Hal Lublin

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Hal Lublin
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Hal Lublin in The Thrilling Adventure Hour
Alma mater Syracuse University
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, voice-over artist
Years active2001-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 .

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Biography

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]

Podcasts

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]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleEpisode(s)Role
2001Read or DieOtto 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 ]

2005Reeling in RealityTodd Lespinasse
2005Gregory Shitcock, P.I.S01E01Lumberjack [16]
2007Slammo and SloshieSloshie/narrator (voice)
2008Team DoctorsTV movieSpencer
2009See Dick RunPawn Broker
2013NerdHQThrilling Adventure Hour: Conversation with Cast & CreatorsHimself
2014 The Wil Wheaton Project Wil vs. HedorahReginald Borday
2014Thrilling Adventure Hour LiveWorkJuice Player
2014Thrilling Adventure Hour: The Documentary Web SeriesVideo ShortHimself
2016
Mighty Magiswords Season 1 & 2The 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 HeartWide Wale, Manolo, [6] Clayton

Podcasts

PodcastEpisodeDateRole
Thrilling Adventure Hour All2010-2015WorkJuice Player
The Dead Authors Podcast Appendix A2011/12/20Charles Dickens [17]
Chapter 192012/12/24Luke [18]
Chapter 412014/12/24Dr. Seuss [19]
The David Feldman Show Various [10] 2013-2014
Hobcast#192013/03/13Himself [20]
#362014/10/24Himself [21]
Welcome to Night Vale #37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #1102013/10; 2017Steven Carlsberg
Brock Party#46 [22] 2014/04/22
What Are You Reading?#362014/01/14Himself [23]
Geek a Week 2014/04Himself [24]
Spontaneanation #12, #21, #25, #33, #40,
#45, #50, #59, #65 [25]
2015Improv actor
We Got This with Mark and Hal All [26] 2015Co-host with Mark Gagliardi
Nerd for a Living#38 [2] 2015/05/18Himself
The JV Club #1672015/08/20Guest [27]
Tights and Fights All [28] 2016Host
Surprisingly NiceAll2017Co-host with Travis McElroy [29]
Star Wars Minute Attack of the Clones minutes 76-802017Guest
Trends Like TheseMay 26, 20172017Beyond the Headlines segment guest host
The Peanuts GalleryIt's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown2017-2018Guest
The Adventure Zone The Adventure Zone: Amnesty: Episode 292019Agent Haynes
Meddling Adults Scooby Doo and Stonehenge's Running Track w/Hal Lublin & Gabriel Urbina2020Guest

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