Joel McHale
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.
As actor 166
The Rookie
2018
Rick and Morty
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
CSI: Miami
2002
Regular Show
2010
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
The X-Files
1993
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Bear
2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
BoJack Horseman
2014
Sons of Anarchy
2008
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Community
2009
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
black-ish
2014
Scream 7
2026
Will & Grace
1998
Stop! That! Train!
2026
Yellowjackets
2021
Spider-Man 2
2004
Love, Death & Robots
2019
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Soup
2004
The Masked Singer
2019
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
Animal Control
2023
American Housewife
2016
Ted
2012
People's Choice Awards
1975
Krapopolis
2023
DC's Stargirl
2020
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Iron Chef America
2005
Pushing Daisies
2007
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Will & Grace
2017
Almost Live!
1984
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Santa Clarita Diet
2017
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
To Tell the Truth
2016
The Twilight Zone
2019
Match Game
2016
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
Difficult People
2015
Strip Law
2026
Dr. Ken
2015
Password
2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Hollywood Squares
2025
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
2024
Blended
2014
Medical Police
2020
I Can See Your Voice
2020
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020
Is It Cake?
2022
Open Season 2
2008
Oliver Beene
2003
Tiger King
2020
Billy on the Street
2011
Last Comic Standing
2003
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
The Huntress
2000
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Fast Foodies
2021
Dimension 404
2017
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021
The Marriage Ref
2010
Bill Nye Saves the World
2017
E!'s 101
2003
What the Fit
2018
The Gong Show
2017
That's My Jam
2021
Water and Power
2008
Trouble
2019
Deliver Us from Evil
2014
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Dr Phil LIVE!
2023
Grave Conversations
2024
The Ultimate Improv Show
2023
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
Dummy
2020
What's Your Number?
2011
The Great Indoors
2016
Crime Scene Kitchen
2021
House of Villains
2023
Lords of Dogtown
2005
Queenpins
2021
Assassination Nation
2018
The Informant!
2009
Binging with Babish
2016
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
The Happytime Murders
2018
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
Celebrity Beef
2022
Becky
2020
The Onion Movie
2008
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
The IT Crowd
2007
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023
Web Soup
2009
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
The Big Year
2011
Straight Up Steve Austin
2019
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
2020
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
The 1% Club
2025
Game Over, Man!
2018
Celebrity Prank Wars
2023
The F Word
2017
Thank God You're Here
2007
Harmontown
2014
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021
Mini's First Time
2006
Parachute
2024
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
Adult Beginners
2014
Star Wars Detours
Untitled Community Movie
The Real Full Monty
2024
Office Race
2023
Attack of the Doc!
2023
Community Table Read
2020
The Human Face of Big Data
2016
Happily
2021
Card Sharks
2019
Six Seasons and a Finale
2016
The Seven Faces of Jane
2023
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
2019
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Dark Harbor
2019
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Official House of Villains Podcast
2026
California King
2025
We Brought Back MST3K
2018
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2014
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
JEREMY
2023
Stocking Shelves
2026
Stuck
2018
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare
2015
Reimagined
I Am Phenomenal
2022
Better Off
2024
All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief
2020
Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X
2026
The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James
2024
The Mighty T
2013
American Messiah
1995