Cast & creator
Joel Hodgson
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with David Letterman
Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Hodgson is currently "movie riffing" with fellow cast members of MST3K under the name Cinematic Titanic, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download.
66
film credits
32
television credits
46
1975–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
Showing 98 of 98 credits
Saturday Night Live
Self - Special Guest
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Writer
2003
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
Steven Universe
Mayor Dewey / Mirror Dewey (voice)
2013Steven Universe
Mayor Dewey (voice)
2013
Arrested Development
Joel Robinson
2003
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Joel Robinson
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Producer
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Director
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Creator
1989
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Writer
1994
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Freaks and Geeks
Discotheque DJ
1999
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Ardy
2017Mystery Science Theater 3000
Writer
2017Mystery Science Theater 3000
Director
2017Mystery Science Theater 3000
Creator
2017Cinema Insomnia
Self
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Joel Robinson/Ardy
2022Mystery Science Theater 3000
Ardy
2022Mystery Science Theater 3000
Executive Producer
2022Mystery Science Theater 3000
Creator
2022
Water and Power
2008
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Screenplay
1997
Prop Culture
Self
2020
Other Space
Zalian Fletcher
2015The TV Wheel
Himself
1995The TV Wheel
Producer
1995The TV Wheel
Writer
1995
Cinematic Titanic
Joel Hodgson
2007Cinematic Titanic
Writer
2007Cinematic Titanic
Creator
2007
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Characters
2026Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Creator
2026
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Creator
1996Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Characters
1996You Don't Know Jack
Writer
2001
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death
Characters
2026Statical Planets
Caveman rocker
1997Statical Planets
Director
1997Statical Planets
Writer
1997
We Brought Back MST3K
Self
2018
Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Self
2009Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Creator
2009Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Writer
2009
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Self
2016RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Writer
2016
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
1987Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
Writer
1987
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
Self
2007Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
Creator
2007Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
Writer
2007
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Captin Kane Cooper
2010
Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Himself
2008Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Writer
2008Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Creator
2008
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Joel Robinson
1999
Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Self
2011Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Creator
2011Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Writer
2011Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Self
2013
Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
Self
2008Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
Creator
2008Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
Writer
2008
Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
Himself
2010Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
Writer
2010Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
Creator
2010
American Scary
Himself
2006
Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Himself
2008Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Writer
2008Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Creator
2008
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Joel Robinson
1998
Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
Self
2010Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
Writer
2010Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
Creator
2010
Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
Joel Hodgson
2016Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
Writer
2016Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
Executive Producer
2016
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Joel Robinson
2000Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Creator
2000
Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
Self
2008Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
Creator
2008Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
Writer
2008
Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Self
2012Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Creator
2012Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Writer
2012
Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
Self
2009Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
Creator
2009Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
Writer
2009
Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
Self
2008Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
Writer
2008Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
Creator
2008
This Is MST3K
Self
1992
Stalking Emo
Self
The Frank
Voice of "Man in Jumpsuit"
2014