Keynote Speaker - Joel McHale

Joel McHale
American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television host 

Joel McHale is an actor, comedian and television host. Most recently, McHale stars in and executive produces FOX’s hit comedy series Animal Control, where he plays Frank Shaw in the upcoming Season 3. McHale also returned on FX’s season 3 of The Bear. McHale will also reprise his role as Jeff Winger in the upcoming Community movie on Peacock, based on the hit comedy series of the same name, which ran for five seasons on NBC with the sixth and final season airing on Yahoo! Joel also continues to host and executive produce FOX’s competition baking show Crime Scene Kitchen and E!’s reality competition series, House of Villains, which brings 10 of reality television’s most infamous villains under one roof to compete for the title of America’s Ultimate Supervillain. He was previously in the DC Universe series Stargirl on the CW as the voice of Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, now available on VOD, and Queenpins, a comedy based on a true story, alongside Kristen Bell as her husband. Other projects include ABC’s Card Sharks, Becky alongside Kevin James and Lulu Wilson, Twilight Zone, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, The Happytime Murders, as well as Netflix’s A Stupid & Futile Gesture opposite Will Forte, in which he played Chevy Chase, his former Community co-star. McHale hosted The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale on Netflix, a half-hour topical series that took a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture and news from across the globe. In 2015, he wrapped the twelfth and final season of E! Network's The Soup, where he satirized pop culture and current events. McHale is best known for his starring role on the hit comedy series Community, which ended its sixth season on Yahoo! after five seasons on NBC.