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.
Biography Originally from Philadelphia, Lublin was a fan of animation and comic books as a child. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1999. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and subsequently developed asthma due to the climate. Lublin's first voice acting job was an unpaid role for the Haunted Mansion's Club 33.
Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West. At his Second City Graduation, he was invited to do voice work for the anime for Read or Die, leading to additional voice work. 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.
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. It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros. He voiced the characters Wide Wale and Manolo. He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's L.A. Daily on SiriusXM.
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. His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in Moonshine Holler, 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.
In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, first voicing Steve Carlsberg in a live episode performed in Brooklyn. Lublin has also been a frequent guest in The David Feldman Show. 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. In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network. 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."
Filmography
Television Year Title Episode(s) Role2001Read or DieOtto Lilienthal, Eliot (voice) 2003Hey Monie!Construction WorkerBeckerSister Spoils the TurkeyMr. O'Neal2004Dead LeavesBlue Elephant; Mini Bluto; Mr. Coffee; Offspring; Pedestrian; Ship Computer; Testicle Head (voice) 2005Reeling in RealityTodd LespinasseGregory Shitcock, P.I.S01E01Lumberjack2007Slammo and SloshieSloshie/narrator (voice)2008Team DoctorsTV movieSpencer2009See Dick RunPawn Broker2013NerdHQThrilling Adventure Hour: Conversation with Cast & CreatorsHimself 2014The Wil Wheaton ProjectWil vs. HedorahReginald BordayThrilling Adventure Hour LiveWorkJuice Player2016–2019Mighty Magiswords 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, Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store2016–2023The Venture Bros.Seasons 6 & 7, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's HeartWide Wale, Manolo, Clayton, Tunnel Vision, Security Guard #1, Jagermeister, Janitor, Wandering Spider, Boy, Whale Lice Henchman 2, Tiny Eagle, Z Henchman2017Adam Ruins Everything"Adam Ruins College"College Bears2020Gary Busey: Pet Judge"Hurting Turtle"Hal
Podcasts Podcast Episode Date RoleThrilling Adventure HourAll2010-2015WorkJuice PlayerThe Dead Authors PodcastAppendix A2011/12/20Charles DickensChapter 192012/12/24LukeChapter 412014/12/24Dr. SeussThe David Feldman ShowVarious2013-2014Welcome to Night Vale#37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #1102013/10; 2017Steven CarlsbergBrock Party#462014/04/22Spontaneanation#12, #21, #25, #33, #40,#45, #50, #59, #652015Improv actorWe Got This with Mark and HalAll2015Co-host with Mark GagliardiTights and FightsAll2016HostSurprisingly NiceAll2017Co-host with Travis McElroyStar Wars MinuteAttack of the Clones minutes 76-802017GuestTrends Like TheseMay 26, 20172017Beyond the Headlines segment guest hostThe Peanuts GalleryIt's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown2017-2018GuestThe Adventure ZoneThe Adventure Zone: Amnesty: Episode 292019Agent HaynesMeddling AdultsScooby Doo and Stonehenge's Running Track w/Hal Lublin & Gabriel Urbina2020Guest
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