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Gregg Turkington (born November 25, 1967) is an American comedian, entertainer, actor, musician and writer. He is known for his performances as Neil Hamburger, a stand-up comedian persona he developed in the 1990s. Alongside Tim Heidecker, Turkington also stars as a fictionalized version of himself on the comedic web series On Cinema (2011–). In addition, he formed one-half of the band Zip Code Rapists and has collaborated on numerous projects with musicians including Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3).
In the 1990s, Turkington ran an independent label, Amarillo Records, which distributed his original albums and albums of other artists from the San Francisco punk rock scene. In 2015, he starred as a variant of the Neil Hamburger character for the feature-length drama film Entertainment, directed by Rick Alverson, and subsequently gave his first interviews as himself instead of an assumed persona. Turkington also was a regular voice actor on the Disney XD series Gravity Falls, and had minor roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015) and (2023).
In the 1980s, Turkington also performed in obscure San Francisco bands such as Caroliner, Hello Kitty on Ice and Bean Church, and worked at Subterranean Records, contributing artwork and live recordings to Flipper's Public Flipper Limited Live 1980-1985 album.
In the early 1990s, Turkington operated the Amarillo Records label, which released works by many artists from San Francisco's post-punk avant-garde music scene. He was a member of The Easy Goings, Totem Pole of Losers and the Zip Code Rapists (with John Singer). He collaborated with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle in The Three Doctors, Faxed Head (with James Goode, Trey Spruance, and Phil Franklin), Secret Chiefs 3, Colonel Truth (with Brandan Kearney and Rebecca G. Wilson) and The Bon Larvis Band. Many of these bands appeared on 1996's Amarillo Records compilation CD, You Gan’t Boar Like An Eabla When You Work With Turkrys, along with the likes of Sun City Girls, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, U.S. Saucer, Harvey Sid Fisher, Dieselhed, and Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. He was also a tour manager for both Link Wray and Mr. Bungle. He contributed lead vocals to two tracks by the Secret Chiefs 3.
In the late 1990s, Turkington had abandoned Amarillo Records and all of his musical projects and moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he lived until 2003. Since then, he has written the book Warm Voices Rearranged: Anagram Record Reviews with fellow Three Doctors alumnus Brandan Kearney, also of World of Pooh, Caroliner, and Archipelago Brewing Co. He was a contributing editor to the British version of Maxim in 2005 and 2006, as well as to Johan Kugelberg's 2013 book Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958–1992.
In 2005 and 2006, after ten years of inactivity, his musical duo Zip Code Rapists did a handful of reunion shows, performing in San Francisco, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Toronto, and Montreal.
He has provided various voices for the animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Adventure Time, Sanjay and Craig, and Gravity Falls. A parody screenplay entitled "Bicycle Built for Two" which was co-written with Tim Heidecker was published in McSweeney's #36 in December 2010.
Turkington appears in the full-length independent drama The Comedy, directed by Rick Alverson and starring Tim Heidecker. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012.
Turkington had a role in Marvel Studios' 2015 movie Ant-Man, which subsequently becomes a major running plot point in the On Cinema universe. He appeared in the series finale of as bombing suspect Lawrence Territo.
In 2022, Turkington appeared as his On Cinema persona in the episode about The Wizard of Oz of the Shudder movie documentary series Cursed Films.
In the 2000s, he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Tom Green Live, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Fox News' Red Eye. He also appeared in the short film Left For Dead in Malaysia, and had a brief cameo appearance in the 2006 film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. The Neil Hamburger character plays the role of Osric in the 2014 film, Hamlet A.D.D., a live action and animated version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. He was rumored to appear in his Neil Hamburger persona in Greg Mottola's 2011 ensemble comedy film Paul, but he did not.
Turkington co-wrote and starred in the 2015 feature film Entertainment, directed by Rick Alverson, with a supporting cast including John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Lotte Verbeek, Amy Seimetz, Michael Cera, David Yow, and Annabella Lwin. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. While unnamed, the character in the film is a clear adaptation of the Hamburger character.
as Totem Pole of Losers
as The Golding Institute
with The Easy Goings
with the Three Doctors
with Faxed Head
with Secret Chiefs 3
with Hard-Ons
| 2007–2008 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Egg-Zackly Guy / Neil Hamburger | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Tom Green's House Tonight | Neil Hamburger | Episode: "6 February 2008" |
| 2009 | Free Radio | Episode: "Lance's Posse" | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Camera Operator (voice) | Episode: "Truth or Square" | |
| 2009–2010 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Various voice roles | 12 episodes |
| 2010 | The New Big Ball With Neil Hamburger | Neil Hamburger | Unaired pilot; writer and producer |
| 2011 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Wi-tri (voice; as Neil Hamburger) | Episode: "Wi-tri" |
| 2012–2016 | Gravity Falls | Toby Determined (voice) | 16 episodes and Mabel's Guide to Life short |
| 2012 | Pick-a-Split | Neil Hamburger (voice) | Game show; host |
| Adventure Time | Chipler / Shrub (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Tom Green Live! | Neil Hamburger | Episode: "Season 2, Episode 10" |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Drinking Man | Episode: "Rob Corddry Wears Tan Dress Shoes & Red Socks" | |
| 2014–2020 | Decker | Special Agent Jonathan Kington, Trooper Walker, Gregg Turkington, Bar Patron, Tripp Spencer | 48 episodes & 2 specials; also writer; uncredited director for 4 episodes & 2 specials |
| 2015 | Sanjay and Craig | D.I.N.K. (voice) | Episode: "Dangerous Debbie/D.I.N.K." |
| Lawrence Territo | Episode: "Immortality" | ||
| 2017 | Clarence | Greg / Square Dad / Punk (voice) | Episode: "Rock Show" |
| Future-Worm! | Jarmy (voice) | Episode: "Egg in the Family/The Right to Bear Arms/This Week in Future Science 2" | |
| 2019 | Tigtone | Blood King / Fire King / Shadow King (voice) | Episode: "...And Those Elemental Kings" |
| 2022 | Cursed Films | Gregg Turkington | Episode: " The Wizard of Oz" |
| 2023 | What We Do in the Shadows | Gregg | Episode: "The Campaign" |
| Harley Quinn | Clegg (voice) | Episode: "A Potato-Based Cloning Incident" |
| 1994 | Terminal USA | Six | Film debut |
| 2003 | Neil Hamburger Live at the Phoenix Greyhound Park | Neil Hamburger | |
| 2006 | The Amazing Adventures of Pleaseeasaur | Direct-to-video | |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | |||
| 2009 | Coco Lipshitz: Behind the Laughter | Short film | |
| 2010 | The Great Intervention | Josh (voice) | |
| 2012 | The Comedy | Bobby | |
| 2014 | Hamlet A.D.D. | Osric | |
| The Begun of Tigtone | The Cave Demon (voice) | ||
| 2015 | Entertainment | The Comedian | Feature film; lead role, co-writer |
| Ant-Man | Dale | ||
| 2018 | A Futile and Stupid Gesture | Advertiser | |
| 2019 | Mister America | Gregg Turkington | Also co-producer, co-writer |
| 2023 | Fremont | Dr. Anthony | |
| Dale | |||
| 2024 | Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Sergeant Brooks | Completed |
| Illuminatus! | Georges Dorn/President (voice) | Short film |
| 2010 | Shaky Advice from Neil Hamburger | Neil Hamburger | writer |
| 2015 | On Cinema Film Guide | Gregg Turkington | writer |
| 2006–2007 | Poolside Chats | Neil Hamburger | Live webcast; co-creator |
| 2012–present | On Cinema | Gregg Turkington | All episodes. Also writer, producer. |
| 2013 | Think Talk | Neil Hamburger | Episode: "Neil Hamburger" |
| 2017–2019 | Too Loud | Miz Abbott | Animated web series, 11 episodes |
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