Jack McBrayer Biography

Jack McBrayer (born May 27, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his portrayal of characters in Late Night with Conan O'Brien and as Kenneth Parcell in 30 Rock, for which he was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. He is currently playing a recurring character in The Middle.

Personal life

McBrayer was born in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Conyers, Georgia when he was 15. He studied theater administration at the University of Evansville, worked at The Second City and IO Theater (1995-2002), an experience that introduced him to 30 Rock creator Tina Fey and prepared him "100%" for his role on her show.

Career

McBrayer appeared in over 80 sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2002-04), often lampooning his own Southern upbringing by playing stereotypical hillbilly characters. On August 10, 2007 and September 20, 2008, he made a cameo appearance on Late Night playing Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock. During the first appearance, O'Brien remarked to him, "I thought you were above this now." McBrayer later reprised his role as Kenneth twice (November 24, 2009 and January 13, 2010) after O'Brien's switch to The Tonight Show, and has appeared on Conan's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour at stops in Eugene, Oregon, Universal City, California (on the Universal Studios lot where O'Brien taped Tonight), and the final tour stop in Atlanta, in his home state of Georgia.

In 2008, he was featured throughout the video for "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey. During the shooting for the video, it is reported McBrayer accidentally hit Carey in the face with a Frisbee. McBrayer also appears in the first episode in the fifth season of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as a spokesman in a spoof advertisement for the fictional "Diarrhea-phragm." He worked as a voice actor in the American animated series Ugly Americans and appeared in the 2010 film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore with a recurring role on the second season of Phineas and Ferb, playing the part of Irving, a fan of Phineas and Ferb. He also regularly appears in the skit "Knock Knock Joke of the Day" on the hit children's television show, Yo Gabba Gabba! since season 2 and stars in Craig McCracken's new TV show Wander Over Yonder on the Disney Channel. In the fall of 2012, Jack lent his voice to the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph, playing the title character's close friend and video game opponent Fix-It Felix, Jr. More recently, he has starred alongside Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin in Kia commercials, and in 2013 appeared in a commercial for Barnes & Noble. His Adult Swim series The Jack and Triumph Show premiered in February 2015. In September 2016, on the season 10 premiere episode of The Big Bang Theory, Jack played Penny's older brother Randall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story	Stuart Applebaum
2005	The Baxter	Elliot's Friend	Uncredited
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Glenn
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	DJ
2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Darald
2009	Spring Breakdown	Stage Manager	Direct-to-video
2010	Despicable Me	Carnival Barker / Tourist Dad (voices)
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Chuck
2011	The Brass Teapot	Joe
2012	A Thousand Words	Starbucks Barista
2012	The Campaign	Mr. Mendenhall
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Fix-It Felix Jr. (voice)
2013	Movie 43	Brian	Segment "iBabe"
2013	Savannah	Sir Graham
2013	The To Do List	Hillcrest Pool Manager
2014	Cooties	Tracy
2014	They Came Together	Oliver
2015	Bad Night	Motel Clerk
2017	Smurfs: The Lost Village	Clumsy Smurf (voice)	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Early Edition	Teddy / Rehearsal Dinner Toaster	Episode: "The Out-of-Towner"
2002	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Wally Jenson (uncredited)	Episode #10.27
2005	Weekends at the D.L.	Soldier	Episode #1.12
2005-06	Arrested Development	Country Club Waiter	2 episodes
2006	The Colbert Report	Kevin (voice)	Episode: "Will Power"
2006-2013	30 Rock	Kenneth Parcell	138 episodes
2007	My Boys	Paul	Episode: "The Promise of a New Season"
2009	The Electric Company	Marlon	Episode: "Abracadabra Cadabra Ca-Green!"
2009-2015	Phineas and Ferb	Irving (voice)	22 episodes
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Best Man	Episode: "Comedy"
2010	Ugly Americans	Kong	Episode: "Kong of Queens"
2010	Robotomy	Frenemy	Episode: "Frenemy"
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special	Wo Hop (voice)	Television special
2011	Bob's Burgers	Leslie / Marble (voices)	2 episodes
2011	The Simpsons	Ewell Freestone "Peach Guy" (voice)	Episode: "The Great Simpsina"
2011	Conan	Ghost / Drug Dealer / Conan	3 episodes
2011	Portlandia	Zupan's Market Customer	Episode: "Cool Wedding"
2011	Funny or Die Presents	Park Ranger	Episode #2.4
2011	Archer	Randy (voice)	Episode: "Bloody Ferlin"
2011	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	Irving (voice)	Television film
2013-16	Wander Over Yonder	Wander (voice)	Series regular
2013	Bob's Burgers	Leslie (voice)	Episode: "Boyz 4 Now"
2013	Deon Cole's Black Box	White History Month Narrator	Episode: "Sweet Home Chicago"
2013	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Tagg	Episode: "Trading Faces"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Chad	Episode: "Rashida Jones Wears a Black Blazer & Flowered Pants"
2013	Key & Peele	Robert	Episode: #3.3
2013-present	The Middle	Dr. Ted Goodwin	6 episodes
2013-2015	Drunk History	H.R. Haldeman / Clarence Darrow / Alan Freed / Andrew Jackson	4 episodes
2013	Childrens Hospital	Ballard	Episode: "Coming and Going"
2014-16	Jake and the Neverland Pirates	Pirate Mummy (voice)	7 episodes
2014	WordGirl	Kid Math (Rexagon)	Episode: "Kid Math"
2015	Axe Cop	Mr. Chicken Chickenslice (voice)	Episode: "Axe Cop Saves God"
2015	New Girl	Man Changing Bins	Episode: "Clean Break"
2015	The Jack and Triumph Show	Jack	7 episodes
2015	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	Episode: #2.24
2015	Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell	Angel	Episode: "Shoulder Work"
2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Doug Whitney	6 episodes
2016	Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie	Der Scutt	Television film
2016	The Amazing Gayl Pile	Mitch Maxwell	Episode: #3.1
2016	Odd Squad: The Movie	Weird Tom	Television movie
2016	Match Game	Celebrity Panelist	Multiple appearances; Revival series, hosted by Alec Baldwin
2016	The Big Bang Theory	Randall, Penny's brother	Season 10 Premiere: "The Conjugal Conjecture"
2016	The Lion Guard	Badilli	Episode: "The Trouble With Galagos"
2016	Emo Dad	Principal Meister (voice)	Season 2; Web Series
2016	The Eric Andre Show	Himself

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Program	Result	Ref.
2008	Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs	30 Rock: Kenneth The Web Page
2009	Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs	30 Rock: Kenneth The Web Page
2009	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2016	Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Program	Result	Ref.
2007	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2008	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2009	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2010	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2011	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2012	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2013	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	30 Rock