Kyle Mooney

Kyle James Kozub Mooney (born September 4, 1984) is an American comedian. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, which he was featured in from 2013 to 2022. In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in the comedy drama Brigsby Bear, which premiered at that year's Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive critical acclaim upon its theatrical release. In 2021, he co-created and starred in the Netflix animated series Saturday Morning All Star Hits! and directed his second feature, the horror-comedy Y2K in 2024.

Early life Mooney was born the youngest in a family of three boys in San Diego, California, to parents Linda (née Kozub) and Brian Mooney. Linda was a former reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Brian is an environmental consultant and planner. He has two older brothers, Sean and Ryan.

Mooney's Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a television star. and was hailed as class clown. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group Commedus Interruptus. After a six-week audition process in 2003, the three new members added to the group were Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2007.

Career

Good Neighbor In 2007, Mooney, Bennett, Rutherford and Dave McCary formed the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor, uploading video content on the YouTube channel GoodNeighborStuff. Bennett and McCary joined Saturday Night Live alongside Mooney in 2013 (as a performer and director, respectively), and Rutherford was hired as a writer the following year. In 2014, Good Neighbor was featured on NewMediaRockstars' Top 100 Channels, ranked at No. 98.

Saturday Night Live Mooney auditioned to join Saturday Night Live in the summer of 2012 but was rejected; he successfully auditioned the following year, joining the cast during the show's 39th season. On September 28, 2013, he debuted as a featured player. At the start of the season 41, Mooney was upgraded to repertory status.

Mooney brought some of his YouTube characters to the show, including his person-on-the-street interviews, the 4/20 Weed-Smoking Guy, Chris Fitzpatrick, Todd from Inside SoCal, and Bruce Chandling.

His celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live include Jim Acosta, Woody Allen, Criss Angel, Fred Astaire, David Axelrod, Jeff Bezos, Neil Cavuto, Lincoln Chafee, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cotton, Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, Bruce Jessen, Steve Jobs, John Kennedy, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Lawrence, Macklemore, Howie Mandel, Chuck Norris, Rand Paul, Pope Francis, Axl Rose, Skrillex, Stephen Stills, and Steven Tyler. He left the show in 2022 at the conclusion of season 47, ending a nine-season run. during Charli XCX's hosting debut, and the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special.

Other work Mooney has appeared on a number of shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. He has also served as a writer and performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade.

Mooney co-created, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, released on Netflix on December 10, 2021. He appears in several roles including twins Skip and Treybor, Bruce Chandling, and animated characters Randy and Brusho. The eight-episode series is co-directed by McCary and series co-creator Ben Jones. Mooney and Jones created the show based on a mutual appreciation of retro Saturday-morning cartoon blocks.

Mooney directed the disaster comedy Y2K for A24. The movie debuted at the South by Southwest Festival on March 9, 2024, and was released on December 6, 2024.

Under the name Kyle M., Mooney released his debut album, The Real Me, on March 21, 2025, on the independent record label Stones Throw. In August 2025, Mooney and Bennett launched the podcast What's Our Podcast?

Personal life In 2021, Mooney married actress Kate Lyn Sheil. In December 2023, Mooney revealed that he and his wife had welcomed a daughter.

Mooney is a self-described collector and owns a VHS collection that he started as a child. Through connections made while working on SNL, he has been able to get several VHS tapes autographed by the actors who have starred in them, including a Beetlejuice VHS signed by both Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Remember When Kyle Episode: #1.1 2010–2011 Pretend Time Various 5 episodes 2011 The Street Fighter Rick Jimmy Kimmel Live! Himself/Correspondent Episode: #9.172 Sports Show with Norm Macdonald Nephew Kyle 3 episodes Parks and Recreation Keith Episode: "The Treaty" 2012 Best Friends Forever Doug Episode: "The Butt Dial" Money From Strangers Himself Episode: "Why So Serious?" 2013 Festival Road Trip Himself/Good Neighbor Member Episode: "Campus MovieFest 2013" Nathan for You Writer; 8 episodes Wilfred Alan Episode: "Heroism" Hello Ladies Rory 6 episodes 2013–2022 Saturday Night Live Himself, various 186 episodes 2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Intern Monty Episode: "Nick Offerman Wears a Green Flannel Shirt & Brown Boots" Hello Ladies: The Movie Rory TV movie 2014–2018 Drunk History Himself / Sam Patch 3 episodes 2015 Hot Package Consulting writer; season 2 2017 Me, Myself & I AttendantEpisode: "The Card" 2018–2019 Arrested Development Murphy Brown Fünke 13 episodes 2020 The Shivering Truth (voice) Episode: "The Diff" 2020–2022 Bob's Burgers Nick / Kyle (voice) 2 episodes 2021 Rick and Morty Blazen (voice) Episode: "Rickdependence Spray" Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Various Co-creator, writer, and executive producer; 8 episodes 2023 The Great North Cody (voice) Episode: "Can't Hardly Date Adventure" Digman! Sludgely (voice)Episode: "The Puff People" Killing It Bugs Episode: "It Follows" Miracle Workers John Christ 3 episodes Hamster & Gretel The Flake (voice) Episode: "Flake It Till You Make It" 2024 A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter Dave Television special 2025 Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special Groomsman, himself Television special, NBC Platonic Terry 2 episodes 2026 Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness Paul Revere Episode 6 ("Buzz") Big City Greens Mikey (voice) Episode: "Daddy Ditty"TBATed: The Animated SeriesTBA (voice)

Web series and shorts Date Title Role Notes 2008 The Roommate Kyle 2009 Nick's Big Show Bad Reputation Randall 2010 Vicariously Tyler Nine Shots of Bourbon The O.D. Plain Jane 2011 How I Know Toro Y Moi Nick and Andy: Coming Soon The Yule Tide Good Samaritan Barry Cameo Grammar Class Henry 2011–2012 College Humor Originals Student/Guy 1 Some Study That I Used to KnowSorority Pillow Fight 2012 Take a Knee Walter Telly Mock Christian & basketball public access show Cracked Advice Board Little Boy Money-Making Tips The Dinner Party Steven Evans Short web film with BriTANicK Epic Rap Battles of History Dr. Watson Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes 2013 Youth Large Danus Apicary Rejected Adult Swim pilot The Caper Kind/Swiss Mistake Lookey Lou Mike & Doug's Fantasy Corner Mike Fantasy Sports Advice Pound House Kyle Open Mic D and K Podcast Kyle Instagram video series

Discography Studio albums The Real Me (2025) EPs Winter's Wish (2025)