Kyle Mooney
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Mooney in 2009
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Kyle James Kozub Mooney September 4, 1984 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Kyle James Kozub Mooney (born September 4, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. His cousin is Stef Mooney. His man-on-the-street interviews have been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald.
Mooney has been a regular writer and performer at Upright Citizens Brigade since 2007. He also co-starred as Rory on the HBO comedy series Hello Ladies and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2013. Mooney will also star in the upcoming film Brigsby Bear, which he co-wrote.
Mooney was born in San Diego, California, to parents Linda (Kozub) and Brian Mooney. Linda is a former San Diego Union-Tribune reporter and Brian is an environmental consultant and planner. Mooney has two brothers, Sean and Ryan Mooney; he is the youngest of the three. Mooney is left-handed.
His Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a T.V. star. He graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2003 where he won Best Actor as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest and was hailed as class clown.
Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group Commedus Interruptus. After a six-week audition process in 2003, the three new members added to Commedus were Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford.
In 2007, Mooney, Bennett, and Rutherford came together to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor, along with Mooney's friend, director, and editor, Dave McCary.
In 2014, Good Neighbor was featured on New Media Rockstars' Top 100 Channels, ranked at #98.
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