Joe Mande

Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. He has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Producers Guild of America Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards.

As an actor, Mande had recurring roles as Morris Lerpiss in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation from 2012 to 2015, Ben in the ABC sitcom Modern Family from 2015 to 2018 and Ray on the HBO Max comedy series Hacks from 2021 to 2022. He is also known as a writer and producer earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Hacks at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Mande released a comedy album Bitchface (2014) and a Netflix comedy special Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special (2017).

Early life and education Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of ten and graduated from Central High School in 2001. He attended Emerson College in Boston where he received a BFA in writing.

Career In his early career, Joe Mande created the website "Look at this Fucking Hipster" in April 2009 as a way to help his dad answer the question, "Is that a hipster?" He turned it into a book entitled, Look at This F*cking Hipster.

Mande has appeared on such TV shows as Comedy Central's The Half Hour, VH1's Best Week Ever and Conan.

Mande was a writer for the final three seasons of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, also appearing in seven episodes as Pawnee resident Morris Lerpiss. He has also written for the Comedy Central sketch series Kroll Show, and the Adult Swim series Delocated. He was a producer for the first season of Aziz Ansari's Netflix series Master of None and played Todd in James Franco's film The Disaster Artist. He also wrote for the NBC sitcom The Good Place, created by Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur.

Mande released his first comedy album, Bitchface, on March 14, 2014. The album is in the style of a mixtape with voicemail messages from Fabolous, Roy Hibbert, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Aziz Ansari, The RZA and Amy Poehler. In 2017, Mande released a Netflix comedy special called Joe Mande's Award Winning Comedy Special. Mande was a co-executive producer/consulting producer from 2021-2024 for the Max series Hacks. He wrote multiple episodes.

Personal life Mande married Kylie Augustine in 2015.

Prior to posting a note on his Twitter account stating that he would no longer use it, Mande was most known for using Twitter to troll famous people and businesses. He claimed to have purchased many of his followers. Mande frequently made tweets about wanting to be La Croix Sparkling Water spokesperson which led to a cease-and-desist letter. In 2011, he initiated an argument with former NBA player Gilbert Arenas after the latter deleted years worth of allegedly sexist tweets.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes 2014 The Interview Joe Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg 2017 The Disaster Artist Todd James Franco 2025 Good Fortune Joe Aziz Ansari

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012–2015 Parks and Recreation Morris Lerpiss 7 episodes; Also Writer 2013 Money From Strangers Himself 5 episodes 2013 Kroll Show Elon Faizon 2 episodes; Also Writer 2014–2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Isaac Episodes: "Charges and Specs" / "The 9-8" 2015 Master of None Writer - Episode: "The Other Man" 2015–2018 Modern Family Ben 12 episodes 2025 Running Point Dr. Haber Episode: "A Special Place in Hell"; Also writer and producer 2025 Everybody's Live with John Mulaney Himself Episode: "What is On The Minds of Teens?"

Comedy Special Year Title Role Notes2017 Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special Himself Netflix comedy special

Awards and nominations

Discography Bitchface (2014)