Paul Francis Tompkins, born on September 12, 1968, in Philadelphia, is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up comedy and improvisational skills. He's gained acclaim for his witty storytelling and has appeared on various television shows and podcasts, showcasing his comedic versatility and distinctive style. Tompkins is recognized for his quick wit, sharp humor, and engaging performances, solidifying his place in the comedy scene. Beyond stand-up, he's recognized for his work in improvisational comedy, notably as a frequent guest on the podcast "Comedy Bang! Bang!" and his own podcast "Spontaneanation," where he showcases his improvisational skills.

Filmography

• 2026Di Lemon: Di Musical: The True Story of the Man Who Introduced Vanilla to Hollywood — Al Mond / Old Ice Cream Man / Mr. Wheelz / Water Guy 2 / Salad Lady / Immigration Officer / Charles Lindbergh
• 2026Mock Trial
• Regular Show: The Lost Tapes — Elevator Operator / Guy on Fire (voice)
• Strip Law — (voice)
• Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse — Dr. Flora / Dr. Scrumple
• Haunted Hotel — Additional Voices (voice)
• 2025Off Book: The Improvised Holiday Musical - The Tale of Moby Wick — Various
• 2025The Muppet Script — Fozzie Bear
• 2025The Muppet Scriptmas Carol — Fozzie Bear / Fozziwig / Mr. Applegate
• 2025The Muppets Take Scripthatten — Fozzie Bear
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Bentley Wittman (voice)
• 2024Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson — Paul F. Tompkins
• 2024The Thundermans Return — King Crab
• 2023Love Virtually — Chatbot
• Very Important People — David Hoyle Jr.
• 2022LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation — Rad (voice)
• 2022Out of Office — Mr. Donahue
• Pantheon — Pilot / Wynn (voice)
• 2022The Bob's Burgers Movie — Short Carnie (voice)
• 2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Gallagher
• Ada Twist, Scientist — Iggy's Dad (voice), Monster (voice)
• Birdgirl — Maître d'(voice)
• Centaurworld — Tail (voice), Tail / Human Tail / Yaktaur / Trashtaur (voice)
• INVINCIBLE — Narrator (voice)
• Jellystone! — Magilla Gorilla (voice)
• Rutherford Falls — Professor Tobias James Kaufman
• The Ghost and Molly McGee — Ernie (voice)
• The Great North — Mr. Golovkin (voice), Parking Cop (voice), Cruise Captain (voice)
• Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins — Creator
• Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun — Jukebox
• Central Park — Professor, Art Teacher (voice)
• Close Enough — Amazing Sardini (voice)
• Dicktown — (voice), Loafer Toeknuckle
• 2020Hate Mail — Preston
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Hyde (voice), Vrek (voice), Gabers Migleemo / Young (voice), Gabers Migleemo (voice), Gabers Migleemo / Zurkel (voice), Gabers Migleemo/ Cerritos Security Officer (voice)
• 2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie — Burnt Millipede
• Game Changer — Santa
• Miracle Workers — Snake Oil Salesman, Percy
• Sherman's Showcase — Senator
• The Twilight Zone
• Theme Song Takeover — Shorty (voice)
• Tuca & Bertie — (voice)
• Big City Greens — Justin (voice), Tooth Fairy (voice)
• Lodge 49
• Star Wars Resistance — Flanx (voice)
• Brockmire — Harold K. Finnegan
• Drive Share — Ghost Passenger
• DuckTales — Gladstone Gander (voice)
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure — Shorty (voice)
• Room 104 — Louis
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Dean Rosedragon
• Great Minds with Dan Harmon — Edgar Allan Poe
• Party Legends
• Speechless — Dane
• Take My Wife — Paul
• 2016Trump vs. Bernie: Debate for America — Moderator
• Another Period — Cole Bottoms
• Blindspot — Booky Bentley
• 2015Hell and Back — Annoyed Lost Soul
• 2015Kill Me, Deadly — Jaime
• Life in Pieces — York
• 2015Paul F. Tompkins: Crying and Driving — Himself, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2015Regular Show: The Movie — Gino (voice)
• 2015The Dramatics: A Comedy — Anton Campbell
• 2015The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live — Frank Doyle
• W/ Bob & David — Various Characters
• BoJack Horseman — Mr. Peanutbutter (voice), Mr. Peanutbutter / Mr. Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (voice)
• 2014Jason Nash Is Married — Dr. Glen
• Talking Tom and Friends — Reece (voice)
• You're the Worst — Paul F. Tompkins
• black-ish — Dr. Reagan
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Captain Orleans
• 2013Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
• No, You Shut Up! — Self, Producer
• Rick and Morty — Lawyer (voice)
• 2013Ring! Ring! Ring! — Mr. Mountabrother
• 2013The Adventures of Pete & Pete 20th Anniversary Reunion
• The Thundermans — King Crab
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — The Cake Boss, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Garry Marshall, Werner Herzog, J.W. Stillwater, Alan Thicke (voice) (uncredited)
• Key & Peele — Congressman
• 2012Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions — Self, Writer
• 2012Tangled Ever After — Short Thug (voice)
• Bob's Burgers — Herman (voice), Randy (voice), Bronconius (voice), Pierre (voice) / Randy (voice), Deputy Mayor Cunningham (voice), Snakebite (voice)
• Last Man Standing — Chester McAllister
• 2011T is for Tantrum — Jerry
• Up All Night — Dave
• 2010Drones — Jafe
• 2010Fantasia in Best Show Minor
• 2010Paul F. Tompkins: You Should Have Told Me — Himself, Writer
• Raising Hope — Jeff
• Regular Show — Voice on Record / Nice Friend (voice), Matt / Cricket #5 / Guy #2 (voice), Skunk (voice), Filbert (voice), Lotto Worker / Lotto Cop #2 / Lotto Cop #3 (voice), Video Narrator (voice)
• 2010Tangled — Short Thug (voice)
• Community — Robert
• 2009The Informant! — FBI Special Agent Anthony D'Angelo
• True Jackson, VP — Royce Bingham
• Pushing Daisies — Gunther Pinker
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Paul
• 2007There Will Be Blood — Prescott
• 2006Kidney Thieves — Dr. Fong
• 2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny — Open Mic Host
• 2006Tenacious D: Time Fixers — Club Owner
• American Dad! — Nordstorm Manager (voice)
• Criminal Minds — Brian Garrity
• I Love the '90s: Part Deux
• Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
• Too Late with Adam Carolla
• Weeds — Bob
• 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — MC
• Best Week Ever
• It's Twissleton — Admiral Telamachus (voice)
• 2004Nerd Hunter 3004 — The Chief
• The Venture Bros. — Blue Morpho (voice), Blue Morpho / Dr. Heinie / Turnbuckle (voice), The Blue Morpho / Parade Announcer 1 (voice)
• 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie — MC
• 2003Brainwarp — Whip-Head
• I'm with Her
• 2002Run Ronnie Run — Safari Guy in TV
• Murry Wilson: Rock 'n' Roll Dad — Murry Wilson (voice)
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Angel (voice)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Andrew Berg
• DAG — Sullivan Pope
• 1999Magnolia — Chad (Seduce & Destroy) (voice)
• 1999Paul F. Tompkins: Driven to Drink — Himself, Writer
• 1998Jack Frost — Audience Member
• 1998Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report — Writer
• King of the Hill — Professor Twilley (voice)
• Premium Blend
• 1997Skins — Little John
• Tenacious D — Paul
• 1996The Hitman — The Mark
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist — Paul (voice), Additional Writing
• Mr. Show with Bob and David — Various, Writer
• NewsRadio — Justice of the Peace
• Frasier — Steve
• The Simpsons — Colby (voice)
• Friday Night Videos
• Bambi Cottages
• Stubborn Beast — Stephen
• The Greatest Treasure in the World

Appearances as themselves (35)

• 2026Superego: 20th Anniversary Show — Self
• Crowd Control — Self
• 2025Spontaneanation: Ten Year Anniversary Show — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• 2024Age of Audio — Self
• Gastronauts — Self - Judge
• 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story — Self (archive footage)
• Smartypants — Self - Society Member, Self - Presenter
• Lauren Lapkus Presents: A Very Good Time! — Self
• Dirty Laundry — Self - Guest
• Make Some Noise — Self - Player
• Untitled Improv Project — Self
• 2019RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 — Self
• Bill Nye Saves the World — Self
• 2017RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party — Self
• 2016Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary — Self
• 2016Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016 — Self
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• 2015Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015 — Himself
• Going Deep with David Rees — Self
• 2014Sex and Broadcasting — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• 2013RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013 — Himself
• 2012The Bitter Buddha — Self
• Talking Dead — Himself
• Conan — Self
• 2010RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill — himself
• 2008Largo — Self
• Lewis Black's Root of All Evil — Self
• 2007An Evening with Dr. Katz: Live from the Comedy Central Stage — Self
• 2007Heckler — Self
• 2007Super High Me — Self
• 1999Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm — Self
• Comedy Central Presents — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Comedy Guest