Hal Lublin

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Hal Lublin
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Lublin in 2025
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, Lublin was a fan of animation and comic books as a child. [1] [2] [3] He graduated from Syracuse University in 1999. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and subsequently developed asthma due to the climate. [2] [4] Lublin's first voice acting job was an unpaid role for the Haunted Mansion's Club 33. [4]

Hal Lublin in The Thrilling Adventure Hour Hal Lublin.jpg
Hal Lublin in The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West. [5] At his Second City Graduation, he was invited to do voice work for the anime for Read or Die, leading to additional voice work. [2] [4] 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. [6]

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. [7] It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros. [8] He voiced the characters Wide Wale and Manolo. [2] He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's L.A. Daily on Sirius XM. [9]

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. [10] His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in Moonshine Holler, [11] Phillip Fathom, and numerous other recurring characters. Through the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Lublin met Jackson Publick, which led to his role on The Venture Bros. [2]

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 . [12] 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, in February 2015. [13] [14] [15] In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network. [16] 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." [17]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleEpisode(s)Role
2001Read or DieOtto Lilienthal, [18] 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) [18]
2005Reeling in RealityTodd Lespinasse
2005Gregory Shitcock, P.I.S01E01Lumberjack [19]
2007Slammo and SloshieSloshie/narrator (voice) [2]
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
2016–2019 Mighty Magiswords Seasons 1 & 2 [2] The Great Omnibus, Smashroom, Ice Posey, Crunch Dislikus, Punchica, Pirate 08, Shopkeeper, Toots, Toad, Crowd Man, Galactonian Player 1, Shadow Beast, Hootlydoot, Valet, Horse King, [18] Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store
2017 Adam Ruins Everything "Adam Ruins College"College Bears
2020 Gary Busey: Pet Judge "Hurting Turtle"Hal [20]
2016–2023 The Venture Bros. Seasons 6 & 7, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's HeartWide Wale, Manolo, [8] Clayton, Tunnel Vision, Security Guard #1, Jagermeister, Janitor, Wandering Spider, Boy, Whale Lice Henchman 2, Tiny Eagle, Z Henchman [18]

Podcasts

PodcastEpisodeDateRole
Thrilling Adventure Hour All2010-2015WorkJuice Player
The Dead Authors Podcast Appendix A2011/12/20Charles Dickens [21]
Chapter 192012/12/24Luke [22]
Chapter 412014/12/24Dr. Seuss [23]
The David Feldman Show Various [12] 2013-2014
Welcome to Night Vale #37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #1102013/10; 2017Steven Carlsberg [15]
Brock Party#46 [24] 2014/04/22
Spontaneanation #12, #21, #25, #33, #40,
#45, #50, #59, #65 [25]
2015Improv actor
We Got This with Mark and HalAll2015Co-host with Mark Gagliardi [15]
Tights and FightsAll [26] 2016Host
Surprisingly NiceAll2017Co-host with Travis McElroy [27]
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

References

  1. 1 2 Biese, Alex (9 January 2015). "Thoughts on Steve Carlsberg of 'Welcome to Night Vale'". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Maher, John (2016-03-17). "Hal Lublin Breaks Down 'Venture Bros.' and Playing Up His Asthma: Exclusive". The Dot and Line. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  3. ↑ Biese, Alex (2017-07-11). "'Sawbones,' 'We Got This' playing Philadelphia Podcast Festival". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  4. 1 2 3 Buske, Wendy (2015-05-18). "Hal Lublin, Voice Actor – Thrilling Adventure Hour, Welcome to Night Vale". Nerd for a Living. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  5. ↑ "Hal Lublin". Dragoncon. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hal, the IT Admin". Symantec. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "UN-imation Films". Youtube. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 Team Misaki Studios (10 September 2015). DragonCon 2015 - Venture Bros (Video). YouTube.
  9. ↑ Radio, E. W. (2017-09-29). "#LADaily is live now! We have @DanMacPherson @KPSull @hallublin and @MarkGags up next!pic.twitter.com/Z5J9Q60kp2". @EWlive. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  10. ↑ Yarbrough, Beau (9 July 2015). "Comic-Con 2015: 'The Thrilling Adventure Hour' leaps from stage to comics and screen". Los Angeles Daily News.
  11. ↑ Biese, Alex (25 August 2015). "'Thrilling Adventure Hour' plots New York City return". Asbury Park Press.
  12. 1 2 "Hal Lublin". DavidFeldman.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "No Need of a Laugh Track: An Interview with Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, and Timothy Omundson from The Thrilling Adventure Hour at C2E2". The Geekiary. 27 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Hershon, Marc (28 March 2015). "Podcast Reviews: We Got This and Always Been Silly". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 Wilbur, Brock (2016-04-08). "Hal Lublin Is The Newest Addition To 'Venture Bros' And 'Welcome to Night Vale'". Inverse. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  16. ↑ @MaxFunHQ (29 July 2015). "Please join us in welcoming Can I Pet Your Dog? and We Got This to the MaxFun family!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Tights and Fights might just be the perfect pro wrestling podcast". The Comeback. February 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Hal Lublin (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  19. ↑ "Channel 101 - Talent - Hal Lublin". Channel 101. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  20. ↑ Murchison, Ben (2020-09-09). "Gary Busey: Pet Judge is Cleverly Absurd". The Pop Break. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  21. ↑ "Appendix A: Charles Dickens and O. Henry, featuring Hal Lublin and Marc Evan Jackson". Libsyn. 20 December 2011.
  22. ↑ "Chapter 19: The Authors of The Gospels, featuring Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin and Matt Gourley". Libsyn. 24 December 2012.
  23. ↑ "Chapter 41: Dr. Seuss, featuring Hal Lublin". Libsyn. 24 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Episode 46: Naomi Grossman, Hal Lublin". Podbean. 22 April 2014.
  25. ↑ "Hal Lublin on Earwolf". Earwolf. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Tights and Fights | Maximum Fun". maximumfun.org. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  27. ↑ "Hal and Travis (@TheNiceCast) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.