American actor and comedian
Rob Huebel
Huebel in July 2012
Born Robert Anderson Huebel
(1969-06-04 ) June 4, 1969 (age 55) Education Clemson University (BA )Occupations Years active 1998–present Spouse Holly Hannula Children 1 Website www .robhuebel .com
Robert Anderson Huebel [ 1] (born June 4, 1969) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant and for his role of Dr. Owen Maestro on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital . He also appeared as Russell on the FX /FXX series The League and as Len Novak on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent . In December 2022, Entertainment Weekly called Huebel "the premier d-bag character actor of his generation".[ 2]
Early life
Huebel was born in Alexandria, Virginia , the son of Louisa and Jared Huebel.[ 3] He attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia , before attending Clemson University , where he studied marketing in hopes of working in advertising.[ 4] He later moved to New York and began studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater .[ 5]
Career
Huebel first began improvising when he was 27 by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City .[ 4]
His early work was as a sketch actor on shows such as Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Upright Citizens Brigade . He was nominated for an Emmy award for his work as a producer for Michael Moore 's Bravo series The Awful Truth . He worked as a segment producer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart .[citation needed ]
Huebel was a panelist on the VH1 series Best Week Ever , part of the NetZero "Candidate Zero" campaign during the 2004 election. He also appeared on the HBO television series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Fox's Arrested Development .
The comedy partner of Rob Riggle , the duo have worked with the improvisational comedy troupe Respecto Montalban and at the Upright Citizens Brigade . Huebel and Riggle performed a comedy bit in the documentary Super High Me . Among their best known work at UCB was their long-running two-man show Kung-Fu Grip , which was eventually showcased at the 2004 HBO Comedy Arts Festival. Huebel was in the movie Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story , as Sam Brown with Corddry, Scheer, and Riggle.[citation needed ]
Huebel and fellow comedians Aziz Ansari and Paul Scheer are writers, actors, and executive producers in the MTV sketch comedy show Human Giant . Some of Huebel's characters from the show include Samir from "The Shutterbugs" and T.C. Everwood from "Clell Tickle". He guest starred in the 30 Rock episode "MILF Island ", and also as Holly's boyfriend A.J. in three episodes of The Office . He played the role of Tevin in the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man . He also co-starred with Rob Corddry in Childrens Hospital .
Huebel continues to regularly perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. He co-hosts the live sketch show "Crash Test" with Paul Scheer twice a month, as well as hosting "The Shit Show", in which he gathers comedian friends and other well-known performers to present the worst scenes in films, television and commercials that they have ever done.[citation needed ]
Huebel has written and starred in various filmed sketches for the HBO sketch comedy program Funny or Die Presents . In November 2010, he performed stand-up on The Benson Interruption on Comedy Central .
Huebel appeared in the films The Other Guys (2010), Life as We Know It , Little Fockers , Despicable Me , and The Descendants . In February 2011, he was cast as a lead in the Fox sitcom pilot Family Album and in May he guest starred on ABC 's sitcom Modern Family as Glen Whipple in the episode "The One That Got Away ". He also appeared in a recurring role on Amazon Studios 's Transparent , playing Len Novak.[ 6]
Huebel appears frequently on the comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! [ 7] along with starring in his own podcast series on the Earwolf network, Mike Detective .[ 8] He later appeared in Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) and Barely Lethal (2015).
Huebel has starred as "Inconsiderate Cell-Phone Man" in several PSAs of this title, which are shown in movie theaters to discourage patrons from making calls during the picture.[citation needed ]
Personal life
Huebel is married to Holly Hannula. Their daughter, Holden, was born in 2016.[ 9] She was born premature at 26 weeks and spent the first 117 days of her life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.[ 10]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1998–1999
Upright Citizens Brigade
Various characters
3 episodes
2000
The Awful Truth
Producer; 12 episodes
2000–2001
The Daily Show
Field producer; 4 episodes
2004
McEnroe
Various characters
22 episodes
2005
Arrested Development
Dave Williams
Episode: "Righteous Brothers"
2005
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
Correspondent
2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dr. Mark
2 episodes
2007
Fat Guy Stuck In Internet
Morgan
2 episodes
2007–2008
Human Giant
Rob / Various characters
20 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer
2008
30 Rock
MILF Island Host
Episode: "MILF Island "
2008–2016
Childrens Hospital
Dr. Owen Maestro
79 episodes; also writer
2009
Reno 911!
HMO Advisor #1 / Resort Salesman #2 / Financial Advisor #1
3 episodes
2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Jeff
Episode: "Frogbox"
2009
Gary Unmarried
Howard Needleman
3 episodes
2009–2010
The Office
A.J.
3 episodes
2009–2015
The League
Russell / Dr. Deramo
10 episodes
2009–2019
American Dad!
Various voices
5 episodes
2010
Players
Todd
Episode: "Barb's Husband"
2010
Party Down
Mr. Dauntless
Episode: "Not on Your Wife Opening Night"
2010
Pretend Time
Bill
Episode: "Powdered Doughnuts Make Me Go Nuts"
2010
2010 MTV Movie Awards
Writer and segment producer
2010
CollegeHumor Originals
Brock
Episode: "Action Movie Pun Brainstorm"
2010–2011
Funny or Die Presents
Various characters
13 episodes; also writer and executive producer
2011
Traffic Light
Kev
4 episodes
2011
Happy Endings
Alan Fitzgerald
Episode: "You've Got Male"
2011
Modern Family
Glen Whipple
Episode: "The One That Got Away"
2012
The Life & Times of Tim
Matt
Voice, episode: "The Smug Chiropractor/Corporate Disaster"
2012
How I Met Your Mother
Wade Flanagan
Episode: "The Magician's Code "
2012
Up All Night
Jerry
2 episodes
2012
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Dragon Shumway
2 episodes; also writer
2012
17th Critics' Choice Awards
Co-host
Television special
2012
Key & Peele
Blue Falcon
Episode: "#2.9"
2012–2022
Bob's Burgers
Various characters
Voice, 12 episodes
2013
Burning Love
Simon
20 episodes
2013
Kroll Show
Suicidal Rockstar
Episode: "Ice Dating"
2013
Hart of Dixie
Michael Burgess
Episode: "I'm Moving On"
2013
Super Fun Night
Peter Crane
Episode: "Three Men and a Boubier"
2013
The ArScheerio Paul Show
Ultimate Warrior
Episode: "Ultimate Warrior"
2013–2015
Axe Cop
Gray Diamond
Voice, 16 episodes
2013–2015
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Dave Grigsby / Larry Jetski
2 episodes
2013–2015
Drunk History
Juan Francisco Treviño / Pat Garrett
2 episodes
2014
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lloyd Rathman
Episode: "The Magical Place "
2014
Parks and Recreation
Harvey Spielyorm
Episode: "Galentine's Day "
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Boomer
Voice, episode: "The Fadeaway"
2014
The Mindy Project
Andrew
2 episodes
2014
Newsreaders
Rob Huebel
Episode: "Motorboating Dads; the Negative $100,000 Question"
2014–2015
Marry Me
Wes
3 episodes
2014–2019
Transparent
Len Novak
28 episodes
2014–2022
The Goldbergs
John Calabasas
11 episodes
2015
Archer
Patrick (Crash) McCaren
Voice, episode: "The Archer Sanction"
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Dad
Episode: "The Internet"
2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Brodfard Gilroy
Episode: "Auditions"
2015
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
Rob
TV movie; also writer and executive producer
2015
The Hotwives of Las Vegas
Gynecologist
Episode: "Vaca-Shunned"
2015
Married
Jacob
Episode: "Triggers"
2016
Fresh Off the Boat
Rick
Episode: "Year of the Rat"
2016
Workaholics
Sam
Episode: "The Nuttin' Professor"
2016
Family Guy
Business Meeting Leader
Voice, episode: "Road to India "
2016
Blunt Talk
Dr. Rudy Kamper
2 episodes
2017
Drive Share
Various characters
6 episodes; also creator, writer, director, and executive producer
2017
Hawaii Five-0
Blake Stone
Episode: "Poniu I Ke Aloha"
2017
Angie Tribeca
Sperber Pennington
Episode: "This Sounds Unbelievable, but CSI: Miami Did It"
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Brodfard Gilroy
2 episodes
2017
The Chris Gethard Show
Phone Sex Chewbacca
Episode: "Technology Will Destroy Us All"
2017–2019
Big Mouth
Mr. Lizer
Voice, 6 episodes
2017
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
Himself
15 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer
2017
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Landon Lawson
Episode: "Return to Skyfire "
2018
The Mayor
Don Viola
Episode: "The Pitch"
2018–2021
Black-ish
Gary
3 episodes
2019
I'm Sorry
Brad
Episode: "Barbara T. Warren"
2019
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tad Frye
Episode: "Kimmy Finds a Liar!"
2019
We Bare Bears
Ranger Norm
Voice, episode: "Ranger Norm"
2019
Abby's
Clark
Episode: "Rosie's Band"
2019
Kids Say the Darndest Things
Himself
Episode: "Dad, Plug Your Ears!"
2020
Medical Police
Dr. Owen Maestro
10 episodes
2020
Schooled
John Calabasas
Episode: "Boy Bands"
2020
I Know This Much Is True
Leo
6 episodes
2020
Match Game
Himself
Episode: "Joel McHale , Amanda Seales , Ron Funches , Ana Gasteyer , Rob Huebel, Nikki Glaser "
2021–2022
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Mr. Murray
6 episodes; recurring role[ 11]
2021
Master of None
Hudson
Voice, episode: "Moments in Love, Chapter 4"
2021
A Million Little Things
Xander Holmes
Episode: "No One Is to Blame"
2022
Murderville
Chadd Worthington / Charles Worthington / Chester Worthington
Episode: "Triplet Homicide"
2022
Ghosts
Ari (Present Day)
Episode: "Trevor's Pants"
2023
Goosebumps
Colin
2024
Night Court
Pellino
Episode: "Hold the Pickles, Keep the Change"
2024
Knuckles
Dylan Beagleton
2 episodes
Web series
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2017
Guest Grumps [ 12]
Himself
Episode: "Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem with Rob Huebel"[ 12]
2017
Good Mythical Morning
Himself
Episode: "Stuff & Bluff Challenge ft Rob Huebel"[ 13]
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