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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.
Funny, irreverent and a self-professed "dick", Joel Mchale was crazy entertaining and a lot of fun. We enjoyed his hilarious stories and impromptu "psychic reading" of audience members, in the style of the Long Island Medium.
A very good show. He talked about a variety of topics and kept me laughing!!
Opening act was good. Joel McHale was all over the place and didn't finish his thoughts mostly. We walked out after 30 min of him rambling.
His comedy is generally fairly clean. Nothing real memorable. He seems like a genuine person. The venue was THE WORST EVER -- probably contributed to my less than stellar review. DO NOT go to any show at the MGM Grand, Detroit, MI. They stuffed us like sardines into their general "hall" area with numbered paper sections and very small seats. BAD!
Not your usual comic. I was not impressed. He was not very funny. The seats were very uncomfortable. I would not attend an event there again.
Ok so when I heard Joel Mchale was coming to pechanga, I knew I had to buy tickets, so I did immediately! It was so worth it! Great Show & Great laughs! There really is just something natural about him that is so funny!
I have been to Louie CK, Kevin Hart, Iliza Schlesinger, Jim Jefferies. Joel tops all of them! Still the funniest show I have been to yet
I've been missing him since the Soup has left the air and he did not disappoint! Always on point with his pop culture, he just speaks my language. Hope he comes back to Atlanta soon because I'll be seeing him again!
I bought tickets to take an out-of-town visitor. The lead-in act was very gross and crude. That would be tolerable if he were funny, but he was not. MHale was a great disappointment. It was a rambling monologue without humor. I am tolerant of a lot, but after 20 minutes, we both looked at each other and said, "Let's go." Sorry I paid money for this evening.
Joel McHale was extremely funny! The opening act was great too, but Joel was spectacular. He had very funny anecdotes regarding his time on TV, celebrities he has met, and his own family and friends. He was also extremely generous regarding the LGBT community, and it was great that a progressive voice spoke to the crowd. I hope that other comedians will come to DPAC and grace us with their comedy!
It was great to see Joel McHale for the first time in Atlanta. A funny and sarcastic wit. I miss him on "the Soup". Clipos Magnificos!!!
I got the tickets as a Valentine's Day gift for my wife because she was so sad that The Soup (her favorite show) got canceled. We both loved this stand-up show. It was hilarious! He poked fun at the South a little too much, but he laughed it off anyway, so it's not like we were offended. His dad stories reminded my wife and me of myself too much. So the only part of the show I didn't like was the four-dollar Pepsi I had to buy for my wife.
Have enjoyed watching Joel for many years on The Soup, and his show was hilarious!
I knew he was funny from when I used to watch the Soup but I didn't know if that would hold up on stage. Well I was not disappointed. Joel McHale was one of the funniest comics I've ever seen. I would go see him again if I have the opportunity. His opening act was really funny too. Just a great night.
Big fan of Joel McHale's work on The Soup and Community. I was pleased to see that so much of his personality on those shows is in-line with his stand-up routine. Great show!
Thoroughly enjoyed McHale and his opener, JF, at the Genesee Theatre last Friday! JF had fresh original material that fit in well with the headline act. McHale hasn't taken his fim/tv success for granted as his stand up work is even better than the last time we saw him! Bravo!
The show was great definitely recommend seeing Jole McHale live. But maybe not at this venue the seating was uncomfortable and very crammed. There was no personal space and not much leg room. That is the only reason this review gets 3 stars.
I expected Joe to be good, but he more than exceeded my wife & my expectations. The performance was original, well paced with some moments when my laughter interfered with my need to breathe. I feel a little guilty (I'm over it) that I got a small discount on the tickets. If he comes your way make sure to check him out.
Sadly, this was very disappointing show - Joel was off his game and was just not that funny...
His warm up act was awful; way too crude and not in any funny way. McHale had his moments, but relied way too much on not very funny stories of his past tv series.
