Robert Anderson Huebel (born June 4, 1969) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant and for his role of Dr. Owen Maestro on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. He also appeared as Russell on the FX/FXX series The League and as Len Novak on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent. In December 2022, Entertainment Weekly called Huebel "the premier d-bag character actor of his generation".
Early life
Huebel was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Louisa and Jared Huebel. He attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia, before attending Clemson University, where he studied marketing in hopes of working in advertising. He later moved to New York and began studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
Career
Huebel first began improvising when he was 27 by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.
Huebel appears frequently on the comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! along with starring in his own podcast series on the Earwolf network, Mike Detective. He later appeared in Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) and Barely Lethal (2015).
Huebel has starred as "Inconsiderate Cell-Phone Man" in several PSAs of this title, which are shown in movie theaters to discourage patrons from making calls during the picture.
Personal life
Huebel is married to Holly Hannula. Their daughter, Holden, was born in 2016. She was born premature at 26 weeks and spent the first 117 days of her life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 2002
|Bowling for Columbine
| Corporate Criminal
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004
|Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
| Sam Brown
|
|-
|Terrorists
| Town Council Member
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
|Norbit
| Excited Man on TV
|
|-
|7-10 Split
| Jerry Lowry
|
|-
| 2008
|'
| Frat Guy
|
|-
| 2009
|I Love You, Man
| Tevin Downey
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2010
|Despicable Me
| Anchorman
|Voice Cameo
|-
|'
| Officer Watts
|
|-
|Life as We Know It
| Ted
|
|-
|Orientation Day
| Announcer
| Voice, short film
|-
|Little Fockers
| Sleazy Doctor
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2011
|Flypaper
| Rex Newbauer
|
|-
|Natural Selection
| Martin
|
|-
|'
| Mark Mitchell
|
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2012
|Celeste & Jesse Forever
| Business Man
|
|-
|What to Expect When You're Expecting
| Gabe
|
|-
|Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
| Jeremy
|
|-
|It's Not You It's Me
| Detective Archer
| Short film
|-
| 2013
|Hell Baby
| Mickey
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013
|Welcome to the Jungle
| Phil
|
|-
|Rapture-Palooza
| Morgan
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2014
|Date and Switch
| Pete
|
|-
|Horrible Bosses 2
| Pinkberry Executive
|
|-
|'
| Coach
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2015
|Barely Lethal
| Mr. Marcus
|
|-
|Night Owls
| Peter
|
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2016
|Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
| Le Club Boss
|
|-
|Miss Stevens
| Walter
|
|-
|Keanu
| Spencer
|
|-
|Cuddle Party
| Drew
| Short film
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2017
|Fun Mom Dinner
| Andrew
|
|-
|How to Be a Latin Lover
| Nick
|
|-
|Baywatch
| Captain Thorpe
|
|-
|Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
| Bennett
|
|-
|'
| Officer Chandler
|
|-
| 2019
| International Falls
| Tim
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2020
| Valley Girl
| Steve Richman
|
|-
| Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
| Himself
|
|-
| Spontaneous
| Charlie Carlyle
|
|-
| 2021
| How It Ends
| Joe
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2022
| The Bob's Burgers Movie
|Dizzy Dog Carnie
|Voice Cameo
|-
| Snow Day
|Tom Brandston
|
|-
| 2023
| You People
| Producer
|
|-
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1998–1999
|Upright Citizens Brigade
| Various characters
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2000
|'
|
| Producer; 12 episodes
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| 2000–2001
|'
|
| Field producer; 4 episodes
|-
| 2004
|McEnroe
| Various characters
| 22 episodes
|-
| 2005
|Arrested Development
| Dave Williams
| Episode: "Righteous Brothers"
|-
| 2005
|'
| Correspondent
|
|-
| 2005
|Curb Your Enthusiasm
| Dr. Mark
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2007
|Fat Guy Stuck In Internet
| Morgan
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2007–2008
|Human Giant
| Rob / Various characters
| 20 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer
|-
| 2008
|30 Rock
| MILF Island Host
| Episode: "MILF Island"
|-
| 2008–2016
|Childrens Hospital
| Dr. Owen Maestro
| 79 episodes; also writer
|-
| 2009
|Reno 911!
| HMO Advisor #1 / Resort Salesman #2 / Financial Advisor #1
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2009
|Michael & Michael Have Issues
| Jeff
| Episode: "Frogbox"
|-
| 2009
|Gary Unmarried
| Howard Needleman
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2009–2010
|'
| A.J.
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2009–2015
|'
| Russell / Dr. Deramo
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2009–2019
|American Dad!
| Various voices
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2010
|Players
| Todd
| Episode: "Barb's Husband"
|-
| 2010
|Party Down
| Mr. Dauntless
| Episode: "Not on Your Wife Opening Night"
|-
| 2010
|Pretend Time
| Bill
| Episode: "Powdered Doughnuts Make Me Go Nuts"
|-
| 2010
|2010 MTV Movie Awards
|
| Writer and segment producer
|-
| 2010
|CollegeHumor Originals
| Brock
| Episode: "Action Movie Pun Brainstorm"
|-
| 2010–2011
|Funny or Die Presents
| Various characters
| 13 episodes; also writer and executive producer
|-
| 2011
| Traffic Light
| Kev
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2011
| Happy Endings
| Alan Fitzgerald
| Episode: "You've Got Male"
|-
| 2011
| Modern Family
| Glen Whipple
| Episode: "The One That Got Away"
|-
| 2012
| '
| Matt
| Voice, episode: "The Smug Chiropractor/Corporate Disaster"
|-
| 2012
| How I Met Your Mother
| Wade Flanagan
| Episode: "The Magician's Code"
|-
| 2012
| Up All Night
| Jerry
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2012
| NTSF:SD:SUV::
| Dragon Shumway
| 2 episodes; also writer
|-
| 2012
| 17th Critics' Choice Awards
| Co-host
| Television special
|-
| 2012
| Key & Peele
| Blue Falcon
| Episode: "#2.9"
|-
| 2012–2022
|Bob's Burgers
| Various characters
| Voice, 12 episodes
|-
| 2013
| Burning Love
| Simon
| 20 episodes
|-
| 2013
| Kroll Show
| Suicidal Rockstar
| Episode: "Ice Dating"
|-
| 2013
| Hart of Dixie
| Michael Burgess
| Episode: "I'm Moving On"
|-
| 2013
| Super Fun Night
| Peter Crane
| Episode: "Three Men and a Boubier"
|-
| 2013
| '
| Ultimate Warrior
| Episode: "Ultimate Warrior"
|-
| 2013–2015
|Axe Cop
| Gray Diamond
| Voice, 16 episodes
|-
| 2013–2015
|Comedy Bang! Bang!
| Dave Grigsby / Larry Jetski
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013–2015
|Drunk History
| Juan Francisco Treviño / Pat Garrett
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2014
|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
| Lloyd Rathman
| Episode: "The Magical Place"
|-
| 2014
|Parks and Recreation
| Harvey Spielyorm
| Episode: "Galentine's Day"
|-
| 2014
|Garfunkel and Oates
| Boomer
| Voice, episode: "The Fadeaway"
|-
| 2014
|'
| Andrew
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2014
|Newsreaders
| Rob Huebel
| Episode: "Motorboating Dads; the Negative $100,000 Question"
|-
| 2014–2015
|Marry Me
|Wes
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2014–2019
|Transparent
| Len Novak
| 28 episodes
|-
| 2014–2022
|'
|John Calabasas
| 11 episodes
|-
| 2015
|Archer
|Patrick (Crash) McCaren
|Voice, episode: "The Archer Sanction"
|-
| 2015
|Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
|Dad
|Episode: "The Internet"
|-
| 2015
|Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
|Brodfard Gilroy
|Episode: "Auditions"
|-
| 2015
|Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
|Rob
|TV movie; also writer and executive producer
|-
| 2015
|'
|Gynecologist
|Episode: "Vaca-Shunned"
|-
| 2015
|Married
|Jacob
|Episode: "Triggers"
|-
| 2016
|Fresh Off the Boat
|Rick
|Episode: "Year of the Rat"
|-
| 2016
|Workaholics
|Sam
|Episode: "The Nuttin' Professor"
|-
| 2016
|Family Guy
|Business Meeting Leader
|Voice, episode: "Road to India"
|-
| 2016
|Blunt Talk
|Dr. Rudy Kamper
|2 episodes
|-
| 2017
|Drive Share
|Various characters
|6 episodes; also creator, writer, director, and executive producer
|-
| 2017
|Hawaii Five-0
|Blake Stone
|Episode: "Poniu I Ke Aloha"
|-
| 2017
|Angie Tribeca
|Sperber Pennington
|Episode: "This Sounds Unbelievable, but CSI: Miami Did It"
|-
| 2017
|Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
|Brodfard Gilroy
|2 episodes
|-
| 2017
|'
|Phone Sex Chewbacca
|Episode: "Technology Will Destroy Us All"
|-
| 2017–2019
| Big Mouth
| Mr. Lizer
| Voice, 6 episodes
|-
| 2017
| Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
| Himself
| 15 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer
|-
| 2017
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine
| Landon Lawson
| Episode: "Return to Skyfire"
|-
| 2018
| '
| Don Viola
| Episode: "The Pitch"
|-
| 2018–2021
| Black-ish
| Gary
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2019
| I'm Sorry
| Brad
| Episode: "Barbara T. Warren"
|-
| 2019
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
| Tad Frye
| Episode: "Kimmy Finds a Liar!"
|-
| 2019
| We Bare Bears
| Ranger Norm
| Voice, episode: "Ranger Norm"
|-
| 2019
| Abby's
| Clark
| Episode: "Rosie's Band"
|-
| 2019
| Kids Say the Darndest Things
| Himself
| Episode: "Dad, Plug Your Ears!"
|-
| 2020
| Medical Police
| Dr. Owen Maestro
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2020
| Schooled
| John Calabasas
| Episode: "Boy Bands"
|-
| 2020
| I Know This Much Is True
| Leo
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2020
| Match Game
| Himself
| Episode: "Joel McHale, Amanda Seales, Ron Funches, Ana Gasteyer, Rob Huebel, Nikki Glaser"
|-
| 2021–2024
| The Sex Lives of College Girls
| Mr. Murray
| 8 episodes; recurring role
|-
| 2021
| Master of None
|Hudson
|Voice, episode: "Moments in Love, Chapter 4"
|-
| 2021
| A Million Little Things
|Xander Holmes
|Episode: "No One Is to Blame"
|-
| 2022
| Murderville
| Chadd Worthington / Charles Worthington / Chester Worthington
| Episode: "Triplet Homicide"
|-
| 2022
| Ghosts
| Ari (Present Day)
| Episode: "Trevor's Pants"
|-
| 2023
| Goosebumps
| Colin
|
|-
| 2024
| Night Court
| Pellino
| Episode: "Hold the Pickles, Keep the Change"
|-
| 2024
| Knuckles
| Dylan Beagleton
| 2 episodes
|}
Web series
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2017
|Guest Grumps
|Himself
|Episode: "Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem with Rob Huebel"
|}
References
External links
- Official website
- Rob Huebel on Twitter