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Joel McHale is an actor, comedian and television host. He can currently be seen in season 2 of the DC Universe series Stargirl on the CW and Queenpins, a comedy based on a true story, alongside Kristen Bell as her husband now streaming on Paramount+. He recently hosted the new FOX game show Crime Scene Kitchen, starred in the dark romantic comedy Happily alongside Kerry Bishe and voiced of Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms. In 2020, Joel co-hosted FOX's New Years Eve special alongside his fellow Community co-star Ken Jeong. They also host a podcast, The Darkest Timeline, together. Upcoming projects include the podcast Black Box and California King alongside Victoria Justice. Other recent projects include ABC's Card Sharks, Becky alongside Kevin James and Lulu Wilson, Twilight Zone, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, The Happytime Murders as well as Netflix's A Stupid & Futile Gesture opposite Will Forte, in which he played Chevy Chase, his former Community co-star. McHale hosted The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale on Netflix, a half-hour topical series that took a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture and news from across the globe. In 2015, he wrapped the twelfth and final season of E! Network's The Soup, in which he satirized pop culture and current events. McHale is best known for his starring role on the hit comedy series Community, which ended its sixth season on Yahoo! after five seasons on NBC.
He previously starred in The Great Indoors on CBS, Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet with Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, and Fox's revival of The X-Files, where he played a conservative news anchor. Other starring feature roles include A Merry Friggin' Christmas opposite Robin Williams, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced supernatural thriller Deliver Us From Evil, the Warner Bros' romantic comedy Blended alongside Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, Seth MacFarlane's comedy smash Ted, David Frankel's The Big Year, Steven Soderbergh's The Informant as well as What's Your Number starring Chris Evans and Anna Faris. In 2014, McHale hosted the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington D.C. He also hosted the 2015 ESPYS on ABC.
In the fall of 2016, McHale released his first book through Putnam Penguin, Thanks For The Money: How to Use My Life Story To Become The Best Joel McHale You Can Be, which is part memoir, part self-help guide.
Born in Rome and raised in Seattle, Washington, McHale was a history major at the University of Washington and a member of their championship football team. He also graduated with an MFA from the Actor's Training Program.
McHale resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
Disappointed with the whole experience. First off the seats and rows were way too close together. Very uncomfortable… there is more room on a plane in economy than here for sure. Second the opening act was horrible and Joel McHale was not much better. It was some funny personal stories and antidotes rather than a comedy show. Not the good time I was expecting.
First want to say that Joel McHale was incredibly funny and it was an awesome show! We left very early to have plenty of time to park but upon arrival at the Muckleshoot Casino we were in a huge traffic jam in the super large parking garage. It appears that there was construction in the garage so anything above the second floor was closed off. It took a long time but we were able to finally exit through the back of the garage and tried to locate any surface parking. There was none. There was no signage about construction in the parking garage. Out of desperation I found the valet line and decided to try that. We made it into the show just as it started. The valet was awesome and quickly brought our car afterward. DO NOT GO TO THE MUCKLESHOOT UNTIL THE PARKING IS FIXED!!! It was a nightmare....
Thanks for a wonderful evening at Muckleshoot Resort to see Joel McHale. He is so relatable & hilarious ! We have had a rough year of health issues and at last were able to start going out. This was a perfect evening of comedy & great food. Thanks Joel & thanks to the Resort staff for making it perfect.
Orca Ballroom good size for comedy show. But seats too close together!! Would like to have Joel talk 15-20min longer. Hilarious!
Very entertaining, funny! Had a great time with my sister! Highly recommend
We were Soup fans so we had to see Joel. He did a great job. I was not disappointed. I’m glad he kept the politics to a minimum. You could laugh at everything no matter what your views. I will see him again when in the area.
First want to start out by saying how much I enjoyed the opening act. He was great! Funny to the point of my cheeks were hurting by the time he left the stage. However, I can not say the same for Joel. His material was just OK but what bothered me the most was how often he picked up his phone to check what time it was. It was like he was required to do a certain number of minutes and he wasn't going to go a minute over. It just really made me feel like he did not want to be there which made me lose interest in what he was saying. It's sad cause I was really looking forward to seeing him and while I had a good time I don't think it was worth the money.
I did not find the show funny at all. Both comedians had to insert expletives a million times just to fill empty space. The audience barely reacted to any jokes. So disappointed I wasted money and time on this show.
The set was ok, a couple laughs to be had but felt more like an actor playing a comedian than a stand up comedian. I always found him funny on tv but his stand up was a little lackluster. Tix. prices were reasonable so it was worth the price of the tix but I see several comedy shows a year and this one was just ok. Good for a night out but if you are really looking to laugh go see a working comedian, Joel is an actor doing comedy.
Im a big fan of Joel McHale. I loved him on the Soup and I watched his Netflix show. I felt his stand up could have been a little more organized. He repeated himself a lot and it was almost as if he wasn't prepared. He is better as a host. He should have his own talk show forget the standup routine.
