Hal Lublin
American actor
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Hal Lublin is an American actor, improv performer, and voice-over artist best known for his work on the Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale.
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| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Occupations | Actor, comedian, voice-over artist |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Biography
Originally from Philadelphia, Lublin was a fan of animation and comic books as a child.[1][2][3] He graduated from Syracuse University in 1999. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and subsequently developed asthma due to the climate.[2][4] Lublin's first voice acting job was an unpaid role for the Haunted Mansion's Club 33.[4]
Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West.[5] At his Second City Graduation, he was invited to do voice work for the anime for Read or Die, leading to additional voice work.[2][4] He does voice work, including animation, commercials, and video games. He voiced a lead character in the animated series Slammo & Sloshie. Since 2006, Lublin has been featured in a video series for Symantec as Hal, The IT Admin.[6]
Lublin co-creates UN-imations with Len Peralta, which are improvised pieces of art in which Lublin provides a voice and Peralta must create a drawing from scratch based upon that voice.[7] It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros.[8] He voiced the characters Wide Wale and Manolo.[2] He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's L.A. Daily on Sirius XM.[9]
Podcasts
Lublin has been a WorkJuice player on the Thrilling Adventure Hour starting in 2005, when it started as a stage show at M Bar in Los Angeles, through the end of its formal run in 2015.[10] His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in Moonshine Holler,[11] Phillip Fathom, and numerous other recurring characters. Through the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Lublin met Jackson Publick, which led to his role on The Venture Bros.[2]
In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, first voicing Steve Carlsberg in a live episode performed in Brooklyn.[1] Lublin has also been a frequent guest in The David Feldman Show.[12] Lublin and fellow WorkJuice Player Mark Gagliardi launched We Got This with Mark and Hal, a podcast in which the two provide definitive answers to pointless debates, in February 2015.[13][14][15] In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network.[16] Lublin also hosts a weekly wrestling podcast Tights and Fights, which wraps up the week in wrestling, covering major events and storylines. In a 2017 article, The Comeback stated: "These are people who genuinely enjoy pro wrestling from a storytelling perspective, but who also want to dig into what's going on behind the scenes and off-screen as well."[17]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Read or Die | Otto Lilienthal,[18] Eliot (voice)[citation needed] | |
| 2003 | Hey Monie! | Construction Worker | |
| 2003 | Becker | Sister Spoils the Turkey | Mr. O'Neal |
| 2004 | Dead Leaves | Blue Elephant; Mini Bluto; Mr. Coffee; Offspring; Pedestrian; Ship Computer; Testicle Head (voice)[18] | |
| 2005 | Reeling in Reality | Todd Lespinasse | |
| 2005 | Gregory Shitcock, P.I. | S01E01 | Lumberjack[19] |
| 2007 | Slammo and Sloshie | Sloshie/narrator (voice)[2] | |
| 2008 | Team Doctors | TV movie | Spencer |
| 2009 | See Dick Run | Pawn Broker | |
| 2013 | NerdHQ | Thrilling Adventure Hour: Conversation with Cast & Creators | Himself |
| 2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Wil vs. Hedorah | Reginald Borday |
| 2014 | Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | WorkJuice Player | |
| 2016–2019 | Mighty Magiswords | Seasons 1 & 2[2] | The Great Omnibus, Smashroom, Ice Posey, Crunch Dislikus, Punchica, Pirate 08, Shopkeeper, Toots, Toad, Crowd Man, Galactonian Player 1, Shadow Beast, Hootlydoot, Valet, Horse King,[18] Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store |
| 2017 | Adam Ruins Everything | "Adam Ruins College" | College Bears |
| 2020 | Gary Busey: Pet Judge | "Hurting Turtle" | Hal[20] |
| 2016–2023 | The Venture Bros. | Seasons 6 & 7, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart | Wide Wale, Manolo,[8] Clayton, Tunnel Vision, Security Guard #1, Jagermeister, Janitor, Wandering Spider, Boy, Whale Lice Henchman 2, Tiny Eagle, Z Henchman[18] |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Episode | Date | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrilling Adventure Hour | All | 2010-2015 | WorkJuice Player |
| The Dead Authors Podcast | Appendix A | 2011/12/20 | Charles Dickens[21] |
| Chapter 19 | 2012/12/24 | Luke[22] | |
| Chapter 41 | 2014/12/24 | Dr. Seuss[23] | |
| The David Feldman Show | Various[12] | 2013-2014 | |
| Welcome to Night Vale | #37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #110 | 2013/10; 2017 | Steven Carlsberg[15] |
| Brock Party | #46[24] | 2014/04/22 | |
| Spontaneanation | #12, #21, #25, #33, #40, #45, #50, #59, #65[25] |
2015 | Improv actor |
| We Got This with Mark and Hal | All | 2015 | Co-host with Mark Gagliardi[15] |
| Tights and Fights | All[26] | 2016 | Host |
| Surprisingly Nice | All | 2017 | Co-host with Travis McElroy[27] |
| Star Wars Minute | Attack of the Clones minutes 76-80 | 2017 | Guest |
| Trends Like These | May 26, 2017 | 2017 | Beyond the Headlines segment guest host |
| The Peanuts Gallery | It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown | 2017-2018 | Guest |
| The Adventure Zone | The Adventure Zone: Amnesty: Episode 29 | 2019 | Agent Haynes |
| Meddling Adults | Scooby Doo and Stonehenge's Running Track w/Hal Lublin & Gabriel Urbina | 2020 | Guest |