Joel Hodgson
Joel Hodgson | |
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Hodgson at Wizard World Chicago in 2014 | |
| Born | Joel Gordon Hodgson February 20, 1960 Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bethel University (Minnesota) |
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| Website | joelhodgson |
Joel 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; he played the character Joel Robinson. 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.