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