'Weird Al' Yankovic
- Acting
- October 23, 1959 · Lynwood, California, USA
Biography
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he had sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film, UHF, and television show, The Weird Al Show. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV. Description above from the Wikipedia article "Weird Al" Yankovic, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Mandelbrot Hall: Pilot · Jimmy (Voice)
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- Peter Asher: Everywhere Man · Self
- Strip Law · Voice
- LEGO Manhunt · Music
- Tight & Nerdy · Self
- Your Friend Logan · Self
- The Naked Gun · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- When We Went MAD! · Self
- Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular · Self
- Mystery Cuddlers · Rich Jerk
- Mighty Monsterwheelies · Mayor Van Helsing (Voice)
- The Charlie Puth Show · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live · Self
- Grave Conversations · Self
- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story · Self
- After Midnight · Self
- Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic · Self
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off · Title Card Reader (Voice)
- It Wants Blood 2 · Melvin Baldron
- Mulligan · Voice
- The Muppets Mayhem · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened · Self
- Velma · Dandruff Tuba (Voice)
- The Soccer Football Movie · 'Weird Al' Yankovic (Voice)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story · Tony Scotti, Writer
- Hamster & Gretel · Wacko Wally (Voice)
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation · Vic Vankoh (Voice)
- The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" · Self
- Reno 911! Defunded · Nuge
- De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach · Self
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! · Self, Thanks
- This Is GWAR · Self
- The Sparks Brothers · Self
- The Palindromists · Self
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun · Lindsay The Vampire, 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- Bill & Ted Face the Music · Guy Playing Accordion (uncredited)
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day · Narrator
- Close Enough · Self
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe · Shirt Cannon Guy (Voice)
- Reno 911! · Ted Nugent
- Work in Progress · Self
- Gemini Home Entertainment · Self, Woodcrawler
- Ultramechatron Team Go! · Self
- Animation Outlaws · Self
- Archibald's Next Big Thing · Jasper (Voice)
- The Amazing Johnathan Documentary · Self
- Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans · Gentleman Ghost / Darkseid (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? · 'Weird Al' Yankovic (Voice)
- Theme Song Takeover · Milo Murphy (Voice)
- UnMade · Self
- Um, Actually... · Self
- Cartoon Hell · Theme Song Performance
- The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! · Self
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle · 'Weird Al' Yankovic (Voice)
- Little Big Awesome · Mr. Sun
- Pete the Cat · Wawa Weasel (Voice)
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs · Self
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? · Uncle Muscles
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Danger & Eggs · Polka Sven (Voice)
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie · Theme Song Performance
- Sandy Wexler · Self
- How to Be a Latin Lover · 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- My Brother, My Brother and Me · Self
- The History of Comedy · Self
- Weird Al Yankovic at Blizzcon 2016 · Self
- Milo Murphy's Law · Milo Murphy (Voice), Theme Song Performance
- Uncle Kent 2 · "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Ask the Storybots
- The $100,000 Pyramid · Self
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · Hammerleg Lead Singer
- Hidden America with Jonah Ray · Self
- Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ · Tug Friendly
- The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship · Rubberduck (Voice)
- Jay Leno's Garage · Self
- Adam Ruins Everything
- New Looney Tunes · Weird / Al (Voice)