
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, Lazio, 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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68% | 23% | Happily | Tom (Character) | - | 2021 |
90% | 86% | Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge | Johnny Cage (Voice) | - | 2020 |
71% | 56% | Becky | Jeff (Character) | $178.2K | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stuck | Judge Lepetri (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trouble | Norbert (Voice) | - | 2019 |
67% | 71% | A Futile and Stupid Gesture | Chevy Chase (Character) | - | 2018 |
23% | 40% | The Happytime Murders | Agent Campbell (Character) | $20.7M | 2018 |
74% | 54% | Assassination Nation | Nick (Character) | $2M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Human Face of Big Data | Narrator | - | 2014 |
48% | 30% | Adult Beginners | Hudson (Character) | $104.4K | 2014 |
15% | 64% | Blended | Mark (Character) | $46.3M | 2014 |
28% | 42% | Deliver Us From Evil | Butler (Character) | $30.6M | 2014 |
14% | 21% | A Merry Friggin' Christmas | Boyd Mitchler (Character) | - | 2014 |
69% | 73% | Ted | Rex (Character) | $218.6M | 2012 |
42% | 41% | The Big Year | Barry Loomis (Character) | $7.2M | 2011 |
22% | 37% | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D | Wilbur (Character) | $38.5M | 2011 |
23% | 44% | What's Your Number? | Roger (Character) | $14M | 2011 |
79% | 44% | The Informant! | FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon (Character) | $33.3M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Open Season 2 | Elliot (Voice) | - | 2008 |
52% | 47% | Mini's First Time | Host (Character) | $48.9K | 2006 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Scene Kitchen |
Executive Producer, Host |
2021 |
No Score Yet | 86% | American Housewife | Doyle Bradford (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 23% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2021 2018 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2018-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2019-2021 2014 2008-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Straight Up Steve Austin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2018-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Card Sharks | Host | 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extra | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Daily | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Can See Your Voice | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2020 2016 2014 |
No Score Yet | 44% | 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 | 25 Words or Less | Contestant | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Family Feud | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017-2020 |
78% | 93% | Earth to Ned | Guest | 2020 |
89% | 67% | DC's Stargirl |
Sylvester Pemberton/ |
2020 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Hoda & Jenna | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 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 |
2020 2018 2014-2016 2010-2012 |
74% | No Score Yet | 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 |
No Score Yet | 31% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shark After Dark | Guest | 2019 |
67% | 57% | What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood Live | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Rookie | Brad Hayes (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda | Guest | 2018-2019 |
83% | 80% | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 41% | The Masked Singer | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2018 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2018 2014 |
83% | 72% | The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale |
Executive Producer, Host |
2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just for Laughs | Host | 2018 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Tad O'Malley (Guest Star) | 2018 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 2016 |
82% | 69% | The Gong Show | Guest | 2017 |
94% | 93% | Rick and Morty | Hemorrhage (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 35% | The F Word With Gordon Ramsay | Guest | 2017 |
45% | 69% | The Great Indoors | Jack (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Bill Nye Saves the World | Guest | 2017 |
100% | 91% | Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return | Doug McClure (Guest Star) | 2017 |
80% | 65% | Dimension 404 | Unknown (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dish Nation | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly |
Guest, Host |
2016 2012 |
56% | 69% | Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons | Guest | 2016 |
96% | 86% | 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 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Up Late NW | Guest | 2015-2016 |
7% | 60% | Dr. Ken | Ross (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soup | Host | 2007-2015 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2014-2015 2012 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comment Section |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
2015 |
88% | 88% | Community | Jeff Winger (Character) | 2009-2015 |
100% | 30% | The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 91% | 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 | Live! With Kelly and Michael | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White House Correspondents' Dinner | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pete Holmes Show | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 75% | 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 | No Score Yet | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | First Ninja (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Guest, Host |
2014 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soup Investigates | Host | 2013 |
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 | 2012-2013 2010 |
87% | 90% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Host | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010-2011 |
33% | No Score Yet | The Marriage Ref | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soup Presents | Host | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 2007 |
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% | 96% | Pushing Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 87% | 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 |
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