CRIME SCENE KITCHEN
JOEL McHALE
as Host; Executive Producer
Joel McHale is an actor, comedian and television host. In addition to hosting Crime Scene Kitchen on FOX, he can currently be seen starring as Frank Shaw in the FOX comedy Animal Control, Chef David in The Bear, Starman in CW’s DC Universe series Stargirl and hosting the new E! Game show, CelebrityBeef. He will also reprise his role as Jeff Winger in the upcoming Community movie on Peacock based on the hit comedy series of the same name, which ended its sixth season on Yahoo! after five seasons on NBC.
Other recent projects include the sci-fi podcast series Black Box and the dark romantic comedy Happily alongside Kerry Bishe. 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 California King alongside Victoria Justice. Other recent projects include ABC’s Card Sharks, Becky alongside Kevin James and Lulu Wilson, Twilight Zone and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms and Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, where he voiced Johnny Cage. 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. 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 The Happytime Murders, Netflix’s A Stupid & Futile Gesture, opposite Will Forte, in which he played Chevy Chase, his former Community co-star, Queenpins opposite Kristen Bell, 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.
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Bio
Joel McHale is an actor, comedian and television host. In addition to hosting Crime Scene Kitchen on FOX, he can currently be seen starring as Frank Shaw in the FOX comedy Animal Control, Chef David in The Bear, Starman in CW’s DC Universe series Stargirl and hosting the new E! Game show, CelebrityBeef. He will also reprise his role as Jeff Winger in the upcoming Community movie on Peacock based on the hit comedy series of the same name, which ended its sixth season on Yahoo! after five seasons on NBC.
Other recent projects include the sci-fi podcast series Black Box and the dark romantic comedy Happily alongside Kerry Bishe. 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 California King alongside Victoria Justice. Other recent projects include ABC’s Card Sharks, Becky alongside Kevin James and Lulu Wilson, Twilight Zone and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms and Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, where he voiced Johnny Cage. 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. 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 The Happytime Murders, Netflix’s A Stupid & Futile Gesture, opposite Will Forte, in which he played Chevy Chase, his former Community co-star, Queenpins opposite Kristen Bell, 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.