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Joel McHale

Acting 54 years old Roma, Italy ★ 1.9
Born: November 20, 1971

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (168)

Stop! That! Train!
Stop! That! Train! Male Passenger 2 2026
The Official House of Villains Podcast
The Official House of Villains Podcast Self 2026
Scream 7
Scream 7 Mark Evans 2026
Strip Law
Strip Law Pringus (voice) 2026
Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X
Xander De Rycke: Houdt Het Voor Bekeken X Himself 2026
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special Self (archive footage) 2025
The 1% Club
The 1% Club Self - Host 2025
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox James Bunratty 2025
California King
California King Zane 2025
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares Self 2025
The Real Full Monty
The Real Full Monty Self (uncredited) 2024
The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James
The Dawgfather: The Legend of Don James Narrator (voice) 2024
Grave Conversations
Grave Conversations Self 2024
Better Off
Better Off Self 2024
Parachute
Parachute Jamie Collins 2024
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
Dinner Time Live with David Chang Self 2024
JEREMY
JEREMY Self 2023
It's a Wonderful Knife
It's a Wonderful Knife David Carruthers 2023
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Johnny Cage (voice) 2023
House of Villains
House of Villains Self - Host 2023
Krapopolis
Krapopolis Games Commentator (voice) 2023
Office Race
Office Race Spencer 2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
Dr Phil LIVE! Self 2023
Attack of the Doc!
Attack of the Doc! Self 2023
Celebrity Prank Wars
Celebrity Prank Wars Self 2023
Animal Control
Animal Control Frank Shaw 2023
The Seven Faces of Jane
The Seven Faces of Jane Michael 2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show Self 2022
I Am Phenomenal
I Am Phenomenal Bill Winger 2022
Password
Password Self - Celebrity Guest 2022
Celebrity Beef
Celebrity Beef Self - Host 2022
The Bear
The Bear David Fields 2022
Is It Cake?
Is It Cake? Self - Judge 2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl Self 2022
That's My Jam
That's My Jam Self - Guest 2021
Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets Kody 2021
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Johnny Cage (voice) 2021
Queenpins
Queenpins Rick 2021
Crime Scene Kitchen
Crime Scene Kitchen Self - Host 2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Roll Up Your Sleeves Self 2021
Happily
Happily Tom 2021
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump Self 2021
Fast Foodies
Fast Foodies Self 2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Self - Contestant 2021
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer Self 2020
I Can See Your Voice
I Can See Your Voice 2020
I Can See Your Voice
I Can See Your Voice Self - Guest Host 2020
Becky
Becky Jeff 2020
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Lassiter's Father 2020
All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief
All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief Self 2020
Community Table Read
Community Table Read Jeff Winger 2020
DC's Stargirl
DC's Stargirl Sylvester Pemberton / Starman 2020
DC's Stargirl
DC's Stargirl Sylvester Pemberton 2020
Dummy
Dummy Agent Jason 2020
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Johnny Cage (voice) 2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Self - Contestant 2020
Josh Gates Tonight
Josh Gates Tonight Self 2020
Tiger King
Tiger King Self - Host 2020
Medical Police
Medical Police Joel McHale 2020
Dark Harbor
Dark Harbor Greg 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self - Guest 2019
Straight Up Steve Austin
Straight Up Steve Austin Self 2019
Trouble
Trouble Norbert (voice) 2019
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang Self 2019
Lights Out with David Spade
Lights Out with David Spade Self - Panelist 2019
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage 2019
Card Sharks
Card Sharks Self - Host 2019
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone 2019
Love, Death & Robots
Love, Death & Robots Sergeant Morris (voice) 2019
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer Self - Guest Panelist 2019
The Rookie
The Rookie Brad Hayes 2018
Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation Nick Mathers 2018
The Happytime Murders
The Happytime Murders Agent Campbell 2018
Stuck
Stuck Judge Lepetri 2018
We Brought Back MST3K
We Brought Back MST3K Self 2018
Game Over, Man!
Game Over, Man! Joel McHale 2018
What the Fit
What the Fit Self 2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale Self - Host 2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Chevy Chase 2018
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television Joel McHale 2017
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Phil 2017
The Gong Show
The Gong Show Self - Judge 2017
The F Word
The F Word Self 2017
Bill Nye Saves the World
Bill Nye Saves the World Self 2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Doug McClure 2017
Dimension 404
Dimension 404 Mr. Maker 2017
Santa Clarita Diet
Santa Clarita Diet Chris 2017
The Great Indoors
The Great Indoors Ashley Jack Gordon 2016
American Housewife
American Housewife Doyle Bradford 2016
Milo Murphy's Law
Milo Murphy's Law Victor (voice) 2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
The $100,000 Pyramid Self 2016
Match Game
Match Game Self - Panelist 2016
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth Self - Panelist 2016
Six Seasons and a Finale
Six Seasons and a Finale Self 2016
The Human Face of Big Data
The Human Face of Big Data Narrator 2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson Self 2016
Dr. Ken
Dr. Ken Ross 2015
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare
Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare Himself - Special Guest 2015
Difficult People
Difficult People Felix 2015
Lip Sync Battle
Lip Sync Battle Self 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
A Merry Friggin' Christmas Boyd Mitchler 2014
black-ish
black-ish Joel McHale 2014
Adult Beginners
Adult Beginners Hudson 2014
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman Alex (voice) 2014
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep Self 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Running Wild with Bear Grylls Self 2014
Deliver Us from Evil
Deliver Us from Evil Butler 2014
Blended
Blended Mark 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Self 2014
Harmontown
Harmontown Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty Hemorrhage (voice) 2013
The Mighty T
The Mighty T Narrator 2013
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja First Ninja (voice) 2012
Ted
Ted Rex 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Comedy Bang! Bang! Self 2012
Billy on the Street
Billy on the Street Self 2011
The Big Year
The Big Year Barry Loomis 2011
What's Your Number?
What's Your Number? Roger the Boss 2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Wilbur Wilson 2011
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Regular Show
Regular Show DVD (voice) 2010
The Marriage Ref
The Marriage Ref Self - Panelist 2010
The Informant!
The Informant! Robert Herndon 2009
Community
Community Jeff Winger 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Web Soup
Web Soup Self 2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Self 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Guest Judge 2009
Open Season 2
Open Season 2 Elliot (Voice) 2008
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy Warren 2008
The Onion Movie
The Onion Movie Office Worker 2008
Water and Power
Water and Power Joel McHale 2008
Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies Harold Hundin 2007
Thank God You're Here
Thank God You're Here Self 2007
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd Roy 2007
Mini's First Time
Mini's First Time Host 2006
Lords of Dogtown
Lords of Dogtown TV Reporter 2005
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America Himself 2005
The Soup
The Soup Self - Host 2004
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 Mr. Jacks 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
E!'s 101
E!'s 101 Self 2003
Last Comic Standing
Last Comic Standing Himself 2003
Oliver Beene
Oliver Beene Man in Elevator 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest Host 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami Greg Welch 2002
The Huntress
The Huntress Quicky the Clown 2000
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards Self - Presenter 1999
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Ian 1998
The View
The View Self 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
American Messiah
American Messiah Assassin 1995
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder Richard 1993
The X-Files
The X-Files Tad O'Malley 1993
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Joel McHale (voice) 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Almost Live!
Almost Live! Self / Various 1984
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards Self - Host 1975
Untitled Community Movie
Untitled Community Movie Jeff Winger
Reimagined
Reimagined Hamilton Lydell

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