Community's Cast - Where Are They Now?
3. Joel McHale
Although Community was an ensemble show at heart, Joel McHale’s Jeff Winger was the star. Having made his name on The Soup and a range of minor roles in romcoms here and there, Community was McHale’s big break.
Since then, he’s bounced around a few sitcoms, scored some bigger roles in romcoms and generally had a solid yet unspectacular career. Greendale was clearly his spiritual home, but he’s done okay for himself in the meantime.
Netflix original The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale was funny enough, but making the second season a binge drop was a bad idea. The show was supposed to react to current events and TV shows, so felt a little pointless when it all came out at once.
The guest spots didn’t all land and Paul Feig was a major annoyance too.
As well as that, McHale has featured in Rick & Morty, The X-Files and BoJack Horseman, in addition to leading the ambitious but flawed Happytime Murders.
No MCU connection, although a pre Winger (and pre hair plugs) McHale did feature as a bank teller in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. He’s also been cast as DC’s Starman in the upcoming show Stargirl, due for release next year.