019 2023
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2020-2023
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2008-2012 2014 2019-2021 2023
94% 74% DC's Stargirl Sylvester Pemberton/Starman (Character) 2020-2022
No Score Yet 45% The Masked Singer Guest 2019 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2018 2022
No Score Yet 60% Celebrity Beef Executive Producer,
Host
2022
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2017-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misery Index Guest 2022
86% 81% Love, Death + Robots Sgt. Morris (Voice) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Make a Deal Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Tell the Truth Guest 2018-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest,
Host
2011-2012 2014 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nightly Pop Host 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Card Sharks Host 2019-2021
No Score Yet 14% The View Guest 2018-2019 2021
No Score Yet 78% American Housewife Doyle Bradford (Guest Star) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump Self 2021
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Straight Up Steve Austin Unknown (Guest Star) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Foodies Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Match Game Guest 2018-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cabin With Bert Kreischer Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Guest 2020
83% 81% Earth to Ned Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Game Face Self 2020
67% 44% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barkitecture Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dummy Agent Jason (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Unknown (Guest Star),
Guest
2010-2012 2014-2016 2018 2020
74% 75% Will & Grace Phil (Guest Star) 2020
92% 57% black-ish Self (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet 87% Lights Out With David Spade Guest 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Running Wild With Bear Grylls Self 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The $100,000 Pyramid Guest 2019
67% 57% What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage Unknown (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 76% The Rookie Brad Hayes (Guest Star) 2019
84% 73% RuPaul's Drag Race Guest 2019
No Score Yet 81% Drunk History Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2014 2018
83% 70% The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale Executive Producer,
Host
2018
74% 85% The X-Files Tad O'Malley (Guest Star) 2016 2018
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2018
82% 69% The Gong Show Guest 2017
90% 83% Rick and Morty Hemorrhage (Guest Voice) 2017
No Score Yet 35% The F Word With Gordon Ramsay Guest 2017
45% 68% The Great Indoors Jack (Character) 2016-2017
No Score Yet 41% Bill Nye Saves the World Guest 2017
100% 90% Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return Doug McClure (Guest Star) 2017
80% 64% Dimension 404 Mr. Maker (Character) 2017
56% 69% Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons Guest 2016
96% 84% Difficult People Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Join or Die With Craig Ferguson Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lip Sync Battle Contestant 2016
7% 59% Dr. Ken Ross (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Soup Host 2004 2007-2015
88% 88% Community Jeff Winger (Character) 2009-2015
100% 29% The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Guest 2015
No Score Yet 92% Comedy Bang! Bang! Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2014
No Score Yet 100% The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pete Holmes Show Guest 2014
100% 90% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funny or Die's Billy on the Street Guest 2014
No Score Yet 80% Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja First Ninja (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010 2012-2013
87% 90% Sons of Anarchy Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
33% No Score Yet The Marriage Ref Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet 85% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2007 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Conan O'Brien Guest 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Comic Standing Guest 2008
96% 95% Pushing Daisies Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Ian (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Unknown (Guest Star) 2000