Joel Hodgson
Creator
Biography
Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Hodgson is currently "movie riffing" with fellow cast members of MST3K under the name Cinematic Titanic, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download.
As actor 44
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Steven Universe
2013
Arrested Development
2003
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Freaks and Geeks
1999
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
Cinema Insomnia
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2022
Water and Power
2008
Prop Culture
2020
Cinematic Titanic
2007
Other Space
2015
Statical Planets
1997
The TV Wheel
1995
Stalking Emo
American Scary
2006
Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
2012
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
1987
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
Poopie!
1995
We Brought Back MST3K
2018
This Is MST3K
1992
Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
2009
Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
2007
Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
2010
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
2010
Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
2008
Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
2013
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
1998
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
2016
Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
2011
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
2000
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
1999
Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
2009
Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
2010
Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
2008
Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
2016
The Frank
2014
On the crew 29
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
1997
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2022
Cinematic Titanic
2007
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
2026
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death
2026
Statical Planets
1997
The TV Wheel
1995
You Don't Know Jack
2001
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
1996
Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
2012
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
1987
Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
2009
Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
2007
Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
2010
Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
2008
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
2016
Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
2011
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
2000
Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
2009
Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
2010
Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
2008
Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
2016