John Mulaney
Biography
John Mulaney is a comedian, writer, and actor from Chicago who first became known for writing on Saturday Night Live between 2008 and 2013; there he and Bill Hader created the recurring character Stefon. He later hosted the show six times and entered its Five Timers Club in 2022. His stand-up work includes the specials The Comeback Kid (2015), Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018), and Baby J (2023), and he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing variety specials. He made the children's musical special John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) and created and starred in the sitcom Mulaney. With Nick Kroll he performed Oh, Hello on Broadway, and he has voiced Spider-Ham in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Chip in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), and Big Jack Horner in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
44years old
Turns 45 on August 26in 298 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as John Edmund Mulaney
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 16 years2010 to 2026
Genres
- Comedy64%, 9 films
- Documentary36%, 5 films
- Animation21%, 3 films
- Action14%, 2 films
- Adventure14%, 2 films
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Big break
Mulaney's appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien led to an invitation to audition for Saturday Night Live in August 2008, where he joined Kroll, Donald Glover, Ellie Kemper, T.J. Miller and Bobby Moynihan. Instead of impressions, he did stand-up containing "charactery bits in them".
A change of course
After finishing Georgetown in 2004, Mulaney moved to New York City hoping for a comedy career and got a job as an office assistant at Comedy Central. A year later he quit, calling the position a hindrance to being a comedian, and began freelancing.
A first
Mulaney hosted Saturday Night Live six times, on dates including April 14, 2018, and November 2, 2024. He was the fourth SNL writer to host, after Conan O'Brien, Louis C.K. and Larry David.
Behind the camera
Mulaney spent four seasons on the writing team, where he wrote monologues for the hosts. He and SNL actor Bill Hader also co-created the recurring character Stefon.
Getting ready for a role
In Season 3, Mulaney took his first acting role on the show, appearing in the 2019 episode "Original Cast Album: Co-Op." He wrote the episode and its songs alongside Meyers, and he portrays Simon Sawyer, a fictional figure based on Stephen Sondheim.
John Mulaney movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 Action, Adventure, Animationas Spider-Hamvoice
IMDb rating 8.4817K votes
Most often with
Alex Timbers directed two of these films, Rhys Thomas two and Ryan Polito two. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Andy Samberg's page
Alex TimbersDirector, 2 films, 2018 to 2023
All films by Alex Timbers
All films by Rhys Thomas
Ryan PolitoDirector, 2 films, 2011 to 2018
All films by Ryan Polito
Also two films together2 more actors
- Lorne MichaelsLorne (2026) and Saturday Night (2010)
- Michael CheLorne (2026) and Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2009 to 2018, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2018 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Kid Gorgeous at Radio City | Won |
| 2011 | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2010 | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2009 | Peabody Awards | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2009 | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Saturday Night Live | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.