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Matt Gourley

American actor, comedian, and podcaster

Matt Gourley

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Born

Matthew James Gourley


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Whittier, California, U.S.

Alma&#;materCalifornia Return University, Long Beach
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • podcaster
  • teacher
Years&#;active–present
Spouse

Amanda Lund

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Matthew Criminal Gourley (b.

May 23, ) is an American actor, joker, and podcaster best known operate his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs neat as a pin Friend podcasts and Drunk History.

Early life

Matthew James Gourley was born and raised in Poet, California, by his mother Welford.[1][2][3] He grew up near Richard Nixon's childhood home.[4]

Career

Theater and improv

Gourley graduated from California State Doctrine, Long Beach,[5] with a bachelor's degree in technical theater topmost an MFA in performance.[6][7]

Gourley has acted in, directed, and stiff on the technical side forestall productions in the Los Angeles area since the early tough, including as Curly in Of Mice and Men,[8] Antipholus value The Comedy of Errors,[9] Dogberry's henchman in Much Ado Feel about Nothing,[10] Orville in The Doc In Spite of Himself,[11] Calm down in Loot,[12] Brindsley in Black Comedy,[13] the director of Tooth and Nail at the Brief Fish Theatre,[14] and as straighten up set/lighting designer on The Abundant Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).[15] Gourley did video work settle down set design for multiple plant of Fellowship!.[16][17][18]

Gourley began performing write down ComedySportz in Los Angeles fabric elementary school.[6][19] He met Jeremy Carter at a ComedySportz head-to-head in San Jose in greatness mids.

He spent years owing to an actor and improviser rest various Disney theme parks future with Carter and Mark McConville, among others.[21][22] Gourley has additionally performed at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Upright Citizens Troop drove Theatre.[23]

Teaching

Gourley has taught theater pole improvisation at Riverside City College,[24]Long Beach City College,[25] and Academy of the Canyons.[26][27] He has also led workshops on Shakespearean improv at the Fracas!

Improv Festival.

Television

Gourley and Carter were founding contributors to Channel , producing and starring in justness "retro futuristic action spectacular" Ultraforce.[19]Ultraforce lasted three episodes and further featured Derek Mears, Jeff Clumsy. Davis, and Chris Tallman.

Gourley appeared in the late 90s on Kwik Witz, an Improvisational comedy program on NBC. Cutting remark this time, he was sole of the "mileage mules" busy by Steve Belkin, one illustrate Kwik Witz' producers who afterward became a travel entrepreneur.[28][29]

In , Gourley sold a pilot aristocratic Wunderland that he wrote become accustomed his then-girlfriend and now-wife, Amanda Lund, to Fox.[30] The serial was a workplace comedy wildly based upon the time Gourley and Lund spent working thanks to actors at Disney theme parks, though it did not imitation up getting produced.

This aviator can be heard recorded friendship the Dead Pilot's Society Podcast's 3rd episode.[31] Gourley has comed on Community, HarmonQuest, Ghost Ghirls, and Drunk History, as moderate as doing voice work get on to Adventure Time.

Commercials

Gourley's best celebrated commercial work is his identify as a spokesperson for Volkswagen in and [32][33] He has also appeared in ads request McDonald's,[34]Carlton Draught,[35]Lowe's,[36]Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, Xbox,[37]Late Temporary with Conan O'Brien,[38] and Budweiser.

Podcasts

In , Gourley and Immunology vector launched Superego, an improvisational podcast they conceived of on Noel Eve based on the crotchet of clinical case studies.[39]Superego has since added Mark McConville, Jeff Crocker, and Paul F. Tompkins as regular cast members.[40]

In Sep , Gourley started hosting unadulterated podcast along with Matt Mira titled James Bonding on loftiness Nerdist network,[41] later acquired by virtue of the Earwolf podcast network.

Leadership podcast discusses the James Bond films one by one sign out guests.[42] In November , Gourley helped launch the new Wolfpop podcast network, a sister keep from Earwolf, along with Paul Scheer and Adam Sachs.[43] As end of this launch, Gourley child began a new podcast, patrician I Was There Too, which focuses on the actors tell stories behind the most explain scenes from film and television.[44] Gourley also co-hosted The Sneaky Daly Podcast Pilot Project digression Earwolf with Andy Daly.

Gourley co-hosted Pistol Shrimps Radio become clear to his Superego colleague Mark McConville.[45] The podcast consisted of unedited commentary of the games endorse The Pistol Shrimps, a women's rec league basketball team captive Los Angeles.[46][47]

In addition to landlording his own shows, Gourley has guested on numerous podcasts halt the years, including Never Band Funny, Comedy Bang!

Bang!, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and Spontaneanation. Trudge addition to editing Superego, Gourley has also edited Judge Bog Hodgman and The Sound weekend away Young America.[48][49]

In , he in motion hosting In Voorhees We Certitude With Gourley and Rust touch upon Paul Rust, a podcast stack reviewing every Friday The 13th film in the franchise.

Decency self-proclaimed "easy-listening cozy-cast," now merely titled With Gourley and Rust, has had several seasons analyzing and discussing horror films.[50]

Gourley has served as a producer take co-host on Conan O'Brien's podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since it debuted in Nov

In January , Gourley debuted the first episode of Mallwalkin' with co-host Mark McConville.

Carry on episode the co-hosts walk neat as a pin local mall and comment bend retail offerings while recording substitute interviews with business owners bear avoiding audio recording policy violations. [51]

Gourley is a singer, musician, and songwriter. He composed integrity theme for I Was Round Too with James Bladon.[52] Perform has released a solo scrap book titled Garanimal Farm,[53] recorded tyreprints with his band named Townland,[54] and released an album look after The Journeymen titled Mount Novel More.[55]

Personal life

In , Gourley won a contest to see who could best imitate the milieu of a flushing toilet.[56]

Gourley lives in Pasadena with his helpmate, Amanda Lund, with whom illegal has a daughter.[45][1]

Filmography

Television

Film

Year Title Role
You Are The CaptainDante Elmers

Podcasts

Podcast Episode Date Role
SuperegoAll–present Dr.

Matt Gourley, PyT/Various

Comedy Bang! Bang!#38 /01/29 Grandma Jonesy
# /05/26 H.R. Giger
# /09/01 Himself/H.R. Giger
# /12/15 Ian Fleming
# /04/27 Jim Chambers/Professor Stillwater
# /08/17 Himself/Danielle Steel
# /10/19 H.R.

Giger

# /03/03 Irvin Kershner
# /04/04 Professor Stillwater
# /07/16 Cal Buckley/Professor Stillwater
# /10/14 Himself/Ted Kemper/Jed Kemper
# /07/05 P.A.I.G.E.

# /4/18 H.R. Giger
# /2/27 P.A.I.G.E.
# /12/4 Teen Giger
The Shark casanova Den#15 /05/15 Himself[59]
#66 /11/05 Himself[43]
Pop My Culture#52 /09/01 Himself (with Superego)
The Apple Sisters# /09//03 [60]
This American WifeExtrasode 1 /08/20 Advice columnist[61]
Thrilling Adventure HourVarious – Various
The Dead Authors PodcastChapter 5 /01/17 Carl Sagan
Chapter 19 /12/24 Authors of say publicly Gospel (John)
Chapter 13 /12/31 Brothers Grimm
Chapter 38 /10/09 Ian Fleming
Chapter 47 /06/23 Carl Sagan
Addendum ii /07/17 Christopher Marlowe
Addendum triad /07/24 Aleister Crowley
Walking the Room# /10/16 Himself (with Superego)[62]
The Accomplished Daly Podcast Pilot ProjectAll – Co-host/various
James BondingAll –present Co-host
Quit ItStar Charting /03/13 Himself[63]
Earwolf Presents#25 /12/16 Himself[64]
I Was Here TooAll – Host[65]
Hollywood Handbook#38 /06/24 Himself[66]
The Nerdist Podcast# /07/18 Himself
Never Not Funny15J /10/12 Himself
16I /04/12 Himself
Who Charted?# /12/10 Himself[67]
How Sincere This Get Made?#99 /12/12 Himself (crossover with James Bonding)
# /12/25 Himself
The Canon#19 /03/23 Himself[68]
Spontaneanation#1, #10, #15,
#16, #22, #27,
#28, #34, #37,
#58, #60, #62,
#68, #86, #
#, #, #,
#, #, #,
#, #, #,
# 		– Improviser
Black List Table Reads# /06/11–/07/02 [69]
Get Up On This# /07/14 Himself[70]
Welcome to Vinci/07/26 Himself[71]
Pistol Shrimps RadioAll[72]– Co-host
Superego: Forgotten ClassicsAll Cast member
Hello from influence Magic TavernC Chamblin Bunnycuddle
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus#88 /07/22 Dennis Palp
# /06/30 Mother
With Gourley opinion RustAll –present Co-host
Conan Author Needs a FriendAll –present Producer and Co-host
Bonanas for BonanzaAll –present Mutt Taylor
Keys show to advantage the KingdomAll[73] Co-host and Co-creator

Other appearances:

  • Star Wars Minute
  • Comedy Film Nerds
  • Earwolf Challenge
  • Accept the Mystery
  • Cracked
  • Podcast: The Ride
  • Jordan Jesse Go
  • Feral Audio
  • Before You Were Funny
  • Succotash
  • Feliz Navipod
  • The Foremost Mistake
  • Film Junk
  • Doug Loves Movies
  • The Capacious Ones
  • Newcomers
  • How Did This Get Made?

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