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Joel McHale

Joel Edward McHale was born in Rome, Italy, to a Canadian-born mother, Laurie (Jackson), and an American-born father, Jack McHale. His father, from Chicago, is of Irish descent, and his mother, from Vancouver, has Norwegian, Finnish, and English ancestry. Joel was raised in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Mercer Island High School. He was a history major at the University of Washington, where he was a member of the championship football team. In addition, Joel received his master's of fi

English español

Spider-Man 2

2004
as Mr. Jacks

Ted

2012
as Rex

Community

2009
as Jeff Winger

Open Season 2

2008
as Elliot (Voice)

Dimension 404

2017
as Mr. Maker

Stargirl

2020
as Sylvester Pemberton

What's Your Number?

2011
as Roger the Boss

Animal Control

2023
as Frank

Blended

2014
as Mark

Dog Gone Trouble

2019
as Norbert (voice)

Assassination Nation

2018
as Nick Mathers

Game Over, Man!

2018
as Himself

The Happytime Murders

2018
as Agent Campbell

Dimension 404

2017
as Mr. Maker

Stuck

2018
as Judge Lepetri

Becky

2020
as Jeff

Lords of Dogtown

2005
as TV Reporter

The Soup

2004
as Host (until 2015)

Card Sharks (2019)

2019
as Joel McHale

Parachute

2024
as Jamie

House of Villains

2023
as Joel McHale (Host)

The Big Year

2011
as Barry Loomis

It's a Wonderful Knife

2023
as David Carruthers

The Informant!

2009
as Robert Herndon

Happily

2021
as Tom

Adult Beginners

2014
as Hudson

Match Game (2016)

2016
as Joel McHale

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

2014
as Boyd Mitchler

Host

Series House of Villains 2023
Series House of Villains 2023
Episode House of Villains
Crimes Against Reality (Television)
2024
Episode House of Villains
The Hollywood Walk of Shame
2024
Series House of Villains 2023
Series Celebrity Beef 2022

Guest Star

Episode Sesame Street
What's in Big Bird's Nest?
2012
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Joel McHale, Abbi Jacobson, Jon Glaser
2016
Episode Stargirl
Summer School: Chapter Eight
2021
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Joel McHale, Liam Gallagher
2018
Episode Medical Police
Deuce to Nines, Double Draw
2020
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Joel McHale; Marv Albert; Washed Out
2014
Episode American Housewife
The Election
2021
Episode Dr. Ken
Dave's Valentine
2016
Episode Conan (2010)
Joel McHale, Freddie Wong & Matt Arnold, Daniel Sloss
2014
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Coronaversary Show
2021
Episode Chelsea Lately
Joel McHale
2014
Episode The Jennifer Hudson Show
Joel McHale, Shangela, Owen Han
2022
Episode Mr. Iglesias
Oh Boy, Danny
2019
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
At the Earth's Core
2017
Episode Conan (2010)
Joel McHale, Jake Tapper, Courtney Barnett
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, Dan Boulger
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, Elizabeth Cook
2011
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Sacha Baron Cohen, Joel McHale, Rob Thomas
2009
Episode Today
March 15, 2012
2012
Episode Santa Clarita Diet
A Change of Heart
2018
Episode Night of Too Many Stars
Night of Too Many Stars (2010)
2010
Episode Password (2022)
Yvette Nicole Brown, Joel McHale, Chrissy Metz & Jimmy Fallon
2022
Episode I Can See Your Voice (US)
Episode 7: Adrienne Houghton, Joel McHale, Deon Cole, Jeff Dye, Cheryl Hines
2020
Episode The Bear
Hands
2022
Episode RiffTrax
Red Dawn
2009
Episode Just For Laughs: All Access
Hosted By: Joel McHale
2013
Episode CSI: Miami
Urban Hellraisers
2005
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Joel McHale, Julianne Hough, Gallant
2016
Episode Conan (2010)
Joel McHale
2021
Episode Will & Grace
Filthy Phil (1)
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Zoe Kravitz, Ryan Adams
2017
Episode White House Correspondents' Dinner
2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner
2014
Episode The Huntress
Springing Tiny
2000
Episode Will & Grace
Filthy Phil (2)
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Joel McHale, Jake Johnson, Lisa Hannigan
2017
Episode Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Cocaine (The Soup Parody)
2014
Episode Today
January 27, 2015
2015
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
Giving Thanks
2021
Episode Conan (2010)
Mime Riot
2011
Episode Stargirl
Summer School: Chapter Nine
2021
Episode Conan (2010)
“Boo!”, Said Boo Radley When Asked What His Name Was
2012
Episode Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live
Ace of Basements
2017
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joel McHale; Joe Walsh
2012
Episode Stargirl
Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. (2)
2020
Episode Dummy
Ideal Woman
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, the Swell Season
2009
Episode Will & Grace
Cheaters (1)
2001
Episode Love, Death & Robots
Kill Team Kill
2022
Episode Stargirl
Summer School: Chapter Thirteen
2021
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Joel McHale; Amy Sedaris; Justin Shandor
2013
Episode The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
Fresh Perspectives
2020
Episode That's My Jam
Keke Palmer & Saweetie vs. Joel Mchale & Will.i.am
2023
Episode Oliver Beene
Oliver's Best Friend
2003
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, The Submarines
2009
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
It Never Hurts to Mask: Group C Playoffs
2020
Episode Just For Laughs: All Access
Featuring: Joel McHale
2013
Episode Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Joel McHale in Arizona Slot Canyons
2019
Episode The Twilight Zone (2019)
8
2020
Episode Stargirl
Summer School: Chapter One
2021
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joel McHale, Russell Wilson, Billy Strings
2020
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Joel McHale, James Corden, Deshauna Barber
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Big Sean
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, Ben McKenzie
2010
Episode Dimension 404
Matchmaker
2017
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Courteney Cox, Joel McHale, Oscar Isaac, Natalie La Rose
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale; Alton Brown
2012
Episode Conan (2010)
Occupy CONAN: When Outsourcing Goes Too Far
2013
Episode Robot Chicken
Please Do Not Notify Our Contractors
2009
Episode Conan (2010)
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lunch at T.J. Maxx
2014
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Joel McHale, Ethan Hawke, Marc Anthony
2016
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joel McHale, Nick Viall
2017
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joel McHale, Betty Gilpin, Santana
2019
Episode What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
Preempted
2019
Episode The X-Files
My Struggle II
2016
Episode Conan (2010)
Paper or Plastique?
2010
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Drew Brees
2011
Episode WWE's The Bump
The Bump 63
2020
Episode Thank God You're Here (US)
Jennifer Coolidge, Bryan Cranston, Wayne Knight & Joel McHale
2007
Episode Night of Too Many Stars
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2010)
2010
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Game Night: NBA Finals 2012, Game 2
2012
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Al Roker, Matt Pond
2013
Episode Pushing Daisies
Bitches
2007
Episode People's Choice Awards
The 43rd Annual People's Choice Awards
2017
Episode The X-Files
My Struggle IV
2018
Episode Stargirl
Summer School: Chapter Ten
2021
Episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Dave Salmoni, Joel McHale, India.Arie
2009
Episode Chelsea Lately
Joel McHale
2014
Episode Is It Cake?
Body By Cake
2023
Episode To Tell The Truth (2016)
Joel McHale, Oliver Hudson, Nikki Glaser, Vivica A. Fox
2020
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Charlamagne Tha God; Joel Mchale
2018
Episode Today
June 23, 2014
2014
Episode The X-Files
My Struggle
2016
Episode Rick and Morty
Rickmancing the Stone
2017
Episode I Can See Your Voice (US)
Episode 10: Katharine McPhee, Joel McHale, Niecy Nash, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Houghton
2020
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joel McHale; Justin Theroux; Die Antwoord
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Thalia
2021
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
February 15, 2013
2013
Episode Battlestar Galactica (2003)
The Phenomenon
2008
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
Five Masks No More
2019
Episode Kevin Hart: What the Fit
Boxing with Evander Holyfield & Joel McHale
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joel McHale, Greg Warren
2011
Episode The Getaway
Joel McHale in Belfast
2013
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hugh Laurie, Joel McHale, The Gaslight Anthem
2008
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
Another Mask Bites the Dust
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
Table for Two, Said the Fatman
2012
Episode Celebrity Game Face
Celebrity Game Face
2020
Episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Adam Sandler, Joel McHale, Joss Stone
2010
Episode Santa Clarita Diet
Coyote in Yoga Pants
2018
Episode Santa Clarita Diet
We Let People Die Every Day
2019
Episode The Rookie
The Shake Up
2019
Episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Gwyneth Paltrow, Joel McHale, John Mayer Trio
2009
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Michael Che, Offset & Metro Boomin
2018
Episode Lip Sync Battle
Joel McHale vs. Jim Rash
2016
Episode Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020)
In the Hot Seat: Julie Bowen, Joel McHale, and Bus Driver Eric Bailey
2020
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hugh Laurie, Joel McHale, The Gaslight Anthem
2008
Episode Earth to Ned
Nothin’ but Ned
2020
Episode Santa Clarita Diet
Knighttime
2019
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
The Group A Play Offs - Famous Masked Words
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Joel McHale, Rosemarie DeWitt, Gary Barlow
2015
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
The Group B Play Offs - Cloudy With a Chance of Clues
2020
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
Mask and You Shall Receive
2019
Episode The Simpsons
Bart's Birthday
2024
Episode The Pete Holmes Show
Unaired Pilots
1970
Episode The Masked Singer (US)
Clash of the Masks
2019
Episode Espy Awards
2015 ESPY Awards
2015
Episode Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020)
In the Hot Seat: Joel McHale and Food Truck Owner Tom Miller
2020
Episode Tiger King
The Tiger King and I
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kaley Cuoco, Joel McHale, Gaz Coombes
2018
Episode Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
History's Greatest Gangster
2016
Episode To Tell The Truth (2016)
Deion Sanders, Shannon Sharpe, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs
2020
Episode Lights Out with David Spade
Maria Bamford, Erik Griffin & Joel McHale
2019
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Joel McHale, Marc Maron, Blake Griffin, Dusty Slay
2019
Episode Stargirl
Pilot
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Joel McHale, Betty Gilpin
2019
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Joel McHale, Andrew Norelli, Will.I.Am
2012
Episode Fast Foodies
Joel McHale
2021
Episode Binging with Babish
Kettle Corn from Community (ft. Joel McHale)
2021
Episode Inside Of You
Community’s Joel McHale: Breaking Yahoo and Show Reunions
2021