Joel McHale
November 20, 1971 (53 years old) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 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
Credits
- 2026 · Scream 7 as Mark Evans
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as James Bunratty
- 2025 · California King as Zane
- 2024 · Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
- 2023 · It's a Wonderful Knife as David Carruthers
- 2023 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2023 · Office Race as Spencer
- 2023 · Dr Phil LIVE! as Self
- 2023 · Attack of the Doc! as Self
- 2023 · Celebrity Prank Wars as Self
- 2022 · I Am Phenomenal as Bill Winger
- 2022 · Password as Self - Celebrity Guest
- 2021 · Queenpins as Rick
- 2021 · Happily as Tom
- 2020 · I Can See Your Voice as
- 2020 · I Can See Your Voice as Self - Guest Host
- 2020 · Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Lassiter's Father
- 2020 · All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief as Self
- 2020 · Dummy as Agent Jason
- 2020 · Tiger King as Self - Host
- 2020 · Medical Police as Joel McHale
- 2019 · Trouble as Norbert (voice)
- 2018 · Assassination Nation as Nick Mathers
- 2018 · The Happytime Murders as Agent Campbell
- 2017 · Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television as Joel McHale
- 2017 · The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- 2017 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Doug McClure
- 2017 · Dimension 404 as Mr. Maker
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Ashley Jack Gordon
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2014 · Deliver Us from Evil as Butler
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · The Big Year as Barry Loomis
- 2010 · The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- 2009 · The Informant! as Robert Herndon
- 2008 · The Onion Movie as Office Worker
- 2008 · Water And Power as Joel McHale
- 2006 · Mini's First Time as Host
- 2003 · Last Comic Standing as Himself
- 2000 · The Huntress as Quicky the Clown
- Future · Reimagined as Hamilton Lydell
- 2025 · Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 · The 1% Club as Self - Host
- 2024 · The Real Full Monty as Self (uncredited)
- 2024 · The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Grave Conversations as Self
- 2024 · Better Off as Self
- 2024 · Parachute as Jamie Collins
- 2023 · JEREMY as Self
- 2023 · House of Villains as Self - Host
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Games Commentator (voice)
- 2023 · Animal Control as Frank Shaw
- 2023 · The Seven Faces of Jane as Michael
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Celebrity Beef as Self - Host
- 2022 · The Bear as David Fields
- 2022 · Is It Cake? as Self - Judge
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2021 · Yellowjackets as Kody
- 2021 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2021 · Crime Scene Kitchen as Self - Host
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2021 · Fast Foodies as Self
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · The Cabin with Bert Kreischer as Self
- 2020 · Becky as Jeff
- 2020 · DC's Stargirl as Sylvester Pemberton / Starman
- 2020 · DC's Stargirl as Sylvester Pemberton
- 2020 · Community Table Read as Jeff Winger
- 2020 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2020 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Josh Gates Tonight as Self
- 2019 · Dark Harbor as Greg
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Straight Up Steve Austin as Self
- 2019 · Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang as Self
- 2019 · Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
- 2019 · What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage as
- 2019 · Card Sharks as Self - Host
- 2019 · The Twilight Zone as
- 2019 · Love, Death & Robots as Sergeant Morris (voice)
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self - Guest Panelist
- 2018 · The Rookie as Brad Hayes
- 2018 · Stuck as Judge Lepetri
- 2018 · We Brought Back MST3K as Self
- 2018 · Game Over, Man! as Joel McHale
- 2018 · What the Fit as Self
- 2018 · The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Host
- 2018 · A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Chevy Chase
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Phil
- 2017 · The F Word as Self
- 2017 · Santa Clarita Diet as Chris
- 2016 · American Housewife as Doyle Bradford
- 2016 · Milo Murphy's Law as Victor (voice)
- 2016 · The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Six Seasons and a Finale as Self
- 2016 · The Human Face of Big Data as Narrator
- 2015 · Dr. Ken as Ross
- 2015 · Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare as Himself - Special Guest
- 2015 · Difficult People as Felix
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Boyd Mitchler
- 2014 · black-ish as Joel McHale
- 2014 · Adult Beginners as Hudson
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Alex (voice)
- 2014 · Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep as Self
- 2014 · Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- 2014 · Blended as Mark
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Harmontown as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Hemorrhage (voice)
- 2013 · The Mighty T as Narrator
- 2012 · Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja as First Ninja (voice)
- 2012 · Ted as Rex
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2011 · What's Your Number? as Roger the Boss
- 2011 · Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Wilbur Wilson
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Regular Show as DVD (voice)
- 2009 · Community as Jeff Winger
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Web Soup as Self
- 2009 · The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · Open Season 2 as Elliot (Voice)
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Warren
- 2007 · Pushing Daisies as Harold Hundin
- 2007 · Thank God You're Here as Self
- 2007 · The IT Crowd as Roy
- 2005 · Lords of Dogtown as TV Reporter
- 2005 · Iron Chef America as Himself
- 2004 · The Soup as Self - Host
- 2004 · Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Jacks
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Oliver Beene as
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Greg Welch
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Ian
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1995 · American Messiah as Assassin
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Richard
- 1993 · The X-Files as Tad O'Malley
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Joel McHale (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · Almost Live! as Self / Various
- Future · Untitled Community Movie as Jeff Winger
- Future · Kabalintunaan as 演员