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name: "Mike McMahan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-mcmahan"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:01:52.902784+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."
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# Mike McMahan

Writer. Born 1 January 1981 in Chicago, Illinois.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, Chicago, Illinois
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Michael McMahan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McMahan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47517180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2166845

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rick and Morty*](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) (78)

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## Biography

Mike McMahan is an American comedy writer and television producer. Born in Chicago in 1981, he began his career in production at The Second City before working as a production assistant on shows including Drawn Together and South Park.

He served as a writer and producer on Rick and Morty from 2014, later becoming showrunner for its fourth season. McMahan created the animated series Solar Opposites, which premiered in 2020, and Star Trek: Lower Decks, which also began in 2020. He co-created the animated series Golden Axe with Joe Chandler; the show premiered on Paramount+ in 2026.

McMahan won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 2018 for his work on Rick and Morty. He is also the author of the 2015 parody book Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Golden Axe* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/golden-axe.md)
- *Post Modern Minion* (2022), Writer
- *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, Writer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Odd Jobs*, series, Executive Producer, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Mike McMahan](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-5a30326b60f2.jpg) Mike McMahan — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Mike_McMahan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Mike_McMahan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-8df83d57442e.jpg) Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29.jpg/1280px-Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-c03181a84395.jpg) Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin and Alex Kurtzman speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention ](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-ce9b0567b25f.jpg) Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin and Alex Kurtzman speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin_%26_Alex_Kurtzman_%2848443834351%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin_%26_Alex_Kurtzman_%2848443834351%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike McMahan and Heather Kadin speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San D](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-0dffb39e2537.jpg) Mike McMahan and Heather Kadin speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San D — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mike_McMahan_%26_Heather_Kadin_%2848443841861%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_McMahan_%26_Heather_Kadin_%2848443841861%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike McMahan speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. ](https://film.one/media/person/93849/gallery-17cb861e67c0.jpg) Mike McMahan speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Mike_McMahan_%2848443842946%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_McMahan_%2848443842946%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mike-mcmahan