---
name: "Joe Mande"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-mande"
fi1m_id: "joe-mande"
imdb_id: "nm2170754"
tmdb_id: 1052684
wikidata_id: "Q6211097"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "16 March 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T09:14:08.525177+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Mande

## Identity

Joe Mande

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-mande
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-mande
- **IMDb ID:** nm2170754
- **TMDB ID:** 1052684
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6211097
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mande, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6211097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2170754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052684

Writer and producer. Born 16 March 1983 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 16 March 1983, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Joseph Mande , Joseph "Joe" Mande
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 acting, 4 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Yang](https://film.one/person/alan-yang.md), [Aisha Muharrar](https://film.one/person/aisha-muharrar.md), [Aziz Ansari](https://film.one/person/aziz-ansari.md), [Jen Statsky](https://film.one/person/jen-statsky.md), [Andrew Law](https://film.one/person/andrew-law.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Dave King](https://film.one/person/dave-king-1298804.md), [David Hyman](https://film.one/person/david-hyman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mande, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6211097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2170754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052684

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Good Place*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Hacks*](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md) (83)
- **Peacock:** [*Parks and Recreation*](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Master of None*](https://film.one/tv/master-of-none.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Good Fortune*](https://film.one/film/good-fortune.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joe Mande is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. Born on 16 March 1983 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he moved to St Paul, Minnesota, as a child and graduated from Central High School in 2001. He received a BFA in writing from Emerson College in Boston.

Mande began his career in stand-up and online with the website Look at This Fucking Hipster. He wrote for the final three seasons of the NBC sitcom *Parks and Recreation* (2012–2015), in which he also appeared as Morris Lerpiss, and contributed to *The Good Place* (2016–2020) as writer and producer while recurring as Toddrick Hemple. He has written episodes of and recurred as Ray on the Max series *Hacks* (2021–), for which he shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2024. He has also acted in films including *The Interview* (2014) and *The Disaster Artist* (2017), and released comedy specials and an album.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (2)

- *Good Fortune* (2025), Fi1m 66, as Joe — [page](https://film.one/film/good-fortune.md)
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Todd — [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), Fi1m 84, Writer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Master of None* (2015), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/master-of-none.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Good Fortune* (2025), as Joe — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/good-fortune.md)
- *Running Point* (2025), series, as Dr. Haber · Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Joe Mande: Chill* (2024), Writer
- *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, as Sergei
- *Hacks* (2021), series, as Ray · Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *A Parks and Recreation Special* (2020), Writer
- *Forever* (2018), series, Co-Executive Producer, Story
- *Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special* (2017), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe* (2017), Writer
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), as Todd — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), series, as Todd Hemple, Toddrick Hemple (voice), Toddrick Hemple · Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Master of None* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/master-of-none.md)
- *The Interview* (2014), as Joe
- *Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity* (2014), Actor
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Isaac — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Ben — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, as Morris, Harris, Morris Lerpiss · Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Yeti: A Love Story* (2008), as Joe
- *Honeycomb*, as Super Fan

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