Michael Showalter

Overview

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Birthday
Jun 17, 1970 (54 years old)

Michael Showalter

Known For

It Started As a Joke
1h 16m
Movie 2019

It Started As a Joke

This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
0h 28m
TV Show 2017

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising adventures.

Giles Vanderhoot
0h 11m
Movie 2016

Giles Vanderhoot

No one is better at portraying rehabilitationamalist Giles Vanderhoot than Vanderhoot himself.

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
0h 30m
TV Show 2015

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel to the hilarious 2001 cult classic movie. And at Camp Firewood, anything can happen.

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
1h 4m
Movie 2015

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.

Misery Loves Comedy
1h 34m
Movie 2015

Misery Loves Comedy

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.

Wanderlust
1h 38m
Movie 2012

Wanderlust

Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

Michael & Michael Have Issues
0h 22m
TV Show 2009

Michael & Michael Have Issues

Longtime collaborators Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter (co-founders of The State comedy troupe, which spawned the same-named MTV show) join forces once again for this twist on narrative and sketch comedies that features the duo as hosts of their own fictitious sketch show. Behind the scenes, viewers see the two Michaels wrestling with how best to run the show, while they simultaneously confront their own issues of insecurity and jealousy as they try to undermine each other.

Birthday
0h 5m
Movie 2008

Birthday

"Birthday" is a new short film from the unique three-man comedy group STELLA:

Reno 911!: Miami
1h 23m
Movie 2007

Reno 911!: Miami

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.

Biography

Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970; Princeton) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third of the sketch comedy trio Stella. Showalter first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's The State, which aired from 1993 to 1995. He co-wrote (with David Wain) and starred in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and he wrote, directed, and starred in The Baxter (2005), with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux and Elizabeth Banks. Both of these movies featured many of his co-stars from The State, and so do several of his other projects.

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