{{short description|American actor}} {{BLP primary sources|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Hal Lublin | image = Hal Lublin by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Lublin in 2025 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | alma_mater = Syracuse University | occupation = {{comma separated entries|Actor|comedian|voice-over artist}} | years_active = 2001–present }}
'''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.<ref name="Night Vale" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=John |date=2016-03-17 |title=Hal Lublin Breaks Down 'Venture Bros.' and Playing Up His Asthma: Exclusive |url=https://dotandline.net/exclusive-interview-hal-lublin-breaks-down-venture-bros-and-playing-up-his-asthma-eaf28ecb7b89/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Dot and Line |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Biese |first=Alex |date=2017-07-11 |title='Sawbones,' 'We Got This' playing Philadelphia Podcast Festival |url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/events/fan-theory/2017/07/11/sawbones-we-got-this-playing-philadelphia-podcast-festival/465805001/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Asbury Park Press |language=en-US}}</ref> He graduated from Syracuse University in 1999. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and subsequently developed asthma due to the climate.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Lublin's first voice acting job was an unpaid role for the Haunted Mansion's Club 33.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Buske |first=Wendy |date=2015-05-18 |title=Hal Lublin, Voice Actor – Thrilling Adventure Hour, Welcome to Night Vale |url=https://nerdforaliving.com/episode-38-hal-lublin-voice-actor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063415/https://nerdforaliving.com/episode-38-hal-lublin-voice-actor/ |archive-date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Nerd for a Living}}</ref>
right|thumb|Hal Lublin in ''The Thrilling Adventure Hour'' Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City, and iO West.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=guest_details_page/3521|title=Hal Lublin|publisher=Dragoncon|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> At his Second City Graduation, he was invited to do voice work for the anime for ''Read or Die'', leading to additional voice work.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.symantec.com/tv/shows/?subnav=on|title=Hal, the IT Admin|publisher=Symantec|accessdate=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815001014/http://www.symantec.com/tv/shows/?subnav=on|archive-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gaeeV9XqrRbMvKCaSiHng|title=UN-imation Films|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref> It was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of ''The Venture Bros.''<ref name="Venture">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FUjaceBEfA |title=DragonCon 2015 - Venture Bros |date=10 September 2015 |last=Team Misaki Studios |type=Video |publisher=YouTube}}</ref> He voiced the characters Wide Wale and Manolo.<ref name=":1" /> He is a frequent guest on EW Radio's ''L.A. Daily'' on Sirius XM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EWlive/status/913902350091272193|title=#LADaily is live now! We have @DanMacPherson @KPSull @hallublin and @MarkGags up next!pic.twitter.com/Z5J9Q60kp2|last=Radio|first=E. W.|date=2017-09-29|website=@EWlive|language=en|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150702/comic-con-2015-the-thrilling-adventure-hour-leaps-from-stage-to-comics-and-screen|work=Los Angeles Daily News|title=Comic-Con 2015: 'The Thrilling Adventure Hour' leaps from stage to comics and screen|date=9 July 2015|last=Yarbrough|first=Beau}}</ref> His roles included the announcer for the segment Beyond Belief, Gummy to Craig Cackowski's Banjo in ''Moonshine Holler'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/2015/08/25/thrilling-adventure-hour-plots-new-york-city-return/32279565/|title='Thrilling Adventure Hour' plots New York City return|publisher=Asbury Park Press|date=25 August 2015|last=Biese|first=Alex}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=":1" />
In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast ''Welcome to Night Vale'', first voicing Steve Carlsberg in a live episode performed in Brooklyn.<ref name="Night Vale">{{cite news|url=http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/01/09/thoughts-steve-carlsberg-welcome-night-vale/21496103/|title=Thoughts on Steve Carlsberg of 'Welcome to Night Vale'|publisher=Asbury Park Press|date=9 January 2015|last=Biese|first=Alex|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref> Lublin has also been a frequent guest in ''The David Feldman Show''.<ref name="Feldman">{{cite web|url=http://davidfeldmanshow.com/tag/hal-lublin/|title=Hal Lublin|publisher=DavidFeldman.com|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegeekiary.com/no-need-of-a-laugh-track-an-interview-with-hal-lublin-mark-gagliardi-and-timothy-omundson-from-the-thrilling-adventure-hour-at-c2e2/23763|title=No Need of a Laugh Track: An Interview with Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, and Timothy Omundson from The Thrilling Adventure Hour at C2E2|date=27 April 2015|publisher=The Geekiary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-hershon/podcast-reviews-we-got-this-and-always-been-silly_b_6960062.html|title=Podcast Reviews: We Got This and Always Been Silly|publisher=Huffington Post|date=28 March 2015|accessdate=20 December 2015|last=Hershon|first=Marc}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Wilbur |first=Brock |date=2016-04-08 |title=Hal Lublin Is The Newest Addition To 'Venture Bros' And 'Welcome to Night Vale' |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/14017-hal-lublin-is-the-newest-addition-to-venture-bros-and-welcome-to-night-vale |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Inverse |language=en}}</ref> In July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MaxFunHQ|number=626468854156410880|date=29 July 2015|title=Please join us in welcoming Can I Pet Your Dog? and We Got This to the MaxFun family!}}</ref> 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."<ref name="comeback-tnf-review">{{cite web |date=February 21, 2017 |title=Tights and Fights might just be the perfect pro wrestling podcast |url=https://thecomeback.com/pop-culture/tights-and-fights-pro-wrestling-podcast-wwe.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223718/http://thecomeback.com/pop-culture/tights-and-fights-pro-wrestling-podcast-wwe.html |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=January 12, 2019 |website=The Comeback}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Episode(s) ! Role |- |2001 |''Read or Die'' | |Otto Lilienthal,<ref name=":2" /> Eliot (voice){{citation needed|date=August 2017}} |- |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)<ref name=":2" /> |- |2005 |''Reeling in Reality'' | |Todd Lespinasse |- |2005 |''Gregory Shitcock, P.I.'' |S01E01 |Lumberjack<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel101.com/talent/1263|title=Channel 101 - Talent - Hal Lublin|publisher=Channel 101|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref> |- |2007 |''Slammo and Sloshie'' | |Sloshie/narrator (voice)<ref name=":1" /> |- |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<ref name=":1" /> | 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,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Hal Lublin (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Hal-Lublin/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |language=en-US}}</ref> Galactonian Grey Griffin, Store |- |2017 |Adam Ruins Everything |"Adam Ruins College" |College Bears |- |2020 |Gary Busey: Pet Judge |"Hurting Turtle" |Hal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murchison |first=Ben |date=2020-09-09 |title=Gary Busey: Pet Judge is Cleverly Absurd |url=https://thepopbreak.com/2020/09/09/gary-busey-pet-judge-is-cleverly-absurd/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Pop Break |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2016–2023 |''The Venture Bros.'' |Seasons 6 & 7, ''Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart'' |Wide Wale, Manolo,<ref name="Venture" /> Clayton, Tunnel Vision, Security Guard #1, Jagermeister, Janitor, Wandering Spider, Boy, Whale Lice Henchman 2, Tiny Eagle, Z Henchman<ref name=":2" /> |}
===Podcasts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Podcast ! Episode ! Date ! Role |- |''Thrilling Adventure Hour'' |All |2010-2015 |WorkJuice Player |- |rowspan="3"|''The Dead Authors Podcast'' |Appendix A |2011/12/20 |Charles Dickens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/appendix-a-charles-dickens-and-o-henry-featuring-hal-lublin-and-marc-evan-jackson|title=Appendix A: Charles Dickens and O. Henry, featuring Hal Lublin and Marc Evan Jackson|publisher=Libsyn|date=20 December 2011}}</ref> |- |Chapter 19 |2012/12/24 |Luke<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-19-the-authors-of-the-gospels|title=Chapter 19: The Authors of The Gospels, featuring Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin and Matt Gourley|publisher=Libsyn|date=24 December 2012}}</ref> |- |Chapter 41 |2014/12/24 |Dr. Seuss<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-41-dr-seuss-featuring-hal-lublin|title=Chapter 41: Dr. Seuss, featuring Hal Lublin|publisher=Libsyn|date=24 December 2014}}</ref> |- |''The David Feldman Show'' |Various<ref name="Feldman" /> |2013-2014 | |- |''Welcome to Night Vale'' |#37.5, #49B, #53, #56.5, #110 |2013/10; 2017 |Steven Carlsberg<ref name=":3" /> |- |''Brock Party'' |#46<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brockparty.podbean.com/e/episode-46-naomi-grossman-hal-lublin/|title=Episode 46: Naomi Grossman, Hal Lublin|publisher=Podbean|date=22 April 2014}}</ref> |2014/04/22 | |- |''Spontaneanation'' |#12, #21, #25, #33, #40,<br>#45, #50, #59, #65<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/person/hal-lublin/|title=Hal Lublin on Earwolf|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> |2015 |Improv actor |- |''We Got This with Mark and Hal'' |All |2015 |Co-host with Mark Gagliardi<ref name=":3" /> |- |''Tights and Fights'' |All<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maximumfun.org/shows/tights-and-fights|title=Tights and Fights {{!}} Maximum Fun|website=maximumfun.org|date=4 August 2016 |access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref> |2016 |Host |- |''Surprisingly Nice'' |All |2017 |Co-host with Travis McElroy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/thenicecast?lang=en|title=Hal and Travis (@TheNiceCast) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref> |- |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 |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1386066|Hal Lublin}}
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