Joel McHale
Department: Acting
Biography
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 is of Irish-American descent and European-Canadian descent. 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
Spider-Man 2
2004
Community Table Read
2020
The Informant!
2009
California King
2025
We Brought Back MST3K
2018
Open Season 2
2008
What's Your Number?
2011
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
Ted
2012
The Big Year
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
I Am Phenomenal
2022
Office Race
2023
Attack of the Doc!
2023
Deliver Us from Evil
2014
Blended
2014
Parachute
2024
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
Adult Beginners
2014
Untitled Community Movie
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023
Mini's First Time
2006
Dark Harbor
2019
The Seven Faces of Jane
2023
Better Off
2024
The Mighty T
2013
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
The Human Face of Big Data
2016
The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James
2024
Assassination Nation
2018
Stuck
2018
The Happytime Murders
2018
Game Over, Man!
2018
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare
2015
Trouble
2019
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
2019
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020
Becky
2020
Happily
2021
Harmontown
2014
The Onion Movie
2008
Queenpins
2021
All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief
2020
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021
Lords of Dogtown
2005
JEREMY
2023
The Real Full Monty
2024
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2014
Six Seasons and a Finale
2016
Reimagined
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American Messiah
1995
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
Scream 7
2026
Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X
2026
Stop! That! Train!
2026
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
The View
1997
Last Comic Standing
2003
Medical Police
2020
Oliver Beene
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Almost Live!
1984
Pushing Daisies
2007
Will & Grace
1998
Fast Foodies
2021
The Huntress
2000
Crime Scene Kitchen
2021
The View
1997
Community
2009
Will & Grace
2017
The Marriage Ref
2010
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
E!'s 101
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
The IT Crowd
2007
Web Soup
2009
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Soup
2004
Straight Up Steve Austin
2019
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Billy on the Street
2011
Iron Chef America
2005
Dr. Ken
2015
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Celebrity Prank Wars
2023
The Great Indoors
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
I Can See Your Voice
2020
Is It Cake?
2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
House of Villains
2023
Krapopolis
2023
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Gong Show
2017
The F Word
2017
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
Love, Death & Robots
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Lip Sync Battle
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Match Game
2016
The Bear
2022
The Masked Singer
2019
I Can See Your Voice
2020
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Rick and Morty
2013
Santa Clarita Diet
2017
DC's Stargirl
2020
Celebrity Beef
2022
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
The Rookie
2018
Regular Show
2010
Water and Power
2008
DC's Stargirl
2020
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
To Tell the Truth
2016
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
Card Sharks
2019
Animal Control
2023
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
BoJack Horseman
2014
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Sons of Anarchy
2008
black-ish
2014
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Dummy
2020
Password
2022
The X-Files
1993
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
2024
Tiger King
2020
The Twilight Zone
2019
Dimension 404
2017
Thank God You're Here
2007
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Conan
2010
The Simpsons
1989
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
2020
American Housewife
2016
Dr Phil LIVE!
2023
Yellowjackets
2021
Difficult People
2015
What the Fit
2018
The 1% Club
2025
Grave Conversations
2024
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021
That's My Jam
2021
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Hollywood Squares
2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Bill Nye Saves the World
2017
Strip Law
2026
The Official House of Villains Podcast
2026