Biography
Joe Kelly is a writer and producer. He was born on 24 September 1972 in Fairlawn, New Jersey. He studied and performed improv at the Second City and Improv Olympic in Chicago.
Kelly is a co-creator of the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (2020–), on which he has also served as writer, teleplay writer and story writer, alongside Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence and Brendan Hunt. He is a co-creator of the Comedy Central series Detroiters (2017–2018) and has written for How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) and Saturday Night Live (1975–). He co-wrote the 2026 film Office Romance.
For his work on Ted Lasso he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and shared in two wins for Outstanding Comedy Series.
