Overview
Michael Showalter
Known For
It Started As a Joke
This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman...
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the...
Giles Vanderhoot
No one is better at portraying rehabilitationamalist Giles Vanderhoot than...
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel...
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds...
Wanderlust
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living...
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Longtime collaborators Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter (co-founders of...
Biography
Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970; Princeton) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third of the sketch comedy trio Stella. Showalter first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's The State, which aired from 1993 to 1995. He co-wrote (with David Wain) and starred in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and he wrote, directed, and starred in The Baxter (2005), with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux and Elizabeth Banks. Both of these movies featured many of his co-stars from The State, and so do several of his other projects.