Joel Hodgson

Joel Hodgson
Hodgson at Wizard World Chicago in 2014
Born
Joel Gordon Hodgson

(1960-02-20) February 20, 1960
Alma materBethel University (Minnesota)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • comedian
  • actor
Years active1982–present
Websitejoelhodgson.com

Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian, and television actor. He is the creator and star of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). In 2007, MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.

From 2007 to 2013, Hodgson was part of the "movie riffing" project Cinematic Titanic with several of his fellow MST3K alumni, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download. He has been the creative lead for media at Cannae, a technology firm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania north of Philadelphia.