Joe Mande

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Joe Mande
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Mande performing at Bumbershoot in 2009
Birth nameJoseph Mande
Born (1983-03-16) March 16, 1983 (age 41)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand up
  • television
  • internet
Alma mater Emerson College
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Kylie Augustine
(m. 2015)
Website joemande.com

Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.

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Early life

Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. [1] He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of ten [2] and graduated from Central High School in 2001. [3] [4] He attended Emerson College in Boston where he received a BFA in writing. [5]

Career

In his early career, Joe Mande created the website "Look at this Fucking Hipster" (LATFH.com) in April 2009 as a way to help his dad answer the question, "Is that a hipster?" Within months, with millions of followers and dozens of parodies, it became a cultural phenomenon, referenced in media, newspapers, blogs, and more, and he turned it into a book entitled, Look at This F*cking Hipster. [6]

Mande has appeared on such TV shows as Comedy Central's The Half Hour , VH1's Best Week Ever and Conan. [7]

Mande was a writer for the final three seasons of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, also appearing in seven episodes as Pawnee resident Morris Lerpiss. [8] He has also written for the Comedy Central sketch series Kroll Show , and the Adult Swim series Delocated. He was a producer for the first season of Aziz Ansari's Netflix series Master of None and played Todd in James Franco's film The Disaster Artist . He also wrote for the NBC sitcom The Good Place , created by Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur. [9]

In 2017, Mande released a Netflix comedy special called Joe Mande's Award Winning Comedy Special.

Bitchface

Mande released his first comedy album, Bitchface, on March 14, 2014. The album is in the style of a mixtape with voicemail messages from Fabolous, Roy Hibbert, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Aziz Ansari, The RZA and Amy Poehler. [10] [11]

Hacks

Mande was a co-executive producer/consulting producer from 2021-2024 for the Max series “Hacks.” He also wrote multiple episodes.

Personal life

Mande married Kylie Augustine in 2015. [12]

Prior to posting a note on his Twitter account stating that he would no longer use it, [13] Mande was most known for using Twitter to troll famous people and businesses. He claimed to have purchased many of his followers. [14] Mande frequently made tweets about wanting to be La Croix Sparkling Water's spokesperson which led to a cease-and-desist letter from La Croix Sparkling Water. [15] In 2011, he initiated an argument with former NBA player Gilbert Arenas after the latter deleted years worth of allegedly sexist tweets. [6] In 2017, he faced accusations of abusing his platform to promote cyberbullying after tweeting "Barron Trump will be mutilating cats on the white house lawn in like two weeks". [16] [17]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–2015 Parks and Recreation Morris Lerpiss7 episodes; Also Writer
2013Money From StrangersHimself5 episodes
2013 Kroll Show Elon Faizon2 episodes; Also Writer
2014-2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine IsaacEpisodes: "Charges and Specs"
"The 9-8"
2014 The Interview Joe
2015–2018 Modern Family Ben12 episodes [9]
2016 Animals. Branch (voice)Episode: "Pigeons."
2016 Love JeffreyEpisode: "Party in the Hills"
2017 Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special Himself
2017 The Disaster Artist Todd
2017 Desus & Mero HimselfEpisode: S1 E145, August 14, 2017"
2017–2020 The Good Place Toddrick Hemple (voice)Also writer & Producer
2019 The Selection Spin-off of The Good Place
Episode: "The Takeout Order"
2020 Our Cartoon President Mark Zuckerberg2 episodes
2021-2022 Hacks RayMain Cast [18]

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