Tony Hale
Highest Rated: 100% LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales (2021)
Lowest Rated: 4% Because I Said So (2007)
Birthday: Sep 30, 1970
Birthplace: West Point, New York, USA
A naturally gifted comedic talent, actor Tony Hale rode the wave from his infamous Volkswagen commercial to become one of the key players on the cult favorite "Arrested Development" (Fox, 2003-06, Netflix 2013). As the Oedipal Byron "Buster" Bluth, Hale generated big laughs with his portrayal of the immature, almost child-like member of the highly dysfunctional Bluth family. Prior to "Arrested Development," he was featured in a nationally televised VW commercial, where he sat in the driver's seat singing the words to Styx's "Mr. Roboto," which he later parodied on the show. But despite the critical success of "Arrested Development," the show was canceled after three seasons due to low ratings, though six years later Netflix commissioned the production of another 10 episodes. Meanwhile, Hale was a guest star on a variety of dramas and comedies like "Community" (NBC/Yahoo, 2009-2015) and "Justified" (FX, 2010-15), and even broke into features with supporting roles in "Stranger than Fiction" (2006), "RV" (2006) and "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008). He returned to the small screen with a number of guest and recurring roles until becoming a series regular on the satirical comedy "Veep" (HBO, 2012- ), where his hailed performance as a sycophantic vice presidential aide put on display his preternatural gift for comedy.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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91% | 96% | Inside Out 2 | Fear (Voice) | - | 2024 |
9% | 6% | Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate |
Mel/ |
- | 2024 |
81% | 80% | Quiz Lady | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
90% | No Score Yet | Woman of the Hour | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
65% | 47% | Hocus Pocus 2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
91% | 63% | What Josiah Saw | Ross Milner (Character) | - | 2021 |
68% | 75% | Being the Ricardos | Jess Oppenheimer (Character) | - | 2021 |
58% | 94% | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Tieran (Character) | $48.9M | 2021 |
100% | 71% | LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales | Vaneé (Voice) | - | 2021 |
69% | 90% | Eat Wheaties! |
Sid Straw (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2021 |
85% | 85% | Arlo the Alligator Boy | Teeny Tiny Tony (Voice) | - | 2021 |
83% | 76% | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Poupelle (Voice) | - | 2020 |
89% | 72% | Nine Days | Alexander (Character) | $694.6K | 2020 |
30% | 90% | Last Call | Brinnan (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Poupelle (Voice) | - | 2020 |
82% | 71% | To the Stars | Gerald Richmond (Character) | - | 2019 |
72% | 84% | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Mime (Voice) | $41.7M | 2019 |
97% | 94% | Toy Story 4 | Forky (Voice) | $434.0M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Story of Plastic |
Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 2019 |
79% | 78% | Sadie | Bradley (Character) | - | 2018 |
82% | 60% | Batman Ninja | The Joker (Voice) | - | 2018 |
92% | 87% | Love, Simon | Mr. Worth (Character) | $40.8M | 2018 |
23% | 37% | The 15:17 to Paris | Coach Murray (Character) | $36.2M | 2018 |
92% | 80% | And Then I Go | Mr. Mosley (Character) | - | 2017 |
16% | 43% | Transformers: The Last Knight | JPL Engineer (Character) | $130.1M | 2017 |
53% | 33% | Brave New Jersey | Clark Hill (Character) | $14.1K | 2016 |
26% | 35% | Yoga Hosers | Bob Collette (Character) | - | 2016 |
44% | 47% | The Angry Birds Movie | Ross, Cyruc, Mime (Voice) | $107.5M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain America: Civil War Reenactors | Chad Winters (Character) | - | 2016 |
97% | 77% | April and the Extraordinary World | Darwin (Voice) | $294.3K | 2015 |
15% | 51% | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Scruggs (Character) | $85.9M | 2015 |
100% | 56% | Night Owls | Dr. Newman (Character) | - | 2015 |
44% | 45% | American Ultra | Petey Douglas (Character) | $14.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow |
Jim Funkle (Character), Producer |
- | 2014 |
66% | 71% | The Heat | The John (Character) | $159.6M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Not That Funny | Stefan Lane (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First in Flight | Wilbur Wright (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Wuss | Mr. Crowder (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sironia | Chad (Character) | - | 2011 |
43% | 60% | Happythankyoumoreplease | Sam No. 2 (Character) | $215.6K | 2010 |
57% | 81% | My Suicide | Carmelo Peters (Character) | - | 2009 |
13% | 33% | In My Sleep | Ben (Character) | $28.8K | 2009 |
80% | 44% | The Informant! | James Epstein (Character) | $33.3M | 2009 |
27% | 37% | The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. | Wade Zooha (Character) | $15.1M | 2009 |
32% | 42% | The Answer Man | Mailman (Character) | $25.6K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The Year of Getting to Know Us | Nickie Apple (Character) | - | 2008 |
56% | 44% | The Tale of Despereaux | Furlough (Voice) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Dante's Inferno | Pope Nicholas 3rd (Voice) | - | 2007 |
4% | 65% | Because I Said So | Stuart (Character) | $42.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah | Homeowner with Demons (Character) | - | 2006 |
73% | 85% | Stranger Than Fiction | Dave (Character) | $40.1M | 2006 |
24% | 45% | RV | Frank (Character) | $71.4M | 2006 |
5% | 52% | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Jack Dobbs (Character) | $15.7M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fortunes | Phil Yount (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Raging Hormones | Wiseguy Driver (Character) | - | 1999 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | 9% | The View | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2016-2017 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Guest | 2024 |
86% | 70% | Rugrats | Chas Finster (Voice) | 2021-2024 |
97% | 86% | Harley Quinn |
Dr. Psycho/ |
2019-2020 2022-2023 |
98% | 81% | Solar Opposites | Little Buddy (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
50% | 85% | HouseBroken |
Diablo/ |
2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2022-2023 |
86% | 91% | The Mysterious Benedict Society |
Mr. Benedict/ |
2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 2022 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Password | Guest | 2022 |
100% | 95% | The Legend of Vox Machina | Sir Fince (Voice) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rugrats Shorts | Chas Finster (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Heart Arlo | Teeny Tiny Tony (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here | Archibald (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014-2015 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mo Willems and The Storytime All-Stars Present: Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime! | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
67% | 44% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2020 |
27% | 88% | Crossing Swords | Blarney (Voice) | 2020 |
71% | 79% | When the Streetlights Go On | Boque (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Archibald's Next Big Thing |
Archibald (Voice), Creator, Executive Producer |
2019-2020 |
85% | 64% | Forky Asks a Question | Forky (Voice) | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Lights Out With David Spade | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | StoryBots | Guest | 2019 |
93% | 90% | Veep | Gary (Character) | 2012-2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2013 2017-2019 |
84% | 72% | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2019 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Byron "Buster" Bluth (Character) | 2003-2006 2013 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2014 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2018 |
82% | 69% | The Gong Show | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 2015-2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2014 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2015 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Help With Carol Burnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2018 |
96% | 87% | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Jerome Squalor (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015-2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop the Mic | Contestant | 2017 |
90% | 83% | Rick and Morty | Death Stalker Eli (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanjay and Craig | Mr. Noodman (Voice) | 2013-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Guest | 2013 2016 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 88% | At Midnight With Chris Hardwick | Guest | 2016 |
100% | 29% | The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Food Fight | Contestant | 2015 |
100% | 85% | The Birthday Boys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
74% | 80% | About a Boy | Hugh Womple (Guest Star) | 2014 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soup | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
67% | 64% | Up All Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rick Simms (Guest Star) | 2012 |
70% | No Score Yet | Good Vibes | Wadska (Voice) | 2011 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
94% | 76% | Royal Pains | Andy (Guest Star) | 2011 |
75% | 89% | Human Target | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
88% | 88% | Community | Professor Holly (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Rules of Engagement | Steve (Guest Star) | 2009 |
90% | 91% | Chuck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Norman Chapman (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
85% | 85% | United States of Tara | Mr. Orel Gershenoff (Guest Star) | 2009 |
77% | No Score Yet | Samantha Who? | Dr. Andy Adams (Guest Star) | 2008 |
92% | No Score Yet | Andy Barker, P.I. | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
50% | No Score Yet | Big Day | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stacked | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
70% | 79% | Sex and the City | Tiger (Guest Star) | 2001 |