Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He also starred in the films The Benchwarmers, School for Scoundrels, Blades of Glory, Mama's Boy, When in Rome, and as Roy Disney in Walt Before Mickey. He provided his voice talents in the animated films Monster House and Surf's Up, as well as the title character for the animated series Napoleon Dynamite.

Filmography

• 2025I See the Demon — Roger
• 2025Tapawingo — Nate Skoog
• 2025Waltzing with Brando — Bernard Judge
• 2024Plan B — Evan Ebert
• 2024Thelma the Unicorn — Reggie (voice)
• The Legend of Vox Machina — Lionel (voice)
• 2021Funny Thing About Love — Charlie
• 2021Pinocchio: A True Story — Tybalt (English)
• 2020Tremors: Shrieker Island — Jimmy
• The Aquabats! RadVentures! — The Mauler
• 2018Gloria Talks Funny — Harrison
• 2018The Unexpected Race — Harry
• 2018When Jeff Tried to Save the World — Jeff
• All Hail King Julien: Exiled — Tentacle (voice)
• 2017Sunshine Brownstone — Balloon / Clerk / Underwater Giant
• 2017Surf's Up 2: WaveMania — Chicken Joe (voice)
• 2017The Tiger Hunter — Alex
• 2017When Jeff Tried to Save the World — Jeff
• 2016Bling — Wilmer (voice)
• 2016Ghost Team — Louis
• 2015Christmas Eve — James
• Critical Role — Lionel Gayheart
• Pickle & Peanut — Pickle
• 2015Reality — Dennis
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Oskar Greason (voice)
• 2015Walt Before Mickey — Roy Disney
• 2015Weepah Way For Now — Ernie
• About a Boy — Computer Virus Guy
• Clarence — Randy (voice)
• 2014My Dad Is Scrooge — Raffi (voice)
• 2014The Visitant — Producer
• 2014Wildlife — Raymond Hinckley
• 2013A Monsterous Holiday — Frankenstein
• Uncle Grandpa — Kev / Additional Voices (voice)
• 2012All Star Bowling Trick Shots
• 2012For Ellen — Fred Butler
• Napoleon Dynamite — Napoleon Dynamite (voice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Napoleon Bonafrog (voice)
• The Legend of Korra — Ryu (voice)
• Dead Grandma! — Jon Heder
• 2011L!fe Happens — Wrong Number Caller
• FCU: Fact Checkers Unit — Jon
• 2010When in Rome — Lance
• 2010Woke Up Dead — Drex Greene
• Woke Up Dead — Drex
• 2007Blades of Glory — Jimmy MacElroy
• 2007Mama's Boy — Jeffrey Mannus
• 2007Moving McAllister — Orlie
• 2007Surf's Up — Chicken Joe (voice)
• 2006Monster House — Reginald "Skull" Skulinski (voice)
• 2006On Location Napoleon Dynamite — Napoleon Dynamite (Archival Footage)
• 2006School for Scoundrels — Roger Waddell
• 2006The Benchwarmers — Clark
• 2006The Sasquatch Gang — Laser Tag Employee
• How I Met Your Mother — Narshall
• 2005Just Like Heaven — Darryl
• My Name Is Earl — Joel Malone
• 2005Tankman Begins — Napoleon Dynamite/Batman
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade
• Best Week Ever
• 2004Napoleon Dynamite — Napoleon Dynamite
• Sockbaby — Black Ops Frogmen
• 2003Peluca — Seth
• Killing Winston Jones — Edwin Jones
• The Big Kill — Peter

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2025The Grim & The Dark — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! — Self
• 2017Life After Flash — Self
• Studio C — Self - Special Guest
• Conan — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• MADtv — Self - Special Guest / Percy
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Raw — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Today — Self