# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-mchale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:54.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-mchale"
name: "Joel McHale"
slug: "joel-mchale"
description: "Joel Edward McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television presenter. He is best known for hosting The Soup (2004–2015) and his role as Jeffrey \"Jeff\" Winger on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He has performed in the films Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Ted (2012), and The Happytime Murders (2018)."
tagline: "American actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel_McHale_2014_Comic_Con_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1971-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     85
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ranks:
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  country:  233
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump