Matt Gourley
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File:MattGourley.jpg Dr. Matt Gourley, PyT | |
Born | Matthew James Gourley May 23, 1973 Whittier, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, podcaster, teacher |
Years active | 1995–present |
Matt Gourley (born May 23, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego podcast, Drunk History, and as a Volkswagen spokesperson.
Early life
Gourley was born in Whittier, California on May 23, 1973.[1] He grew up near Richard Nixon's childhood home.[2]
Career
Theater and improv
Gourley graduated from California State University, Long Beach[3] with a bachelor's degree in technical theater and an MFA in performance.[4][5]
Gourley has acted in, directed, and worked on the technical side of productions in the Los Angeles area since the early 1990s, including as Curly in Of Mice and Men,[6] Antipholus in The Comedy of Errors,[7] Dogberry's henchman in Much Ado About Nothing,[8] Orville in The Doctor In Spite of Himself,[9] Hal in Loot,[10] Brindsley in Black Comedy,[11] the director of Tooth and Nail at the Little Fish Theatre,[12] and as a set/lighting designer on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).[13] Gourley did video work and set design for multiple productions of Fellowship!.[14][15][16]
Gourley began performing with ComedySportz in Los Angeles during high school.[4][17] He met Jeremy Carter at a ComedySportz tournament in San Jose in the mid-90s.[18] He spent years as an actor and improviser at various Disney theme parks along with Carter and Mark McConville, among other.[19][20] Gourley has also performed at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.[21]
Teaching
Gourley has taught theater and improvisation at Riverside City College,[22] Long Beach City College,[23] and College of the Canyons.[24][25] He has also led workshops on Shakespearean improv at the Fracas! Improv Festival.
Television
Gourley and Carter were founding contributors to Channel 101, producing and starring in the "retro futuristic action spectacular" Ultraforce.[17][18] Ultraforce lasted three episodes and also featured Derek Mears, Jeff B. Davis, and Chris Tallman.
In 2013, Gourley sold a pilot titled Wunderland that he wrote with his girlfriend, Amanda Lund, to Fox.[26] The series was a workplace comedy loosely based upon the time Gourley and Lund spent working as actors at Disney theme parks, though it did not end up getting produced. Gourley has appeared on Community, Ghost Ghirls, and Drunk History, as well as doing voice work for Adventure Time.
Commercials
Gourley's best known commercial work is his position as a spokesperson for Volkswagen in 2014 and 2015.[27][28] He has also appeared in ads for McDonald's,[29] Carlton Draught,[30] Lowe's,[31] Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, XBox,[32] Late Night with Conan O'Brien,[33] and Budweiser.
Podcasts
In 2006, Gourley and Carter launched Superego, an improvisational podcast they conceived of on Christmas Eve 2005 based on the conceit of clinical case studies.[34] Superego has since added Mark McConville, Jeff Crocker, and Paul F. Tompkins as regular cast members.[35]
In September 2013, Gourley started hosting a podcast along with Matt Mira titled James Bonding on the Nerdist network.[36] The podcast discusses the James Bond films one by one with guests.[37] In November 2014, Gourley helped launch the new Wolfpop podcast network, a sister to Earwolf, along with Paul Scheer and Adam Sachs.[38] As part of this launch, Gourley himself began a new podcast titled I Was There Too that focuses on the actors and stories behind the most classic scenes from film and television.[39] Gourley also co-hosted The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project on Earwolf with Andy Daly.
Gourley also co-hosts Pistol Shrimps Radio with his Superego colleague Mark McConville.[40] The podcast consists of unedited commentary of the games of The Pistol Shrimps, a women's rec league basketball team in Los Angeles.[41][42]
In addition to hosting his own shows, Gourley has guested on numerous podcasts over the years, including Never Not Funny, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and Spontaneanation. In addition to editing Superego, Gourley has also edited Judge John Hodgman and The Sound of Young America.[43][44]
Music
Gourley is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He composed the theme for I Was There Too with James Bladon.[45] He has released released a solo album titled Garanimal Farm,[46] recorded tracks with his band named Townland,[47] and released an album with The Journeymen titled Mount Us More.[48]
Personal life
In 1997, Gourley won a contest to see who could best imitate the sound of a flushing toilet.[49]
Gourley lives in Los Angeles with his fiancée, Amanda Lund,[40] and their cat, Margaux the Fat Guy.[50]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
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1996 | Kwik Witz | Himself | |
2003 | Ultraforce | All | Kel |
2003 | Buckle Up! | TV Short | Mustang |
2003 | The Fastest Samurai in the West | TV Series short | Bad Ass Cowboy |
2003 | Time Belt | "Oh. Shit. Zombies." "Can I Tell You a Story?" "Hitler!" "Got Any Micro-Transistors?" |
Jesus Christ |
2004 | "Finally" | Soldier | |
2004 | World Cup Comedy | 1x10 | Himself |
2004–2005 | Laser Fart | 1x3, 1x6 | Robot Dick |
2006 | Lingo | 5x57 | Himself[51] |
2012 | Attack of the Show! | 11/8/2012 | Himself |
2012 | Margot Rourke and the Boys Club | Short | Narrator |
2012 | The Incendiary Adventures of a Scientist Gone Mad! | Short | Replacement |
2013–2015 | Drunk History | 1x01,[52] 1x08, 3x04, 3x13 | Narrator/Ian Fleming |
2013 | TakePart Live | 1x70 | Himself |
2013 | Ghost Ghirls | "School Spirit" | Ghost Dad |
2013 | Boardwalk Empire's Richard Harrow: Murderer for Hire | Video short | |
2013 | The Funtime Gang | TV movie | Det. Jeff Seabury |
2014 | Nerdterns | "Key of Awesome in the Lipton Book of World Records" | Julian P. Harumph |
2015 | Community | "Wedding Videography" | Briggs Hatton |
2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | "Randall Park Wears Brown Dress Shoes With Blue Socks" | Professor Ellis |
"Robert Kirkman Wears a Tan Blazer and Red Suit Pants" | Martin Thomas Newton | ||
2015 | Talking Tom and Friends | "Friendly Customer Service" | Gilbert (voice) |
2015 | Adventure Time | "Orgalorg" | Ma Elder (voice) |
Podcasts
Podcast | Episode | Date | Role |
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Superego | All | 2006–present | Dr. Matt Gourley, PyT/Various |
Comedy Bang! Bang! | #38 | 2010/01/29 | Grandma Jonesy |
#289 | 2014/05/26 | H.R. Giger | |
#308 | 2014/09/01 | Himself/H.R. Giger | |
#326 | 2014/12/15 | Ian Fleming | |
#348 | 2015/04/27 | Jim Chambers | |
#370 | 2015/08/17 | Himself/Danielle Steel | |
#382 | 2015/10/19 | H.R. Giger | |
The Wolf Den | #15 | 2011/05/15 | Himself[53] |
#66 | 2014/11/05 | Himself[38] | |
Pop My Culture | #52 | 2011/09/01 | Himself (with Superego) |
The Apple Sisters | #17-18 | 2011/09/26-10/03 | [54] |
This American Wife | Extrasode 1 | 2012/08/20 | Advice columnist[55] |
Thrilling Adventure Hour | Various | 2012-2015 | Various |
The Dead Authors Podcast | Chapter 5 | 2012/01/17 | Carl Sagan |
Chapter 19 | 2012/12/24 | Authors of the Gospel | |
Chapter 13 | 2012/12/31 | Brothers Grimm | |
Chapter 38 | 2014/10/09 | Ian Fleming | |
Chapter 47 | 2015/06/23 | Carl Sagan | |
Addendum ii | 2015/07/17 | Christopher Marlowe | |
Addendum iii | 2014/07/24 | Aleister Crowley | |
Walking the Room | #125 | 2012/10/16 | Himself (with Superego))[56] |
The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project | All | 2013–2014 | Co-host/various |
James Bonding | All | 2013–present | Co-host |
Quit It | Star Charting | 2013/03/13 | Himself[57] |
Earwolf Presents | #25 | 2013/12/16 | Himself[58] |
I Was There Too | All | 2014–present | Host[50] |
Hollywood Handbook | #38 | 2014/06/24 | Himself[59] |
The Nerdist Podcast | #548 | 2014/07/18 | Himself |
Never Not Funny | 15J | 2014/10/12 | Himself |
16I | 2014/04/12 | Himself | |
Who Charted? | #210 | 2014/12/10 | Himself[60] |
How Did This Get Made? | #99 | 2014/12/12 | Himself (crossover with James Bonding) |
#126 | 2015/12/25 | Himself | |
The Canon | #19 | 2015/03/23 | Himself[61] |
Spontaneanation | #1 | 2015/05/01 | Improviser |
#10 | 2015/06/01 | Improviser | |
#15 | 2015/07/06 | Improviser | |
#16 | 2015/07/13 | Improviser | |
#22 | 2015/07/24 | Improviser | |
#27 | 2015/09/28 | Improviser | |
#28 | 2015/10/05 | Improviser | |
#34 | 2015/11/16 | Improviser | |
#37 | 2015/12/07 | Improviser | |
Black List Table Reads | #301-304 | 2015/06/11-2015/07/02 | [62] |
Get Up On This | #200 | 2015/07/14 | Himself[63] |
Welcome to Vinci | 2015/07/26 | Himself[64] | |
Pistol Shrimps Radio | All[65] | 2015 | Co-host |
Superego: Forgotten Classics | All | 2015 | Cast member |
Other appearances:
- Star Wars Minute
- Comedy Film Nerds
- Earwolf Challenge
- Accept the Mystery
- Cracked
- Jordan Jesse Go
- Feral Audio
- Before You Were Funny
- Succotash
- Feliz Navipod
- The Biggest Mistake
- Film Junk
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External links
- Living people
- People from Whittier, California
- 1973 births
- California State University alumni
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- American male television actors
- American male comedians
- Male actors from California
- 21st-century American male actors
- Long Beach City College faculty
- College of the Canyons