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