Hal Lublin is an American actor, improv performer, and voice-over artist best known for his work on the Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale.
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Hal Lublin | |
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![]() Hal Lublin in The Thrilling Adventure Hour | |
Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Occupation | Actor, comedian, voice-over artist |
Years active | 2001-present |
Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West.[1] He does voice work, including animation, commercials, and video games. He voiced a lead character in the animated series Slammo & Sloshie. Since 2006, Lublin has been featured in a video series for Symantec as Hal, The IT Admin.[2]
Lublin co-creates UN-imations with Len Peralta, which are improvised pieces of art in which Lublin provides a voice and Peralta must create a drawing from scratch based upon that voice.[3]
It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros.[4]
He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's L.A. Daily on Sirius XM.[5]
Lublin has been a WorkJuice player on the Thrilling Adventure Hour starting in 2005, when it started as a stage show at M Bar in Los Angeles, through the end of its formal run in 2015.[6] His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in Mooonshine Holler,[7] Phillip Fathom, and numerous other recurring characters.
In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, first voicing Steve Carlsberg in a live episode performed in Brooklyn.[8] Lublin has also been a frequent guest in The David Feldman Show.[9]
Lublin and fellow WorkJuice Player Mark Gagliardi launched We Got This with Mark and Hal, a podcast in which the two provide definitive answers to pointless debates,[10] in February 2015.[11][12] In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network.[13]
Lublin also hosts a weekly wrestling podcast Tights and Fights, which wraps up the week in wrestling, covering major events and storylines.
Originally from Philadelphia,[8] Lublin graduated from Syracuse University in 1999.[14]
Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
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2001 | Read or Die | Otto Lilienthal, Eliot (voice)[citation needed] | |
2003 | Hey Monie! | Construction Worker | |
2003 | Becker | Sister Spoils the Turkey | Mr. O'Neal |
2004 | Dead Leaves | Blue Elephant; Mini Bluto; Mr. Coffee; Offspring;
Pedestrian; Ship Computer; Testicle Head (voice)[citation needed] | |
2005 | Reeling in Reality | Todd Lespinasse | |
2005 | Gregory Shitcock, P.I. | S01E01 | Lumberjack[15] |
2007 | Slammo and Sloshie | Sloshie/narrator (voice) | |
2008 | Team Doctors | TV movie | Spencer |
2009 | See Dick Run | Pawn Broker | |
2013 | NerdHQ | Thrilling Adventure Hour: Conversation with Cast & Creators | Himself |
2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Wil vs. Hedorah | Reginald Borday |
2014 | Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | WorkJuice Player | |
2014 | Thrilling Adventure Hour: The Documentary Web Series | Video Short | Himself |
2016 | The Venture Brothers | Seasons 6 & 7 | Wide Wale, Manolo[4] |
Mighty Magiswords | Season 1 & 2 | The Great Omnibus, Smashroom, Ice Posey, Crunch Dislikus, Punchica, Pirate 08, Shopkeeper, Toots, Toad, Crowd Man, Galactonian Player 1, Shadow Beast, Hootlydoot, Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store, Valet, Horse King | |
2017 | Adam Ruins Everything | "Adam Ruins College" | College Bears |
Podcast | Episode | Date | Role |
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Thrilling Adventure Hour | All | 2010-2015 | WorkJuice Player |
The Dead Authors Podcast | Appendix A | 2011/12/20 | Charles Dickens[16] |
Chapter 19 | 2012/12/24 | Luke[17] | |
Chapter 41 | 2014/12/24 | Dr. Seuss[18] | |
The David Feldman Show | Various[9] | 2013-2014 | |
Hobcast | #19 | 2013/03/13 | Himself[19] |
#36 | 2014/10/24 | Himself[20] | |
Welcome to Night Vale | #37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #110 | 2013/10; 2017 | Steven Carlsberg |
Brock Party | #46[21] | 2014/04/22 | |
What Are You Reading? | #36 | 2014/01/14 | Himself[22] |
Geek a Week | 2014/04 | Himself[23] | |
Spontaneanation | #12, #21, #25, #33, #40, #45, #50, #59, #65[24] |
2015 | Improv actor |
We Got This with Mark and Hal | All[25] | 2015 | Co-host with Mark Gagliardi |
Nerd for a Living | #38[14] | 2015/05/18 | Himself |
The JV Club | #167 | 2015/08/20 | Guest[26] |
Tights and Fights | All[27] | 2016 | Host |
Surprisingly Nice | All | 2017 | Co-host with Travis McElroy[28] |
Star Wars Minute | Attack of the Clones minutes 76-80 | 2017 | Guest |
Trends Like These | May 26, 2017 | 2017 | Beyond the Headlines segment guest host |
The Peanuts Gallery | It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown | 2017-2018 | Guest |
The Adventure Zone | The Adventure Zone: Amnesty: Episode 29 | 2019 | Agent Haynes |
Meddling Adults | Scooby Doo and Stonehenge's Running Track w/Hal Lublin & Gabriel Urbina | 2020 | Guest |