Kyle Mooney

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Born
Kyle James Kozub Mooney [1]

(1984-09-04) September 4, 1984 (age 39)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Education University of Southern California (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, writer
Years active2005–present
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
Children1

Kyle James Kozub Mooney (born September 4, 1984) is an American comedian. Mooney was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2013 [2] to 2022. [3] He co-wrote and starred in the 2017 film Brigsby Bear , in addition to co-creating, co-writing, producing, and starring in the adult cartoon comedy Saturday Morning All Star Hits! [4] [5]

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Mooney's work has appeared on a number of shows, including his man-on-the-street interviews, which were featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald . [6] Mooney has been a regular writer and performer at the acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade since 2007. [7] He has had a number of recurring TV roles, such as Rory on the HBO comedy series Hello Ladies and as Murphy Brown Fünke in Arrested Development . [8]

Early life

Mooney was born the youngest in a family of three boys in San Diego, California, to parents Linda (née Kozub) and Brian Mooney. Linda is a former reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune , and Brian is an environmental consultant and planner. [9] Mooney has two older brothers, Sean and Ryan. Mooney is left-handed and nearsighted.

Mooney's Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a television star. [9] He graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2003, where he won Best Actor as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest [10] and was hailed as class clown. [9] Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California. [11] [12] There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group Commedus Interruptus. After a six-week audition process in 2003, [13] the three new members added to Commedus were Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford. [14] Mooney graduated from USC in 2007 from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [15]

Mooney is a self-described collector and owns a VHS collection that he started working on as a child. Through connections made while working on SNL, Mooney has been able to get his VHS tapes autographed by the actors who have starred in them. For example, Mooney owns a Beetlejuice VHS that was signed by both Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin. [16]

Career

YouTube

Mooney started his personal YouTube channel (called "kyle" [17] ) in September 2005, where he posted short comedy sketches. He was also a member of the channel GoodNeighborStuff, [18] along with Beck Bennett, Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary.

Good Neighbor

In 2007, Mooney, Bennett, and Rutherford came together to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor, along with Mooney's friend, director and editor Dave McCary. [19] Bennett and McCary joined Mooney on SNL in 2013 (as a performer and director, respectively), and Rutherford was hired as a writer the following year. [20] In 2014, Good Neighbor was featured on NewMediaRockstars' Top 100 Channels, ranked at No. 98. [21]

Saturday Night Live

He auditioned to join SNL in the summer of 2012 but was rejected; he auditioned the next season and was accepted. [22] On September 28, 2013, Kyle Mooney made his debut on Saturday Night Live as a featured player. [23] At the start of the forty-first season, Mooney was upgraded to repertory status. [24]

Mooney brought some of his YouTube characters to SNL, including his person-on-the-street interviews, the 4/20 Weed-Smoking Guy, Chris Fitzpatrick, Todd from Inside SoCal, and Bruce Chandling.

His celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live include Jim Acosta, Woody Allen, Criss Angel, Fred Astaire, David Axelrod, Jeff Bezos, Neil Cavuto, Lincoln Chafee, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cotton, Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, Bruce Jessen, Steve Jobs, John Kennedy, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Lawrence, Macklemore, Howie Mandel, Chuck Norris, Rand Paul, Pope Francis, Axl Rose, Skrillex, Stephen Stills, and Steven Tyler. [25] He departed the series after season 47, ending a nine-season run. [3]

Other work

Mooney starred in and co-wrote the film Brigsby Bear , which premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival. He co-wrote the film with Kevin Costello over a two to three-year period, drawing inspiration from his own life, his interest in 1980s children's television shows and cartoons, and his experience making short films with Costello and McCary in middle school. [5] Dave McCary directed the film.

In December 2021, the adult cartoon comedy Saturday Morning All Star Hits! , co-created, co-written, and executive produced by Mooney, was released on Netflix. He also stars in several roles. The eight-episode series is directed by Dave McCary and animated by Ben Jones. Mooney and Jones created the show based on a mutual love of Saturday-morning cartoon blocks from their childhoods in the 1980s and 1990s. [26]

On March 23, 2023, it was announced that Mooney would direct the disaster comedy Y2K for A24. [27]

Personal life

In 2021, Mooney married actress Kate Lyn Sheil. [28]

When interviewed for the Substack newsletter Perfectly Imperfect in December 2023, Mooney revealed he and his wife had welcomed a daughter. [29]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Kill Me Now Jake
2012The Party Is OverNatan
2013 iSteve Father
2014 Playing It Cool Other Dude
2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris Robert
2015 Me Him Her Moot Morezit
2015 It Had to Be You Gary the Midwife
2016 Zoolander 2 Don Atari
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising R.A.
2017 Brigsby Bear James PopeAlso co-writer
2018 Never Goin' Back Brandon
2018 The Unicorn Gabe
2019 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo (voice)Direct-to-video [30]
2020 Spree Miles Manderville
2021 Naked Singularity The Golem
2023 Jamojaya TBA
2023 No Hard Feelings Jody
2024 Y2K GarrettAlso writer and director
2024 Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story Snap Completed

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Remember WhenKyleEpisode: #1.1
2010–2011 Pretend Time Various5 episodes
2011The Street FighterRick
2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Himself/CorrespondentEpisode: #9.172
2011 Sports Show with Norm Macdonald Nephew Kyle3 episodes
2011 Parks and Recreation KeithEpisode: "The Treaty"
2012 Best Friends Forever DougEpisode: "The Butt Dial"
2012Money From StrangersHimselfEpisode: "Why So Serious?"
2013Festival Road TripHimself/Good Neighbor MemberEpisode: "Campus MovieFest 2013"
2013 Nathan for You —Writer; 8 episodes
2013 Wilfred AlanEpisode: "Heroism"
2013 Hello Ladies Rory6 episodes
2013–2022 Saturday Night Live Himself, Various185 episodes
2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Intern MontyEpisode: "Nick Offerman Wears a Green Flannel Shirt & Brown Boots"
2014 Hello Ladies: The Movie RoryTV movie
2014–2018 Drunk History Himself / Sam Patch 3 episodes
2015 Hot Package —Consulting writer; season 2
2016 Future-Worm! Various voices1 episode
2017 Me, Myself & I AttendantEpisode: "The Card"
2017–2018 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Various voices12 episodes
2018–2019 Arrested Development Murphy Brown Fünke13 episodes
2020 The Shivering Truth (voice)Episode: "The Diff"
2020–2022 Bob's Burgers Nick / Kyle (voice)2 episodes
2021 Rick and Morty Blazen (voice)Episode: "Rickdependence Spray"
2021 Saturday Morning All Star Hits! VariousCo-creator, writer, and executive producer; 8 episodes
2023 The Great North Cody (voice)Episode: "Can't Hardly Date Adventure"
2023 Digman! Sludgely (voice)Episode: "The Puff People"
2023 Killing It BugsEpisode: "It Follows"
2023 Miracle Workers John Christ3 episodes
2023 Hamster & Gretel The Flake (voice)Episode: "Flake It Till You Make It/Game Changer"

Web series and shorts

DateTitleRoleNotes
2008The RoommateKyle
2009Nick's Big Show—
2009Bad ReputationRandall
2010VicariouslyTylerNine Shots of Bourbon
2010The O.D.Plain Jane
2011How I KnowToro Y Moi
2011Nick and Andy: Coming Soon—
2011The Yule Tide Good SamaritanBarry Cameo
2011Grammar ClassHenry
2011–2012College Humor OriginalsStudent/Guy 1Some Study That I Used to Know
Sorority Pillow Fight
2012Take a KneeWalter TellyMock Christian & basketball public
access show
2012Cracked Advice BoardLittle BoyMoney-Making Tips
2012The Dinner PartySteven EvansShort web film with BriTANicK
2012 Epic Rap Battles of History Dr. WatsonBatman vs. Sherlock Holmes
2013Youth LargeDanus ApicaryRejected Adult Swim pilot
2013The Caper Kind/Swiss MistakeLookey Lou
2013 Mike & Doug's Fantasy Corner MikeFantasy Sports Advice
2013Pound HouseKyleOpen Mic
2015D and K PodcastKyleInstagram video series

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