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Kyle James Kozub Mooney (born September 4, 1984) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, film director and musician. He is best known for his time as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, which he was featured in from 2013 to 2022. In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in the comedy drama Brigsby Bear, which premiered at that year's Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive critical acclaim upon its theatrical release. In 2021 , he co-created and starred in the Netflix animated series Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Mooney's Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a television star. He graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2003, where he won Best Actor as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest and was hailed as class clown. Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group Commedus Interruptus. After a six-week audition process in 2003, the three new members added to the group were Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2007.
Mooney brought some of his YouTube characters to the show, including his person-on-the-street interviews, the 4/20 Weed-Smoking Guy, Chris Fitzpatrick, Todd from Inside SoCal, and Bruce Chandling.
His celebrity impressions on Saturday Night Live include Jim Acosta, Woody Allen, Criss Angel, Fred Astaire, David Axelrod, Jeff Bezos, Neil Cavuto, Lincoln Chafee, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cotton, Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, Bruce Jessen, Steve Jobs, John Kennedy, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Lawrence, Macklemore, Howie Mandel, Chuck Norris, Rand Paul, Pope Francis, Axl Rose, Skrillex, Stephen Stills, and Steven Tyler. He departed the series following the conclusion of season 47, ending a nine-season run. He has made subsequent cameo appearances in the pre-taped sketch "Papyrus 2", during Charli XCX's hosting debut, and the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special.
Mooney starred in and co-wrote the film Brigsby Bear, which premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival. He co-wrote the film with Kevin Costello, drawing inspiration from his own life, his interest in 1980s children's television shows and cartoons, and his experience making short films with Costello and McCary in middle school. McCary directed the film.
Mooney co-created, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, released on Netflix on December 10, 2021. He appears in several roles including twins Skip and Treybor, Bruce Chandling, and animated characters Randy and Brusho. The eight-episode series is co-directed by McCary and series co-creator Ben Jones. Mooney and Jones created the show based on a mutual appreciation of retro Saturday-morning cartoon blocks.
Mooney directed the disaster comedy Y2K for A24. The movie debuted at the South by Southwest Festival on March 9, 2024, and was released on December 6, 2024.
Under the name Kyle M., Mooney released his debut album, The Real Me, on March 21, 2025 through by independent record label, Stones Throw. In August 2025, Mooney and Bennett launched the podcast What's Our Podcast?
Mooney is a self-described collector and owns a VHS collection that he started as a child. Through connections made while working on SNL, he has been able to get several VHS tapes autographed by the actors who have starred in them, including a Beetlejuice VHS signed by both Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin.
| 2012 | Kill Me Now | Jake | |
| The Party Is Over | Natan | ||
| 2013 | iSteve | Father | |
| 2014 | Playing It Cool | Other Dude | |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Robert | |
| Me Him Her | Moot Morezit | ||
| It Had to Be You | Gary the Midwife | ||
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Don Atari | |
| R.A. | |||
| 2017 | Brigsby Bear | James Pope | Also co-writer |
| 2018 | Never Goin' Back | Brandon | |
| The Unicorn | Gabe | ||
| 2019 | Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Michelangelo (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2020 | Spree | Miles Manderville | |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity | The Golem | |
| 2023 | Jamojaya | Producer | |
| No Hard Feelings | Jody | ||
| 2024 | Unfrosted | Snap | |
| Y2K | Garrett | Also writer and director | |
| 2025 | Kitty Gnome (voice) | ||
| 2026 | Street Fighter | Marvin | Post-production |
| TBA | The Man with the Bag | Post-production | |
| A Place in Hell | Post-production |
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| Episode: "The Treaty" | |||
| Episode: "The Butt Dial" | |||
| Episode: "Why So Serious?" | |||
| Episode: "Campus MovieFest 2013" | |||
| Writer; 8 episodes | |||
| Episode: "Heroism" | |||
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| 186 episodes | |||
| Episode: "Nick Offerman Wears a Green Flannel Shirt & Brown Boots" | |||
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| Episode: "The Card" | |||
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| Episode: "Rickdependence Spray" | |||
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| Episode: "Can't Hardly Date Adventure" | |||
| Episode: "The Puff People" | |||
| Episode: "It Follows" | |||
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| Episode: "Flake It Till You Make It" | |||
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| 2025 | Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special | Groomsman, himself | Television special, NBC |
| TBA | TBA (voice) |
| Nine Shots of Bourbon |
| Some Study That I Used to Know Sorority Pillow Fight |
| Mock Christian & basketball public access show |
| Money-Making Tips |
| Short web film with BriTANicK |
| Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes |
| Rejected Adult Swim pilot |
| Fantasy Sports Advice |
| Open Mic |
| Instagram video series |
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