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Hal Lublin | |
|---|---|
 Hal Lublin in The Thrilling Adventure Hour | |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, voice-over artist |
| Years active | 2001-present |
Hal Lublin is an American actor, improv performer, and voice-over artist best known for his work on the Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale .
Originally from Philadelphia, [1] Lublin graduated from Syracuse University in 1999. [2]
Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West. [3] He does voice work, including animation, commercials, and video games. He voiced a lead character in the animated series Slammo & Sloshie. Since 2006, Lublin has been featured in a video series for Symantec as Hal, The IT Admin. [4]
Lublin co-creates UN-imations with Len Peralta, which are improvised pieces of art in which Lublin provides a voice and Peralta must create a drawing from scratch based upon that voice. [5]
It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros. [6]
He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's L.A. Daily on Sirius XM. [7]
Lublin has been a WorkJuice player on the Thrilling Adventure Hour starting in 2005, when it started as a stage show at M Bar in Los Angeles, through the end of its formal run in 2015. [8] His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in Mooonshine Holler, [9] Phillip Fathom, and numerous other recurring characters.
In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale , first voicing Steve Carlsberg in a live episode performed in Brooklyn. [1] Lublin has also been a frequent guest in The David Feldman Show . [10]
Lublin and fellow WorkJuice Player Mark Gagliardi launched We Got This with Mark and Hal, a podcast in which the two provide definitive answers to pointless debates, [11] in February 2015. [12] [13] In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network. [14]
Lublin also hosts a weekly wrestling podcast Tights and Fights , which wraps up the week in wrestling, covering major events and storylines. In a 2017 article, The Comeback stated: "These are people who genuinely enjoy pro wrestling from a storytelling perspective, but who also want to dig into what's going on behind the scenes and off-screen as well." [15]
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Read or Die | Otto Lilienthal, Eliot (voice)[ citation needed ] | |
| 2003 | Hey Monie! | Construction Worker | |
| 2003 | Becker | Sister Spoils the Turkey | Mr. O'Neal |
| 2004 | Dead Leaves | Blue Elephant; Mini Bluto; Mr. Coffee; Offspring; Pedestrian; Ship Computer; Testicle Head (voice)[ citation needed ] | |
| 2005 | Reeling in Reality | Todd Lespinasse | |
| 2005 | Gregory Shitcock, P.I. | S01E01 | Lumberjack [16] |
| 2007 | Slammo and Sloshie | Sloshie/narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Team Doctors | TV movie | Spencer |
| 2009 | See Dick Run | Pawn Broker | |
| 2013 | NerdHQ | Thrilling Adventure Hour: Conversation with Cast & Creators | Himself |
| 2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Wil vs. Hedorah | Reginald Borday |
| 2014 | Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | WorkJuice Player | |
| 2014 | Thrilling Adventure Hour: The Documentary Web Series | Video Short | Himself |
| 2016 | |||
| Mighty Magiswords | Season 1 & 2 | The Great Omnibus, Smashroom, Ice Posey, Crunch Dislikus, Punchica, Pirate 08, Shopkeeper, Toots, Toad, Crowd Man, Galactonian Player 1, Shadow Beast, Hootlydoot, Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store, Valet, Horse King | |
| 2017 | Adam Ruins Everything | "Adam Ruins College" | College Bears |
| 2016 - 2023 | The Venture Brothers | Seasons 6 & 7, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart | Wide Wale, Manolo, [6] Clayton |
| Podcast | Episode | Date | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrilling Adventure Hour | All | 2010-2015 | WorkJuice Player |
| The Dead Authors Podcast | Appendix A | 2011/12/20 | Charles Dickens [17] |
| Chapter 19 | 2012/12/24 | Luke [18] | |
| Chapter 41 | 2014/12/24 | Dr. Seuss [19] | |
| The David Feldman Show | Various [10] | 2013-2014 | |
| Hobcast | #19 | 2013/03/13 | Himself [20] |
| #36 | 2014/10/24 | Himself [21] | |
| Welcome to Night Vale | #37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #110 | 2013/10; 2017 | Steven Carlsberg |
| Brock Party | #46 [22] | 2014/04/22 | |
| What Are You Reading? | #36 | 2014/01/14 | Himself [23] |
| Geek a Week | 2014/04 | Himself [24] | |
| Spontaneanation | #12, #21, #25, #33, #40, #45, #50, #59, #65 [25] | 2015 | Improv actor |
| We Got This with Mark and Hal | All [26] | 2015 | Co-host with Mark Gagliardi |
| Nerd for a Living | #38 [2] | 2015/05/18 | Himself |
| The JV Club | #167 | 2015/08/20 | Guest [27] |
| Tights and Fights | All [28] | 2016 | Host |
| Surprisingly Nice | All | 2017 | Co-host with Travis McElroy [29] |
| Star Wars Minute | Attack of the Clones minutes 76-80 | 2017 | Guest |
| Trends Like These | May 26, 2017 | 2017 | Beyond the Headlines segment guest host |
| The Peanuts Gallery | It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown | 2017-2018 | Guest |
| The Adventure Zone | The Adventure Zone: Amnesty: Episode 29 | 2019 | Agent Haynes |
| Meddling Adults | Scooby Doo and Stonehenge's Running Track w/Hal Lublin & Gabriel Urbina | 2020 | Guest |
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