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Joel McHale: Biography

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Birth Name: Joel Edward McHale
Birth Place: Rome, Italy
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/20/1971, Scorpio
Profession: TV host; actor

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Joel McHale: TV Guide News

E! Cooks Up New Soup | Today's News: Our Take | 9/15/2008
E! is offering a new Soup on its menu.Following the success of Joel McHale's The Soup, the network is planning to expand its franchise with the addition of Sports Soup, Variety reports.Set to premiere on sister channel Versus, Sports Soup will do — or at least hope to do — to sports what The Soup does to pop culture in the same format to boot.Comedian and Clean House host Matt Iseman will host the skewering program and offer an "undistorted glimpse into sports," Marc Fein, Versus executive vice president of programming production and business operations, said.Sports Soup will premiere Oct. 14 at 10 pm/ET.Can Iseman match McHale barb-for-barb? — Joyce EngCheck out clips from The Soup in our Online Video Guide. read more be the first to leave a comment
Soderbergh Takes a Big Casting Leap to TV Talent | Movie News | 4/1/2008
Steven Soderbergh, the man who brings together A-listers in his sleep, is taking a giant leap into a pool of TV talent — and other talent less frequently seen on the big screen — to help out Matt Damon in his new comic thriller, The Informant.Alongside Damon, who stars as an insider in the agricultural biz, Soderbergh has nabbed former Quantum Leaper Scott Bakula and The Soup's Joel McHale, who's still in final negotiations, says the Reporter. The two will play FBI agents trying to fight corporate baddies in a price-fixing scam. The film is an adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's blockbuster book, The Informant: A True Story. Bakula and McHale will also be joining other comedic cast members, including Mike O'Malley (Yes, Dear) and Two and a Half Men's Melanie Lynskey. Of his unusual casting decisions, Soderbergh says he didn't want actors who were already overexposed in the cinema, and who could let a dark, comedic tone emerge organically. What do you think of these big leaps... read more be the first to leave a comment

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Joel McHale: Photos

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Pushing Daisies, Joel McHale courtesy Richard Cartwright/ABC

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Joel McHale: TV Listings

Joel McHale: Credits

Title	Year	Type
The Soup Presents (Host)	2007	TV Show Series
Mini's First Time (Actor - Host)	2006	Movie
101 Even Bigger Celebrity Oops! (Host)	2005	TV Show Series
Lords Of Dogtown (Actor - TV Reporter)	2005	Movie
Spider-Man 2 (Actor - Mr. Jacks)	2004	Movie