Ben Hoffman
{{Short description|American comedian and musician (born 1974)}}
{{redirect|WW III (album) |the industrial rock album|WWIII (album) }}
{{For|other people with the same name|Ben Hoffman (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ben Hoffman
| image =
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| birth_name = Benjamin Isaac Hoffman
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
| other_names = Wheeler Walker, Jr.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- comedian
- actor
- writer
- producer
- musician
}}
| years_active = 2005–present
| spouse =
| children =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
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| genre = {{Hlist|Country|outlaw country|country rock|comedy|comedy rock|satire}}
| label = {{flatlist|
- Thirty Tigers
- Pepper Hill Records
}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|https://wheelerwalkerjr.com|}}
}}
| module2 = {{Infobox YouTube personality
| embed = yes
| channel_display_name = Wheeler Walker, Jr.
| channel_handle = WheelerWalkerJr
| years_active = 2015–present
| subscribers = 773K
| stats_update = January 18, 2025
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Benjamin Isaac Hoffman is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_680_-_ben_hoffman|title=Episode 680 - Ben Hoffman|date=11 February 2016|website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast|accessdate=8 August 2023}} Hoffman is better known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker, Jr., as whom he has released five studio albums.
His first album as Wheeler Walker, Jr., Redneck Shit, debuted in 2016 at number nine on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, making it the first album in over a decade to debut in the top ten on both those charts simultaneously.{{cite web |title=Music |url=https://www.wheelerwalkerjr.com/thegreatestever#:~:text=Ol'%20Wheeler%20has%20sold%2026.6,charts%20in%20over%20a%20decade. |website=wheelerwalkerjr.com |access-date=8 March 2021}} Despite no FM radio play, Hoffman found success with streaming and social media.
Reception to Hoffman's music has been mixed, largely due to the raunchiness of his lyrics and themes.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Bobby |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. to Fan Flames of Authenticity Debate From the Ryman Stage |url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/wheeler-walker-jr/ |website=wideopencountry.com |access-date=21 April 2022 |date=14 April 2022}} Some have called the Wheeler Walker Jr. character an "experiment in free speech" and "a platform to speak out against censorship and bias in the music industry".{{cite web |last1=Funkhouser |first1=Brett |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Displays Incredible Musicianship Behind Lyrical Raunchiness |url=https://americanahighways.org/2018/11/30/review-wheeler-walker-jr-displays-incredible-musicianship-behind-lyrical-raunchiness/ |website=americanahighways.org |publisher=Americana Highways |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=30 November 2018}} Hoffman has been vocal about his use of the character as a means to express his displeasure with the modern state of the country music industry, particularly the rise of the bro-country subgenre.{{cite web |last1=Perlut |first1=Aaron |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr. Still Has An Axe To Grind With The Music Industry |url=https://brobible.com/culture/article/wheeler-walker-jr-axe-to-grind-music-industry/ |website=brobible.com |publisher=BroBible |access-date=21 April 2022 |date=3 April 2022}}
Early life
Hoffman was born in Lexington, Kentucky.{{cite press release|title=Comedy Central® Sets Mid-Season Schedule Featuring New Series And Specials And The Return Of Network Favorites|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comedy-central-sets-mid-season-schedule-featuring-new-series-and-specials-and-the-return-of-network-favorites-183001711.html|publisher=Comedy Central|access-date=1 January 2013}} He is the older brother of Scissor Sisters bassist Babydaddy (Scott Hoffman).{{cite news| url= http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/22/2567440_ben-hoffman-brings-his-comedy.html | title=Lexington native Ben Hoffman brings his Comedy Central show home| first= Rich | last= Copley |work= Lexington Herald-Leader| date=22 March 2013 |access-date= 25 June 2015}} Hoffman is Jewish and attended Tulane University.{{cite web |last1=Scheinfeld |first1=Jillian |title=Talking to Ben Hoffman of the New Comedy Central Series, 'The Ben Show |url=https://jewcy.com/jewish-news/talking-to-ben-hoffman-of-the-new-comedy-central-series-the-ben-show |website=jewcy.com |publisher=Jewcy |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=4 March 2013}} He graduated from the University of Kentucky.
Career
Hoffman created and hosted The Ben Show, which premiered on Comedy Central on February 28, 2013. The show was broadcast for one season.
He was a writer and correspondent for the Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and has written for the MTV Video Music Awards, Archer, and The Late Late Show with James Corden. He has appeared in acting roles on Arrested Development, New Girl and Drunk History and has produced content for and appeared on InfoMania.{{cite news |last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Comedy Central Orders Series With Anthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer And Ben Hoffman|url=https://deadline.com/2012/06/comedy-central-orders-series-with-anthony-jeselnik-amy-schumer-and-ben-hoffman-293528/|access-date=January 1, 2013|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 28, 2012}}
In 2020, Hoffman created the Netflix adult animated comedy series Hoops. In addition to writing, he provided voice talent and was also an executive producer alongside Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Seth Cohen, and Jake Johnson.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=Petski |first2=Denise |title=Netflix Orders 'Hoops' Adult Animated Series Starring Jake Johnson From Ben Hoffman, Phil Lord, Chris Miller & 20th TV |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/netflix-orders-hoops-adult-animated-series-starring-jake-johnson-from-ben-hoffman-phil-lord-chris-miller-20th-tv-1202475415/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 3, 2018 |date=October 3, 2018}} The show was cancelled after the completion of one season.{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Rick |title='Hoops' Canceled After Single Season on Netflix |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hoops-canceled-after-single-season-on-netflix#:~:text=Netflix%20has%20canceled%20its%20animated,months%20after%20the%20show's%20Aug.&text=Ben%20Hoffman%20(The%20Late%20Late,moving%20up%20to%20the%20NBA. |website=hollywoodreporter.com |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=8 March 2021 |date=8 December 2020}}
Wheeler Walker, Jr.
Hoffman debuted an early version of the satirical country music artist Wheeler Walker, Jr. character on a skit for The Ben Show in 2013 where he performed his song "Eatin' Pussy, Kickin' Ass".
He recorded and released his first album, Redneck Shit, on February 12, 2016, via Thirty Tigers and Pepper Hill Records. The album was produced by Dave Cobb out of Nashville and originally premiered via stream on the pornographic website PornHub.[http://www.houstonpress.com/music/wheeler-walker-jr-crosses-countrys-fine-line-between-satire-and-stupidity-7997133 Wheeler Walker Jr. Crosses Country's Fine Line Between Satire and Stupidity] Houston Press It debuted at number nine on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, and number 127 on the US Billboard 200.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-wheeler-walker-jr-taunt-horses-bare-chest-in-redneck-sh-t-video-20160223|title=See Wheeler Walker Jr. Taunt Horses, Bare Chest in 'Redneck Sh-t' Video|last=Hudak|first=Joseph|date=23 February 2016|website=rollingstone.com}} It was the first album to debut in both the top ten of the comedy and country charts. It sold 5,900 copies in its first week.[http://www.wheelerwalkerjr.com/news/2016/2/23/redneck-shit-debuts-at-9-on-billboards-top-country-album-chart 'Redneck Shit' Debuts at #9 on Billboard's Top Country Album Chart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108031626/https://www.wheelerwalkerjr.com/news/2016/2/23/redneck-shit-debuts-at-9-on-billboards-top-country-album-chart |date=November 8, 2019 }} Wheeler Walker Jr.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/02/39829-the-top-10-country-albums-chart-february-22-2016 |title=The Top 10 Country Albums Chart: February 22, 2016 |first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date= February 22, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}
Rolling Stone called it "Unfathomably obscene and undeniably offensive, the debut album from Nashville never-was Wheeler Walker Jr. is also goddamn funny. But Redneck Shit is far from just an X-rated novelty record."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/35-most-anticipated-country-albums-of-2016-20160108/wheeler-walker-jr-20160108|title=Wheeler Walker Jr. - 35 Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=14 June 2016}}
{{quote box|width=25em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|style=padding:10px;|align=right|I took my fucking life savings, which I don't want to mention here, 'cause it ain't much to brag about, and I gave it all to Dave and said, let's make the album without any fucking record company telling me what to do".| source =—Hoffman on creating his first album.{{cite web |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |title=Wheeler Walker Jr.: Inside Country's Filthiest New Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/wheeler-walker-jr-inside-countrys-filthiest-new-album-196059/ |website=rollingstone.com |access-date=10 December 2020 |date=10 February 2016}}}}
The Wheeler Walker, Jr. persona has been compared to other artists such as Chinga Chavin, Andy Kaufman, and David Allan Coe.{{cite web |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |title=How Wheeler Walker Jr. Matured Beyond Dick Jokes on 'Ol' Wheeler' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/how-wheeler-walker-jr-matured-beyond-dick-jokes-on-ol-wheeler-197788/ |website=rollingstone.com |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 March 2021 |date=5 June 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Friederich |first1=Brandon |title=WHEELER WALKER JR. IS COUNTRY MUSIC'S FILTHY NEW SAVIOR |url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/wheeler-walker-jr-interview-2016-5 |access-date=8 March 2021 |agency=Maxim (magazine) |date=26 May 2016}} The character's fictional biography outlines his history as an unsigned Nashville talent too crude for mainstream radio due to his desire to revamp the classic outlaw country style by playing songs that would have "gotten him yanked off the Grand Ol' Opry broadcast in a matter of seconds", although he finally found success with the rise of uncensored satellite radio and the internet.{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr. Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wheeler-walker-jr-mn0003465328/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=9 March 2021}}
On April 16, 2016, Hoffman appeared as the character on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode #786.{{cite web |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr. |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mqCde9rXVo3E0baXzbnAo |website=spotify.com |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021}} He has been a guest on a number of other podcasts including Your Mom's House with Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky,{{cite web |title=490-Wheeler Walker Jr. Too Short & Kevin Blatt-Your Mom's House with Christina P and Tom Segura |url=https://soundcloud.com/yourmomshousepodcast/490-wheeler-walker-jr-too |website=soundcloud.com |publisher=SoundCloud |access-date=8 March 2021}} The Church of What's Happening Now with Joey Diaz,{{cite web |title=#531 - Wheeler Walker Jr. |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/TheChurchofwhatsHappeningNow/531-wheeler-walker-jr/ |website=mixcloud.com |access-date=8 March 2021}} The official Podcast and Bertcast with Bert Kreischer.{{cite web |title=# 317 - Wheeler Walker Jr. & ME |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Udiu8M2SoqWZu1pkQyyqS |website=spotify.com |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |date=November 2018}} He also appeared and performed live on The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show on May 25, 2017.{{cite web |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Performs Live on the Wrap Up Show |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2017/05/25/wheeler-walker-jr-performs-live-wrap-show/ |website=howardstern.com |publisher=Howard Stern Show |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=25 May 2017}}
His second album, Ol' Wheeler, was released on June 2, 2017, and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with 7,800 copies sold in its first week.{{cite news|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/06/41964-top-10-country-albums-chart-june-12-2017|title=Top 10 Country Albums Chart: June 12, 2017|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|date=June 13, 2017|work=Roughstock}} It also debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart where it remained for three consecutive weeks, and peaked at number five on the Billboard Country chart. Prior to the album's release, crowd funding music site PledgeMusic removed the album's pre-sales and refunded fans due to obscenity complaints. Upset, Hoffman claimed censorship and angry fans responded by trolling a page promoting the band 311.{{cite magazine |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Cries Censorship After PledgeMusic Pulls His Album Campaign |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7710014/wheeler-walker-jr-cries-censorship-after-pledgemusic-pulls-his |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2021 |date=March 3, 2017}} The album was originally going to include a duet with Grammy Award-winning artist Maren Morris on the song "Fuckin' Around", but it was pulled by Sony Music Nashville. Hoffman had previously performed alongside Morris and Jake Owen at a party following the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Parton |first1=Chris |author2=Jon Freeman |author3=Bob Doerschuk |author4=Deborah Evans Price |author5=Beville Dunkerley |author6=Joseph Hudak |title=25 Best Things We Saw at CMA Music Fest 2016 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/25-best-things-we-saw-at-cma-music-fest-2016-164146/best-dirty-host-wheeler-walker-jr-161474/ |website=rollingstone.com |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=13 June 2016}} The duet was instead recorded with Nikki Lane, credited as "Kacey Walker"."Hudak, Joseph 2017
Hoffman toured throughout the United States from 2016 through 2018.{{cite web |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr.'s Concert History |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/wheeler-walker-jr |website=concertarchives.org |access-date=December 10, 2020}} During the summer of 2018, he toured with Kid Rock and Brantley Gilbert in the Red Blooded Rock n Roll Redneck Extravaganza Tour.{{cite web |last1=Hollabaugh |first1=Lorie |title=Kid Rock Launching Tour With Brantley Gilbert, Wheeler Walker Jr. |url=https://musicrow.com/2018/04/kid-rock-launching-tour-with-brantley-gilbert-wheeler-walker-jr/ |website=musicrow.com |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=6 April 2018}} He also performed his song "Sit On My Face" alongside Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson at Hinterland Music Festival in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Gage |first1=Jeff |title=See Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson Jam With Country Parodist Wheeler Walker Jr |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-tyler-childers-sturgill-simpson-jam-with-country-parodist-wheeler-walker-jr-707010/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |agency=Rolling Stone |date=6 August 2018}} Hoffman, outfitted as Wheeler, presented an award to Childers at the Americana Music Honors & Awards that same year.{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Bruce |title=Jason Isbell Wins Big At The Americana Music Awards |url=https://wamu.org/story/18/09/13/jason-isbell-wins-big-at-the-americana-music-awards/ |website=wamu.org |publisher=American University Radio |access-date=March 15, 2021 |date= September 13, 2018}} Hoffman concluded his tour on December 8, 2018, with a final concert at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr. |url=https://www.therave.com/concert_picture_gallery.asp?view=event&id=6915 |website=therave.com |publisher=The Rave |access-date=March 9, 2021}}
His third album, WW III, was released on November 30, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wheelerwalkerjr.com/news/2018/8/23/wheeler-announces-new-album-wwiii|title=Wheeler announces new album "WWIII"|website=Wheeler Walker Jr.|language=en-US|access-date= }} The album topped the Comedy chart and also sat at number one on the iTunes Country chart. He released first greatest hits compilation entitled Fuck You Bitch: All Time Greatest Hits on May 1, 2020. It features material from his three studio albums along with two new tracks, "Drunk as Fuck" and "Go Big or Go Home".
Worldwide, Hoffman was the third most streamed country artist in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Misiaszek |first1=Emma |title=Comedian Mike Epps and country singer Wheeler Walker Jr. added to del Lago's summer lineup |url=https://cnycentral.com/news/local/comedian-mike-epps-and-country-singer-wheeler-walker-jr-added-to-del-lagos-summer-lineup |website=cnycentral.com |publisher=WSTM-TV |access-date=11 May 2023 |date=3 May 2023}} On March 8, 2022, Hoffman, outfitted in the Wheeler Walker Jr. persona, was removed by security from the Country Music Hall of Fame property in Nashville after protesting the Florida Georgia Line exhibit. He held a picket sign reading "FGL does not belong here", citing a belief that the duo's music is pop and not country.{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Tiffany |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Removed From Country Music Hall of Fame For Protesting Florida Georgia Line Exhibit |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1842277/wheeler-walker-jr-removed-from-country-music-hall-of-fame-for-protesting-florida-georgia-line-exhibit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310205257/http://www.cmt.com/news/1842277/wheeler-walker-jr-removed-from-country-music-hall-of-fame-for-protesting-florida-georgia-line-exhibit/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |access-date=11 March 2022 |agency=CMT |date=10 March 2022}}
On April 14, 2022, Hoffman commenced his "2022 Comeback Tour" when he headlined the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, his first live performance since 2018.{{cite web |last1=Major |first1=Michael |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Announces New Album & Tour Dates |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Wheeler-Walker-Jr-Announces-New-Album-Tour-Dates-20220225 |website=broadwayworld.com |publisher=BroadwayWorld |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=25 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=The 2022 Comeback Tour |url=https://ryman.com/event/wheeler-walker/ |website=Ryman |access-date=December 7, 2021}} He promoted the concert by joking about his desire to get "cancelled".{{cite web |last1=Langeler |first1=Wes |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Announces Comeback Show At The Ryman Auditorium: "I'm Gonna Get Canceled So F*cking Fast" |url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2021/12/06/wheeler-walker-jr-announces-comeback-show-at-the-ryman-auditorium-im-gonna-get-canceled-so-fcking-fast/ |website=Whiskeyriff |access-date=December 7, 2021 |date= December 6, 2021}} The concert sold out, and broke records for alcohol and merchandise sales at the venue.{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Tiffany |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Opens Up About His Return To The Spotlight With Record, "Sex, Drugs, & Country Music" |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1844650/wheeler-walker-jr-opens-up-about-his-return-to-the-spotlight-with-record-sex-drugs-country-music/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425175249/http://www.cmt.com/news/1844650/wheeler-walker-jr-opens-up-about-his-return-to-the-spotlight-with-record-sex-drugs-country-music/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |website=CMT |publisher=CMT News |access-date=28 April 2022 |date=25 April 2022}}
On April 15, 2022, he released his fourth album, Sex, Drugs & Country Music.{{cite news |title=Wheeler Walker, Jr. |url=https://ryman.com/event/wheeler-walker/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |publisher=Ryman Auditorium |date=14 April 2022}} It debuted at number one on the iTunes chart and number two on the Comedy albums chart.{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Brady |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Breaks Alcohol And Merchandise Sales Record At Sold Out Ryman Show |url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/04/21/wheeler-walker-jr-breaks-alcohol-and-merchandise-sales-record-at-sold-out-ryman-show/ |website=whiskeyriff.com |date=21 April 2022}} On May 1, 2023, Hoffman announced the "Spread Eagle Tour", with thirty-three concerts across the United States.{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Brady |title=Wheeler Walker Jr. Announces 2023 The Spread Eagle Tour: "If Your City Ain't On Here It's Because Your City Sucks" |url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/05/01/wheeler-walker-jr-announces-2023-the-spread-eagle-tour-if-your-city-aint-on-here-its-because-your-city-sucks/ |website=whiskeyriff.com |access-date=11 May 2023 |date=1 May 2023}}
On July 19, 2023, Hoffman released the single "Money 'N' Bitches". That same day, he also announced his fifth studio album Ram, which was released on September 15, 2023. The album features a more rock-oriented sound than his previous albums.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2023/07/19/wheeler-walker-jr-announce-ram-album-reveals-dates-for-the-spread-eagle-tour/|title=WHEELER WALKER JR. Announce 'Ram' Album, Reveals Dates For 'The Spread Eagle Tour'|first=Jason|last=Price|date=19 July 2023|accessdate=8 August 2023}}
Discography
All albums credited to Wheeler Walker, Jr.
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"| Sales |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:45px;"| US ! style="width:45px;"| US Country ! style="width:45px;"| US ! style="width:45px;"| US |
| scope="row"| Redneck Shit
|
| 127 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |
| scope="row"| Ol' Wheeler
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| 88 | 10 | 5 | 1 | |
| scope="row"| WW III
|
| 187 | 20 | 3 | 1 | |
| scope="row"| Sex Drugs & Country Music
|
| — | — | — | 2 |
| scope="row"| Ram
|
| — | — | — | 2 |
=Compilation albums=
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!scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Title !scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Album details |
| scope="row"|''Fuck You Bitch: All-Time Greatest Hits
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|
|---|
Filmography
{{BLP sources section|date=December 2021}}
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! width="65"| Director ! width="65"| Writer ! width="65"| Executive ! Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2008–2011
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 47 episodes |
| 2011
| Sports Show with Norm Macdonald | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | 7 episodes |
| 2012
| The Jesse Miller Show | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2013
| Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2013
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 8 episodes |
| 2014
| Archer | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episodes: "Southbound and Down", "Vision Quest" |
| 2015–2016
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Wrote 38 episodes |
| 2020
| Hoops | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Series creator |
=Acting roles=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| FBI Guy #1 | 1 episode |
| 2005
| MovieMania | Spider-Man | 1 episode |
| 2008, 2013
| Doctor (2008), Newscaster (2013) | Episode: "Drunk History Vol. 4: Featuring Paul Schneider", "San Francisco" |
| 2012
| Sherman | Episode: "Injured" |
| 2020
| Hoops | Time Bomb (voice) | 9 episodes |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Artist ! Album |
|---|
| 2015
| "Fuck you Bitch" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. |
| 2015
| "Drop 'Em Out" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Redneck Shit |
| 2016
| "Redneck Shit" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Redneck Shit |
| 2017
| "Pussy King" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. |
| 2017
| "Finger up My Butt" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ol' Wheeler |
| 2017
| "Summers in Kentucky" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ol' Wheeler |
| 2017
| "Puss in Boots" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ol' Wheeler |
| 2017
| "Pictures on My Phone" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ol' Wheeler |
| 2018
| "I Like Smoking Pot (A Lot)" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | WW III |
| 2018
| "Rich Sumbitch" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | WW III |
| 2018
| "All The Pussy You Will Slay" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | WW III |
| 2020
| "Go Big or Go Home" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. |
| 2022
| "Fucked by a Country Boy" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Sex, Drugs & Country Music |
| 2022
| "She's a Country Music Fan" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Sex, Drugs & Country Music |
| 2022
| "God Told Me to Fuck You" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Sex, Drugs & Country Music |
| 2023
| "Money 'N' Bitches" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ram |
| 2023
| "Dumptruck" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ram |
| 2023
| "Fingerblast" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ram |
| 2023
| "Fuck This Job" | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Wheeler Walker, Jr. | Ram |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|1895377}}
- {{Discogs artist|Wheeler Walker Jr.|Wheeler Walker Jr.}}
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