John Hodgman

John Hodgman

Born: June 3, 1971
in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American actor, author and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his correspondent work on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

His writings have been published in One Story (to which he contributed the debut story), The Paris Review, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Wired and The New York Times Magazine, for which he is editor of the humor section. He contributes to Public Radio International’s This American Life, and CBC Radio One’s Wiretap. His first book and accompanying audio narration, The Areas of My Expertise, a satirical tongue-in-cheek almanac which actually contains almost no factual information, was published in 2005. His second book, More Information Than You Require, went on sale October 21, 2008.

Hodgman was the headline speaker at the 2009 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

Movies for John Hodgman...

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Title: I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2024
Type: Movie
Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show", comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for success and fulfillment in show business.
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Title: After Midnight
Character: Self
Released: January 17, 2024
Type: TV
Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music and beyond.
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Title: The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Released: July 21, 2023
Type: Movie
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the Ventures, The Guild, and even the Monarch marriage—it will take friends and foes alike to restore the Ventures' world to order… or end it once and for all.
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Title: Frog and Toad
Character: Mouse (voice)
Released: April 27, 2023
Type: TV
Frog and Toad are not at all alike. Frog likes new adventures. Toad likes the comforts of home. Yet despite their differences, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—as best friends should be.
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Title: Up Here
Character: Tom
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: TV
Set in New York City in 1999, Lindsay and Miguel fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads.
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Title: Poker Face
Character: Narc / Dockers
Released: January 26, 2023
Type: TV
This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
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Title: Hamster & Gretel
Character: Micromanager (voice)
Released: August 12, 2022
Type: TV
Siblings Gretel and Kevin are to be bestowed super powers by space aliens on their birthdays, but after Kevin's powers accidentally go into Hamster, his pet hamster instead, they form the duo of "Hamster & Gretel". Now Kevin must figure out how to work with both Gretel and Hamster to protect their city from mysterious dangers.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2022
Type: TV
This American version of the British comedy panel features team captains joined by a stellar cast of celebrity guests who weave elaborate tales… that may or may not be the truth. Competing teams then ask questions and watch body language to determine which are outrageous but true, and which are made-up stories.
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Class Action Park
Title: Class Action Park
Character: Narrator
Released: August 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Class Action Park explores the legend, legacy, and truth behind the 1980s water park in Vernon, New Jersey that long ago entered the realm of myth. Known for its dangerous, unsupervised rides and lack of regulation, guests of Action Park expected to walk away with injuries and were lucky if they made it out alive. Shirking the trappings of nostalgia, the film uses investigative journalism, original animations, recordings, and interviews with the people who lived it to reveal the true story of Action Park.
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Title: Dicktown
Character: John Hunchman
Released: July 9, 2020
Type: TV
Welcome to Richardsville, NC (aka DICKTOWN to the locals), its famous boy detective, John Hunchman, and his hired muscle, David Purefoy. Except they're not boys any more and while they're still detectives, they still only solve crimes for teenagers.
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Title: Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Character: Shafter (voice)
Released: June 25, 2020
Type: TV
Based on the animated series Adventure Time, these four specials explore the unseen corners of the world with both familiar and exciting brand-new characters.
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It Started As a Joke
Title: It Started As a Joke
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Minecraft: Story Mode
Character: Soren the Architect (voice)
Released: November 27, 2018
Type: TV
Take control of an adventure set in the Minecraft universe. The future of the world is at stake, and your decisions shape the story -- so choose wisely!
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Bartholomole (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Title: Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the special features stand-up performances, sketches and short films.
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Title: DuckTales
Character: John Rockerduck (voice)
Released: August 12, 2017
Type: TV
The adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, their famous uncle Donald Duck, pilot extraordinaire Launchpad, Mrs. Beakly, Webby and Roboduck. Adventures and hidden treasures are everywhere, in their hometown Duckburg and all around the world.
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Title: The Tick
Character: Hobbes
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: TV
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
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Title: HarmonQuest
Character: Hon Jodgman
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: TV
A fantasy comedy adventure series that melds live action comedians riffing on a stage in front of a live studio audience with animated forays into a fantasy adventure roleplaying game. The intrepid comedians, Dan Harmon, Jeff Davis, and Erin McGathy, along with a rotating special guest member, gather around a kitchen table and attempt to play the game and fail in hilarious fashion, to the chagrin of their adjudicator-referee- Game Master Spencer Crittenden.
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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Title: Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Character: Himself
Released: April 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest riffers Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Adam Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, and John Hodgman including a gigantic, possible world record TEN PERSON riffing grand finale!
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Title: Blindspot
Character: Jonas Fischer
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
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3rd Street Blackout
Title: 3rd Street Blackout
Character: Gary Voonerjab
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout
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Pitch Perfect 2
Title: Pitch Perfect 2
Character: Tone Hangers
Released: May 7, 2015
Type: Movie
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.
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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Title: Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Character: Himself
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever found, live in the beautiful Castro Theatre with a crew of hilarious guest riffers! Shorts performed during this event include One Turkey Two Turkey, Setting Up a Room, Writing Better Social Letters, Live and Learn, Making Sense with Sentences, and Safety - In Danger Out of Doors.
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Title: Red Oaks
Character: Travis
Released: August 28, 2014
Type: TV
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
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Learning to Drive
Title: Learning to Drive
Character: Car Salesman
Released: August 21, 2014
Type: Movie
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
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Title: The Knick
Character: Doctor Entrusted with Eleanor
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: TV
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new procedures despite a severe drug addiction.
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Title: Mozart in the Jungle
Character: Marlon
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
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Title: @midnight with Chris Hardwick
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2013
Type: TV
Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.
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Title: Wander Over Yonder
Character: Lord of Illumination (voice)
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Wander, an eternally-optimistic intergalactic traveler and constant do-gooder, and his quick-tempered but loyal steed and best friend, Sylvia. The friendliest face in outer space, Wander journeys across the galaxies to spread good cheer and to help anyone he can — much to his overly pragmatic stallion’s chagrin. Their fun-loving escapades often lead them to clash with the evil villain Lord Hater and his army of Watchdogs, who travel from planet to planet trying to make hate the order of the day. Together, the best friends travel through the cosmos, happening upon one freewheeling adventure after another and making new friends and foes.
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John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
Title: John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
Character: John Hodgman
Released: June 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Deranged Millionaire, John Hodgman, and his infamous moustache dispense their survival guide to the Mayan apocalypse or as he's deemed it "RAGNAROK". With his eccentric list of post-apocalyptic necessities, beef jerky dollars, sperm whales and mayonnaise, John Hodgman entertains the audience in the face of impending doom.
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Movie 43
Title: Movie 43
Character: Fake Penguin (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")
Released: January 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Fifteen directors and an all-star cast created this twisted comedy that follows three teens on the hunt for the world's most banned film.
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Treatment
Title: Treatment
Character: Graham
Released: April 20, 2011
Type: Movie
All his life, Leonard has dreamed of being a famous filmmaker, but he's better at making excuses than making art. A chance encounter with a wasted A-list movie star could be his lucky break. All he has to do is come up with $15,000 to join the actor at a luxury rehab facility, where their friendship can blossom into wealth and glory. Leonard checks into treatment under false pretences, but soon discovers that addiction comes in many forms.
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Arthur
Title: Arthur
Character: Candy Store Manager
Released: April 8, 2011
Type: Movie
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
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Arthur
Title: Arthur
Character: Peter, Candy Store Manager
Released: April 8, 2011
Type: Movie
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
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The Best and the Brightest
Title: The Best and the Brightest
Character: Henry
Released: October 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.
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Title: Adventure Time
Character: Elder Plops
Released: April 5, 2010
Type: TV
Hook up with Finn and Jake as they travel the Land of Ooo searching for adventure. But remember, adventure isn’t always easy. Sometimes you’ve got to battle fire gnomes that torture old ladies, save a smelly hot dog princess from the Ice King, and thaw out a bunch of frozen businessmen. What the cabbage?!
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Title: Adventure Time
Character: DJ Plop Drops
Released: April 5, 2010
Type: TV
Hook up with Finn and Jake as they travel the Land of Ooo searching for adventure. But remember, adventure isn’t always easy. Sometimes you’ve got to battle fire gnomes that torture old ladies, save a smelly hot dog princess from the Ice King, and thaw out a bunch of frozen businessmen. What the cabbage?!
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Fantasia in Best Show Minor
Title: Fantasia in Best Show Minor
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Fantasia in Best Show Minor is the first and only ever Best Show on WFMU DVD Release! It features stuff you’re never going to believe, puppets. animation, sketches, travelogues from callers, and guest appearances from Patton Oswalt, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Zach Galifinakis, Fucked Up, Tim and Eric, John Hodgeman, Aimee Mann, Scharpling and Wurster, Yo La Tengo, Kurt Vile, Matt Fracton, Todd Barry, and Jason Woliner. The DVD was available exclusively during the 2010 WFMU pledge drive.
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The Invention of Lying
Title: The Invention of Lying
Character: Wedding Overseer
Released: October 2, 2009
Type: Movie
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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Title: Community
Character: Dr. Heidi
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Title: Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Character: Self
Released: July 21, 2009
Type: Movie
A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.
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Title: Parks and Recreation
Character: August Clementine
Released: April 9, 2009
Type: TV
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
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Coraline
Title: Coraline
Character: Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a sinister secret.
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Baby Mama
Title: Baby Mama
Character: Fertility Specialist
Released: April 25, 2008
Type: Movie
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
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Title: Flight of the Conchords
Character: David Armstrong
Released: June 17, 2007
Type: TV
The trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band who have moved from New Zealand to New York in the hope of forging a successful music career. So far they've managed to find a manager (whose "other" job is at the New Zealand Consulate), one fan (a married obsessive) and one friend (who owns the local pawn shop) -- but not much else.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Terry
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Title: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Dr. Gerard
Released: October 18, 2004
Type: TV
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
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Title: The Venture Bros.
Character: Dale Hale (voice)
Released: August 7, 2004
Type: TV
Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.
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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.