Jeff Hiller

Hiller grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He has a sister, Melissa, and was raised Lutheran.^[2]

Hiller is a 1994 graduate of Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio, where he performed in some of his earliest theater productions.^[3] He enrolled at Texas Lutheran University with the intention of becoming a pastor, and though he completed theology coursework, his love of performing deepened and he earned a bachelor’s degree in theater in 1998.^[4][5] During his junior year of college, he studied in Namibia.^[6]

Hiller started performing improv comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2001 where he was part of the improv teams People People, The Scam, Creep, Rumpleteaser and Police Chief Rumble. He taught improv comedy for a decade.^[4]

Hiller has appeared in various television series, including Guiding Light, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Psych, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Community.^[7] Hiller appeared in the films Morning Glory and Ghost Town. Hiller was well-received for his performance as John Quincy Adams in the hit rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. In 2018, Hiller replaced Drew Droege's solo show Bright Colors and Bold Patterns off-Broadway, which was directed by Michael Urie.^[8]

Hiller played Joel for all three seasons of Bridget Everett's Peabody Award-winning series Somebody Somewhere (2022). Hiller won the 2025 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance.^[9][10]

His memoir, Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail To Overnight Success,^[11] was released June 10, 2025. On the first printing of the book, the spine was misspelled, missing an "R" in the word Certain; Hiller joked about it on The Daily Show with Desi Lydic.^[12]

In the 2025 revival of Urinetown, Hiller played the role of Mr. McQueen.^[13]

In June 2025, Hiller served as a panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!^[14] and was interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air in August 2025.

Hiller is gay^[8] and founded the all-gay improv troupe Neely O'Hara.^[15] Hiller is married to artist Neil Goldberg with whom he lives in New York City.^[16]

Hiller has a medical condition called morphea, which causes hair loss, as well as other dermatological changes. This condition is also featured in his character, Joel, on the HBO Max series Somebody Somewhere.^[17]

• Hiller, Jeff (2025). Actress of a Certain Age.^[18]

Films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Dream Assassin	Waiter	Short
	Ghost Town	Naked Guy
2009	Adam	Rom
2010	Morning Glory	Sam - Channel 9 Producer
2011	Bad Seed	Jeff	Short
2012	Gayby	Showgirls Fan Customer
2013	Gods Behaving Badly	First Follower
	That Thing with the Cat	Rick
	Chasing Taste	Chef Micah
	Snore (Downton Abbey)	Unnamed role	Short
	The Little Tin Man	Gregg	Independent film
2015	The Last Ones	Brad	Short
	The Poets	Leonard	Short
2016	Sing!	Mark	Voice role
2018	Greta	Maitre D' Henri
	Set It Up	Mexican Restaurant Waiter
2020	First One In	Frazzled Salesman
2024	Lost & Found in Cleveland	Graham Hargreaves

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	A2Z	Comedian Panelist	Episode: "Guns N' Roses"
2005	Starved	Gay Man	Episode: "3D"
2006	The P.A.	Jeff	1 episode
2008	30 Rock	Hotel Clerk	Episode: "Reunion"
2008–2009	Guiding Light	Francois the Tailor	2 episodes
2010	Old Friends	Waiter	Episode: "Waverly Place"
	Submissions Only	Gay 4 (Sonny)	Episode: "Old Lace"
	Wiener & Wiener	Man	Episode: "Always a Bridesmaid"
	Ugly Betty	Wilheldiva Fan	Episode: "Chica and the Man"
2011	30 Rock	Stewart	Episode: "Double-Edged Sword"
	Community	Glee Club Guy	Episode: "Regional Holiday Music"
	Bored to Death	Emcee	Episode: "Forget the Herring"
	Death Valley	Security Guard	Episode: "Tick... Tick... BOOM!"
	Psych	Dwayne	Episode: "Last Night Gus"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Stan	2 episodes
2012	Squad 85	Macey	3 episodes
	Partners	Randy	2 episodes
	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Don	Episode: "The Return of Dragon Shumway"
	Best Friends Forever	The Host	Episode: "Fatal Blow Out"
2012–2013	Campus Security	Lyle Moses	6 episodes
2013	Raptor Raptor	Unnamed role	Episode: "How to Get a Job"
	Go On	Eric the Actor	Episode: "Urn-ed Run"
2014	Dead Boss	Timothy	TV movie
	The McCarthys	Phillip	2 episodes
	UCB Comedy Originals	Unnamed roles	2 episodes
	The Hotwives of Orlando	Antoine Donner	4 episodes
	Long Distance	Matt	1 episode
2015	The Hotwives of Las Vegas	Antoine Donner	3 episodes
	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Wolfgang Ragekiss	Episode: "New-cronomicon"
2015–2016	Impastor	Jeffrey	4 episodes
2016	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Harry	Episode: "That Text Was Not Meant for Josh!"
2016–2017	Nightcap	Phil Miller	20 episodes
2017	Difficult People	Subway Man	Episode: "Sweet Tea"
	Broad City	Tim	Episode: "Sliding Doors"
	Playing House	Jeff	3 episodes
	ASAP Fables	Lion	Episode: "The Lion and His Privilege"
	New York Is Dead	Dante	Web series
2018	Human Kind Of	Various roles	10 episodes
	West 40s	Ryan	Episode: "Forty Candles"
2019	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Tomothy / Tomathy	2 episodes
2020	Little America	Man with Cold	Episode: "The Silence"
2022–2024	Somebody Somewhere	Joel	21 episodes
2022	American Horror Story: NYC	Gideon Whitely	9 episodes
	Evil	Chuck	Episode: "The Demon of Parenthood"
	The Watcher	Therapist	Episode: "Haunting"
2023	FBI: Most Wanted	Rudolph Varitek	Episode: "Black Mirror"
2023–2024	American Horror Stories	Mr. Nevins	Episode: "Bestie"
		Niles Taylor	Episode: "The Thing Under the Bed"
2025	Will Trent	Lance	Episode: "The Most Beautiful, Fierce, Smart, Powerful Creature in the Entire World"
	King of Drag	Himself; guest judge	Episode: "Comedy"
	Pluribus	Larry	Episode: "Please, Carol"
2025–2026	Stumble	Augustus	2 episodes
2026	Elsbeth	Felix West	Episode: All's Hair
	Ghosts	Jeff	season 5 episode 13 "St. Hetty's Day 2: The Help"

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Podcasts

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Escape from Virtual Island	Waiter / Man No. 1 / Crowd (voice)	11 episodes

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