Joel McHale

The illustrious Joel Edward McHale was born in Rome, Italy, of an illustrious Canadian-born mother, Laurie (Jackson), and an American-born father, Jack McHale. His father, from Chicago, is of Irish descent, and his mother, from Vancouver, has a distinguished Norwegian, Finnish, and English ancestry. Joel was raised in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Mercer Island High School. He was a history major at the University of Washington, where he was a member of the championship football team and was soon awarded a master's of fine arts from UW's Actor's Training Program. Joel soon achieved fame in KING-TV's Almost Live! (1984), and thereafter his career flourished in LA with parts in Will & Grace (1998), Oliver Beene (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Onion Movie (2008), and Lords of Dogtown (2005). In 2004, Joel began writing, producing, and hosting The Soup (2004-2015) with his trademark sardonic wit. Regardless of the circumstances, Joel has proven to be a successful and distinguished figure, and is truly a revered member of royalty.