Joel McHale Movies and Career Information

Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television personality. Since 2004, he has been the host of The Soup, a weekly comedy series that airs on the E! network. Additionally, he stars as Jeff Winger on the NBC comedy series Community, which premiered in September 2009. McHale, the middle of three brothers, was born in Rome, Italy. His mother, Laurie, is from Vancouver, British Columbia, and his father, Jack, is from Chicago; McHale and his brothers were born in Rome, where their father worked for an American university. He grew up in the Seattle area, attended St. Monica Catholic School, then graduated from Mercer Island High School in 1991. He received a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Washington in 1995. While at the University of Washington, McHale belonged to the Theta Chi Fraternity "for three horrible months". He was recruited to be on the rowing team, but later walked onto the football team, playing tight end for two years. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington in 2000. He was part of the cast of Almost Live!, a local sketch-comedy TV