Kyle McCulloch

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| name = Kyle McCulloch

| image = Kyle McCulloch by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = McCulloch at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|11|11}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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| known_for = Creator of Mr Wong

| occupation = Writer

| years active = 1983–present

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Kyle McCulloch (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian writer for the TV cartoon South Park, and is largely responsible for the show's Canadian culture themes.{{Cite news |title=South Park off to see the PM in new satire |work=Toronto Star |last=Oliveria |first=Mike |date=January 30, 2004 |page=A01}} He will also occasionally provide the voice for one-time use characters, such as Gary Harrison in "All About Mormons".{{Cite book |title=The Gospel according to The Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! |last=Pinsky |first=Mark I. |year=2007 |edition=2nd |publisher=Westminster John Knox |location=Louisville, Kentucky |isbn=978-0-664-23160-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins/page/280 280] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins/page/280 }} He was a story editor and writer on SpongeBob SquarePants. He wrote one episode in season 4, and wrote "A Day Like This" song for the 10th anniversary special Truth or Square. He returned to work on the show in season 9, but left again to work on Lady Dynamite. He was set to make his feature film debut writing and directing The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run along with Paul Tibbitt, who was originally set to return to direct the film, but they were later replaced by The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie writer, Tim Hill.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, McCulloch is also the voice and creator of Mr. Wong in the online cartoon series at icebox.com.{{Cite news |last=Tan |first=Cheryl Lu-Lein |work=The Baltimore Sun |title='Wong' cartoon draws ire of Asian Americans Animation |date=January 8, 2000 |page=1E}}

The son of retired CBC Radio announcer Tom McCulloch, Kyle grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and started his career acting in Guy Maddin films such as Archangel, Careful, and Tales from the Gimli Hospital.{{Cite news |last=Bruan |first=Josef |title=Guy Maddin's Archangel is the Strong Silent Type |work=Vue Weekly |date=March 14, 2007 |url=http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=5855 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208235129/http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=5855 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |accessdate=March 27, 2010}}{{Cite news |title=Oedipus wrecks another nice family |last=MacInnis |first=Craig |work=Toronto Star |date=October 9, 1992 |page=C14}}{{Cite news |title=No one gets out of 'Gimli Hospital' quite the same |date=May 18, 1990 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |page=D5}} In 1990, he performed in his own play at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.{{Citation |title=Newsletter Fall 2009 |publisher=Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival |page=9}}