Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcasts and Drunk History.
20 Facts About Matt Gourley
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Matthew James Gourley was born in Whittier, California to his mother Welford.
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Matt Gourley began performing with ComedySportz in Los Angeles during elementary school.
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Matt Gourley met Jeremy Carter at a ComedySportz tournament in San Jose in the mid-90s.
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Matt Gourley spent years as an actor and improviser at various Disney theme parks along with Carter and Mark McConville, among others.
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Matt Gourley has performed at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Matt Gourley has taught theater and improvisation at Riverside City College, Long Beach City College, and College of the Canyons.
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In 2013, Matt Gourley sold a pilot titled Wunderland that he wrote with his then-girlfriend and now-wife, Amanda Lund, to Fox.
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Matt Gourley has appeared on Community, HarmonQuest, Ghost Ghirls, and Drunk History, as well as doing voice work for Adventure Time.
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Matt Gourley's best known commercial work is his position as a spokesperson for Volkswagen in 2014 and 2015.
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Matt Gourley has appeared in ads for McDonald's, Carlton Draught, Lowe's, Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, Xbox, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Budweiser.
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In September 2013, Gourley started hosting a podcast along with Matt Mira titled James Bonding on the Nerdist network, later acquired by the Earwolf podcast network.
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In November 2014, Matt Gourley helped launch the new Wolfpop podcast network, a sister to Earwolf, along with Paul Scheer and Adam Sachs.
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Matt Gourley co-hosted The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project on Earwolf with Andy Daly.
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Matt Gourley co-hosted Pistol Shrimps Radio with his Superego colleague Mark McConville.
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Matt Gourley has served as a producer and co-host on Conan O'Brien's podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since it debuted in November 2018.
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In January 2023 Matt Gourley debuted the first episode of Mallwalkin with co-host Mark McMconville.
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Matt Gourley composed the theme for I Was There Too with James Bladon.
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Matt Gourley has released a solo album titled Garanimal Farm, recorded tracks with his band named Townland, and released an album with The Journeymen titled Mount Us More.
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In 1997, Matt Gourley won a contest to see who could best imitate the sound of a flushing toilet.