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 · California King as Zane
- 2024 · Grave Conversations as Self
- 2024 · Parachute as Jamie Collins
- 2023 · House of Villains as Self - Host
- 2023 · Dr Phil LIVE! as Self
- 2023 · Celebrity Prank Wars as Self
- 2023 · The Seven Faces of Jane as Michael
- 2022 · Password as Self - Celebrity Guest
- 2021 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2021 · Queenpins as Rick
- 2021 · Crime Scene Kitchen as Self - Host
- 2021 · Happily as Tom
- 2020 · Becky as Jeff
- 2020 · Dummy as Agent Jason
- 2020 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2020 · Josh Gates Tonight as Self
- 2020 · Tiger King as Self - Host
- 2019 · Straight Up Steve Austin as Self
- 2019 · Trouble as Norbert (voice)
- 2019 · What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage as
- 2018 · Assassination Nation as Nick Mathers
- 2018 · The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Host
- 2017 · Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television as Joel McHale
- 2017 · The F Word as Self
- 2017 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Doug McClure
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Ashley Jack Gordon
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2014 · Adult Beginners as Hudson
- 2014 · Deliver Us from Evil as Butler
- 2011 · The Big Year as Barry Loomis
- 2011 · What's Your Number? as Roger the Boss
- 2011 · Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Wilbur Wilson
- 2008 · Open Season 2 as Elliot (Voice)
- 2008 · The Onion Movie as Office Worker
- 2008 · Water And Power as Joel McHale
- 2007 · Thank God You're Here as Self
- 2006 · Mini's First Time as Host
- 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
- 2025 · Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as James Bunratty
- 2024 · The Real Full Monty as Self (uncredited)
- 2024 · The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Better Off as Self
- 2024 · Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
- 2023 · JEREMY as Self
- 2023 · It's a Wonderful Knife as David Carruthers
- 2023 · Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match as Johnny Cage (voice)
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Games Commentator (voice)
- 2023 · Office Race as Spencer
- 2023 · Attack of the Doc! as Self
- 2023 · Animal Control as Frank Shaw
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · I Am Phenomenal as Bill Winger
- 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 · 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 · 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 · DC's Stargirl as Sylvester Pemberton / Starman
- 2020 · DC's Stargirl as Sylvester Pemberton
- 2020 · Community Table Read as Jeff Winger
- 2020 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Medical Police as Joel McHale
- 2019 · Dark Harbor as Greg
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang as Self
- 2019 · Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
- 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 · The Happytime Murders as Agent Campbell
- 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 · A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Chevy Chase
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Phil
- 2017 · The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- 2017 · Dimension 404 as Mr. Maker
- 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 · 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 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Regular Show as DVD (voice)
- 2010 · The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- 2009 · The Informant! as Robert Herndon
- 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 · Sons of Anarchy as Warren
- 2007 · Pushing Daisies as Harold Hundin
- 1995 · American Messiah as Assassin
- Future · Untitled Community Movie as Jeff Winger
- 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 · Last Comic Standing as Himself
- 2003 · Oliver Beene as
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Greg Welch
- 2000 · The Huntress as Quicky the Clown
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Ian
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 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