Mitch Hedberg

Acting

Mitch Hedberg

Born 1968-02-24 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

​Mitchell Lee "Mitch" Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and unconventional comedic delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes, mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs. Hedberg's comedy and on-stage persona gained him a cult following, with audience members sometimes shouting out the punchlines to his jokes before he could finish them.

Acting credits

Almost Famous poster
7.5

In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.

Almost Famous

2000

Lords of Dogtown poster
7.1

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

Lords of Dogtown

2005

Group Therapy poster
7.8

A thoughtful and humorous navigation of personal conversations on mental health, through the lens of a group therapy session led by some of today's funniest comedians and comic performers.

Group Therapy

2024

Saddle Rash poster
4.5

Armless gunslinger Slim (Sam Seder) comes to town seeking revenge against bank robber Tommy Morgan (H. Jon Benjamin). Assisted by the town's resident sidekick Gummy (H. Jon Benjamin), Slim makes his intentions known to Morgan's gang which leads to a showdown in the center of town.

Saddle Rash

2002

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 2: On the Edge poster
NR

Live from Just for Laughs' Montreal International Comedy Festival comes the funniest comics to ever take the stage at the world's largest and most prestigious comedy event! With hilarious performances by Mitch Hedberg, Dave Attel, Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Jim Breuer, Maria Bramford, Harland Williams, Mitch Fatel and Sean Cullen!

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 2: On the Edge

2006

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge poster
NR

A selection of comics from the Montreal International Comedy Festival

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge

2009

Comedy Central Presents: Mitch Hedberg poster
9.3

Mitch Hedberg shares his unorthodox solutions to life's little problems in this mind-altering half-hour stand-up special.

Comedy Central Presents: Mitch Hedberg

1999

Los Enchiladas! poster
5.4

When the boss of a "Mexican" joint flees from the cops for beating up a competitor's mascot, slacker cook Lee takes charge as manager, which means alcohol and free food.

Los Enchiladas!

1999

Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together poster
7.9

A collection of Mitch Hedberg's Comedy Central stand ups.

Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together

2003

Possum Man poster
NR

A documentary that revisits alternative comedian Ed Carnevale, as he reflects on his friendship with Mitch Hedberg and his role on "The Mitch Hedberg Project", an ultimately unaired MTV pilot where he performed as his eccentric persona, the “Possum Man,” a character he continues to perform to this day.

Possum Man

2019

California Roll poster
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Fresh Stand-Up Comedy at Maplewood Community Center on June 15, 1995. Featuring Mitch Hedberg, Brian Malow, Chard Hogan & Doug Stanhope.

California Roll

1995

Behind the camera