| Joe Mande | |
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 Mande performing at Bumbershoot in 2009 | |
| Birth name | Joseph Mande |
| Born | March 16, 1983 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Emerson College |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | Kylie Augustine (m. 2015) |
| Website | joemande |
Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American comedian and script writer.
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]
In his early career, Joe Mande created the website "Look at this Fucking Hipster" in April 2009 as a way to help his dad answer the question, "Is that a hipster?" 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.
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]
Mande was a co-executive producer/consulting producer from 2021-2024 for the Max series Hacks. He wrote multiple episodes.
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 spokesperson which led to a cease-and-desist letter. [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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012–2015 | Parks and Recreation | Morris Lerpiss | 7 episodes; Also Writer |
| 2013 | Money From Strangers | Himself | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Kroll Show | Elon Faizon | 2 episodes; Also Writer |
| 2014-2015 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Isaac | Episodes: "Charges and Specs" "The 9-8" |
| 2014 | The Interview | Joe | |
| 2015–2018 | Modern Family | Ben | 12 episodes [9] |
| 2016 | Animals. | Branch (voice) | Episode: "Pigeons." |
| 2016 | Love | Jeffrey | Episode: "Party in the Hills" |
| 2017 | Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special | Himself | |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Todd | |
| 2017 | Desus & Mero | Himself | Episode: 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 Zuckerberg | 2 episodes |
| 2021-2022 | Hacks | Ray | Main Cast [18] |
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