- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 5.85
- Peak run
- 2019’21
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Joel by the numbers
Average
5.85
21 rated films
Vote weighted
5.88
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.78
rating spread
Career
19y
2008 to 2026
Total votes
1.35M
across every film
Best
7.4
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
Worst
3.6
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Scream 7 | Mark Evans | 5.5 | 68,691 |
| 2026 |  Stop! That! Train! | Male Passenger 2 | 5.8 | 4,169 |
| 2025 | California King | Zane | · | 965 |
| 2024 | Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox | James Bunratty | 5.4 | 1,092 |
| 2023 | Parachute | Jamie | 6.3 | 1,761 |
| 2023 |  It's a Wonderful Knife | David Carruthers | 5.2 | 9,976 |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms | Johnny Cage | 6.5 | 9,601 |
| 2021 |  Queenpins | Rick | 6.4 | 30,208 |
| 2021 | Happily | Tom | 5.3 | 4,998 |
| 2020 |  Becky | Jeff | 6.1 | 32,283 |
| 2020 |  Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge | Johnny Cage | 7.4 | 21,603 |
| 2019 | Trouble | Norbert | 5.8 | 4,484 |
| 2019 | Dark Harbor | Greg | · | 463 |
| 2018 |  The Happytime Murders | Agent Campbell | 5.5 | 32,531 |
| 2018 |  Assassination Nation | Nick Mathers | 6.0 | 23,691 |
| 2014 | A Merry Friggin' Christmas | Boyd Mitchler | 5.2 | 9,037 |
| 2014 |  Blended | Mark | 6.5 | 161K |
| 2014 |  Deliver Us from Evil | Butler | 6.2 | 92,001 |
| 2014 | Adult Beginners | Hudson | 5.6 | 9,161 |
| 2012 |  Ted | Rex | 6.9 | 721K |
Better together?
Joel McHale's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Joel McHale
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