Kyle Mooney

Actor, Producer, Writer

Birthdate: September 4, 1984 (41 Years Old)

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA

Kyle Mooney (birthname: Kyle James Kozub Mooney) may be most easily recognized as a longtime member of the cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live (from 2013 to 2022), but he has also had a very active feature film career as an actor and a director/writer, starting with his big-screen debut in the low-budget horror comedy, Kill Me Now (2012), directed by Travis Long and starring Michael Swaim, who also wrote and produced. Mooney joined the cast led by Sally Field in director/co-writer Michael Showalter’s comedy, Hello, My Name is Doris (2015), with Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Stephen Root, Elizabeth Reaser, Natasha Lyonne, and Tyne Daly, and released by Roadside Attractions to a $14.7 million return. Mooney appeared in a supporting role in filmmaker-star Ben Stiller’s disappointing sequel, Zoolander 2 (2016), with Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, and Fred Armisen, earning only $56.7 million for Paramount Pictures. Mooney was cast in another more successful comedy sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), directed and co-written by Nicholas Stoller and co-starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, and Ike Barinholtz, grossing $108 million for distributor Universal Pictures. Kyle Mooney made his biggest filmmaking gambit yet as star and co-writer (with Kevin Costello) of the Dave McCary-directed comedy-drama, Brigsby Bear (2017), co-starring Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, and Andy Samberg, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and released by Sony Pictures Classics. Mooney was part of the ensemble of director/writer/producer Robert Schwartzman’s comedy, The Unicorn (2018), with Lauren Lapkus, Nick Rutherford (who co-wrote), Lucy Hale, Beck Bennett, Dree Hemingway, and Beverly D’Angelo, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival and released by The Orchard. Mooney played support in director/co-writer/producer Eugene Kotlyarenko’s black comedy, Spree (2020), starring Joe Keery and also with Sasheer Zamata, Mischa Barton, and David Arquette, and after premiering in the Sundance Film Festival, was released by RLJE Films. Mooney again was in a supporting role in the Jennifer Lawrence-starring comedy, No Hard Feelings (2023), with Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Matthew Broderick under co-writer Gene Stupnitsky’s direction, grossing $87 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing. Kyle Mooney made his directorial debut with the end-of-century comedy, Y2K (2024), which he co-wrote with Evan Winter (who produced with Jonah Hill), and which co-starred Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Daniel Zolghadri, Fred Durst, and Alicia Silverstone, and was released by A24 after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

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Personal life

Kyle Mooney was born and raised in San Diego, California by parents Linda (journalist) and Brian Mooney (environmental consultant/planner). Mooney has two older brothers, Sean and Ryan. Mooney attended and graduated from Thurgood Marshall Middle School and Scripps Ranch High School, and then studied filmmaking at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, from which he graduated in 2007. Mooney married actor Kate Lyn Sheil in 2021; the couple has one child. Mooney’s height is 5’ 7”. Mooney’s estimated net worth is $3 million.

Known For

A Place in Hell

(2026)

Street Fighter

Marvin (2026)

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

(2025)

Y2K

(2024)

No Hard Feelings

Jody (2023)

Kyle Mooney Movies

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2025 |
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
2025
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Gabby and Grandma Gigi's road trip takes an unexpected turn when Gabby's prized dollhouse ends up with eccentric cat lady Vera. Gabby embarks on a adventure to reunite the Gabby Cats and retrieve her beloved dollhouse before it's too late.
2024 |
Y2K
Y2K
2024
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
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asGarrett
2023 |
No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings
2023
Comedy, Romance
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
asJody
2021 |
Naked Singularity
Naked Singularity
2021
Comedy, Crime, Drama
An idealistic young New York City public defender burned out by the system, on the brink of disbarment, and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him decides to rob a multi-million drug deal of one of his clients.
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asThe Golem
2018 |
Never Goin' Back
Never Goin' Back
2018
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent's due, they're about to get fired, and they're broke.
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asBrandon
2017 |
Brigsby Bear
Brigsby Bear
2017
Comedy, Drama
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
asJames
2016 |
It Had to Be You
It Had to Be You
2016
Comedy, Music, Romance
Sonia, a neurotic and charming jingle writer, dreams of having an exciting life. The sudden marriage proposal from her boyfriend forces Sonia to confront whether she wants to join the ranks of her married friends or pursue her fantasies.
asGary the Midwife
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as Marvin

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2024 |
Y2K
Y2K
2024
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
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2017 |
Brigsby Bear
Brigsby Bear
2017
Comedy, Drama
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.

Facts About Kyle Mooney

Collegiate Comedy: Kyle Mooney was a member of the USC-based comedy group Commedus Interruptus, where he performed improv and sketch comedy. Most Likely To…: Mooney, having established himself as a class clown, was picked by his Marshall Middle School classmates as “most likely to become a television star.”