Jack McBrayer

Early life McBrayer was born in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Conyers, Georgia, when he was 15. He attended Heritage High School and studied theater administration at the University of Evansville. He also spent a semester abroad in England, where he studied at Harlaxton College in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire. At the age of 18 his lung collapsed, the result of a congenital defect. He said that it felt like a heart attack and it was one of the worst pains of his life.

Career From 1995 to 2002, he worked at The Second City and IO Theater in Chicago, McBrayer appeared in over 80 sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2002–04), often lampooning his own Southern upbringing by playing stereotypical hillbilly characters. On August 10, 2007, and September 20, 2008, he made cameo appearances on Late Night playing Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock. During the first appearance, O'Brien remarked to him, "I thought you were above this now." McBrayer later reprised his role as Kenneth twice (November 24, 2009, and January 13, 2010) after O'Brien's switch to The Tonight Show. He appeared on O'Brien's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour at stops in Eugene, Oregon, Universal City, California (on the Universal Studios lot where O'Brien taped Tonight), and the final tour stop in Atlanta.

In 2008, he was featured throughout the video for "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey. McBrayer said he accidentally hit Carey in the face with a Frisbee during the shooting for the video. He worked as a voice actor in the American animated series Ugly Americans and has voiced Irving DuBois on Phineas and Ferb since 2009.

In 2010, he played a role in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. He regularly appears in the skit "Knock Knock Joke of the Day" on the hit children's television show, Yo Gabba Gabba! since season 2 and stars in Craig McCracken's TV show Wander Over Yonder on the Disney Channel. In 2011, he also appeared in The Simpsons, in the season 22 episode, "The Great Simpsina" as Ewell Freestone, 'Peach Guy.' In 2012, He had a VA credit of a single episode in Archer "Bloody ferlin", McBrayer lent his voice to the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph, playing the title character's video game opponent and eventual friend Fix-It Felix Jr. In 2013, he starred alongside Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin in Kia commercials, and appeared in a commercial for Barnes & Noble. From 2013-2018 McBrayer played Dr. Ted Goodwin on the ABC sitcom The Middle.

McBrayer's Adult Swim series The Jack and Triumph Show premiered in February 2015. He also appeared on the Adult Swim show Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell as Angel in the episode "Shoulder Work" which garnered him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. In September 2016, on the season 10 premiere episode of The Big Bang Theory, McBrayer played Penny's older brother Randall.

In 2018, McBrayer was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. That same year he also reprised his role as Fix-It Felix Jr. in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

In December 2018, it was announced McBrayer would make his West End stage debut in the transfer of the Broadway musical Waitress, playing the role of Ogie, until June 15, 2019. The production opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on February 8, 2019. In June 2019, he appeared on ITV's The Sara Cox Show. From 2019-2022 he had a recurring role as the voice of Toadie on the Disney Channel show Amphibia.

In 2020, McBrayer had a recurring role on the Quibi comedy-mystery series Mapleworth Murders. In 2021, he appeared as a contestant on a Season 6 episode of the Netflix baking competition series Nailed It!. That same year he also began hosting the children’s television series Hello Jack! The Kindness Show on Apple TV. His work on the show earned him a Children’s and Family Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Host in 2022. In 2024, he began hosting the show Zillow Gone Wild on HGTV.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story Stuart Applebaum 2005 The Baxter Elliot's Friend Uncredited 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Glenn 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story DJ 2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Darald 2009 Spring Breakdown Stage Manager Direct-to-DVD 2010 Despicable Me Carnival Barker, Tourist Dad (voice) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Chuck 2011 The Brass Teapot Joe Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Irving (voice) Television film Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie Der Scutt 2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Clumsy Smurf (voice) 2018 Dude Guy Ralph Breaks the Internet Fix-It Felix Jr. (voice) 2021 Queenpins Agent Park Songs for a Sloth Edgar the Sloth (voice) 2024 Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation Farmbot (voice) Unfrosted Steve Schwinn 2025 You're Cordially Invited Leslie

Television

Video games

Primetime Emmy Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards