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Rob McElhenney

Writer | Producer | Actor

Known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-2019), Latter Days (2003), Wonder Boys (2000), The Devil's Own (1997)

Details

Apr 14, 1977 (age 42) | 5' 9" (1.75m)

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Still of Rob McElhenney in Game of Thrones and Winterfell

Still of Rob McElhenney in Law & Order and Thrill

Still of Rob McElhenney and Carrie Coon in Fargo and The Law of Non-Contradiction

Still of Rob McElhenney and Danny DeVito in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and PTSDee

Still of Rob McElhenney and Danny DeVito in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and PTSDee

Still of Rob McElhenney in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Hero or Hate Crime?

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53 titles

Projects in Development (4 titles)	Budget	Status
Figment Director, Executive Producer, Writer Director, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer		Development Unknown
Spikeface (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer		Development Unknown
Untitled Cristin Milioti/Nina Pedrad Project (TV Movie) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer		Pitch
Untitled Stephanie Sanditz/Rob McElhenney Project (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer		Script

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
Mythic Quest (TV Series) - Ian (1 episode) Ian (1 episode) See fewer Post-Prod Episode #1.1 Season 1, Episode 1 - Ian Ian See fewer	1	Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (15 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
All Star Bowling Trick Shots (2012) (Video) - Rob McElhenney Rob McElhenney See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 3: Dancing Guy (2008) (Video) - Mac, Executive Producer, Writer Mac, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 3: Meet the McPoyles (2008) (Video) - Mac, Executive Producer, Writer Mac, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 3: Sunny Side Up (2008) (Video) - Mac, Executive Producer Mac, Executive Producer See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Sunny Side Up (2008) (Video) - Mac, Executive Producer Mac, Executive Producer See fewer
Danny DeVito & the Contract (2007) (Video) - Rob McElhenney (uncredited), Director (uncredited), Executive Producer (uncredited), Writer (uncredited) Rob McElhenney (uncredited), Director (uncredited), Executive Producer (uncredited), Writer (uncredited) See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Making of Season 1 & 2 (2007) (Video) - Himself, Executive Producer Himself, Executive Producer See fewer
The Tollbooth (2004) Simon Stanton Simon Stanton See fewer		$5K	$5K	$5K
Latter Days (2003) Elder Harmon Elder Harmon See fewer	$850K	$57K	$835K	$865K
Long Story Short (2002) Trent Trent See fewer	$325K
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) Chris Hammond, Aspiring Medical Student Chris Hammond, Aspiring Medical Student See fewer	$4.5MM	$89K	$3.3MM	$3.7MM
Campfire Stories (2001) Ricky Ricky See fewer
Wonder Boys (2000) Student Student See fewer	$55MM	$5.8MM	$19MM	$33MM
A Civil Action (1998) Teenager on Property Teenager on Property See fewer	$75MM	$70K	$57MM	$57MM
The Devil's Own (1997) Kevin (as Rob McElhenny) Kevin (as Rob McElhenny) See fewer	$90MM	$14MM	$43MM	$141MM

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Past Television (19 titles)	Episodes
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–2019) (TV Series) - Mac (153 episodes, 2005), Executive Producer (148 episodes, 2005), Writer (creator) (105 episodes, 2005), Writer (developer) (103 episodes, 2005), Writer (51 episodes, 2005), … See more Mac (153 episodes, 2005), Executive Producer (148 episodes, 2005), Writer (creator) (105 episodes, 2005), Writer (developer) (103 episodes, 2005), Writer (51 episodes, 2005), Writer (developed by) (48 episodes, 2015), Writer (created by) (48 episodes, 2015), Writer (story) (9 episodes, 2005), Director (2 episodes, 2005), Soundtrack (1 episode, 2006), Performer ("Birds of War") (1 episode, 2009), Performer ("It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday") (1 episode, 2008), Writer (teleplay) (1 episode, 2007), Performer ("Motownphilly") (1 episode, 2013), Performer ("Psycho Killer") (1 episode, 2015), Performer ("Troll Toll", "Dayman") (1 episode, 2008), Performer ("More Than Words") (1 episode, 2006) See fewer Waiting for Big Mo (Nov 20, 2019) Season 14, Episode 10 - Mac, Writer (created by), Writer (developed by) Mac, Writer (created by), Writer (developed by) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	153
Game of Thrones (2019) (TV Series) - Ironborn #1 (1 episode, 2019) Ironborn #1 (1 episode, 2019) See fewer Winterfell (Apr 14, 2019) Season 8, Episode 1 - Ironborn #1 (uncredited) Ironborn #1 (uncredited) See fewer	1
The Cool Kids (2018–2019) (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer
Mean Jean (2018) (TV Movie) - Executive Producer, Writer (created by) Executive Producer, Writer (created by) See fewer
Fargo (2017) (TV Series) - Officer Oscar Hunt (1 episode, 2017) Officer Oscar Hunt (1 episode, 2017) See fewer The Law of Non-Contradiction (May 3, 2017) Season 3, Episode 3 - Officer Oscar Hunt Officer Oscar Hunt See fewer	1
On the Record with Mick Rock (2015–2016) (TV Series) - Executive Producer (6 episodes, 2015) Executive Producer (6 episodes, 2015) See fewer Best of on the Record with Mick Rock (Feb 12, 2016) Season 1, Episode 6 - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6
The Mindy Project (2014–2015) (TV Series) - Lou Tookers (3 episodes, 2014) Lou Tookers (3 episodes, 2014) See fewer Fertility Bites (Mar 3, 2015) Season 3, Episode 18 - Lou Tookers Lou Tookers See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
Pariah (2015) (TV Movie) - Director Director See fewer
How to Be a Gentleman (2011–2012) (TV Series) - Consulting Producer (8 episodes, 2011) Consulting Producer (8 episodes, 2011) See fewer How to Be Shallow (Jun 23, 2012) Season 1, Episode 9 - Consulting Producer Consulting Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	8
Unsupervised (2012) (TV Series) - Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2012) Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2012) See fewer Youngbloods (Mar 22, 2012) Season 1, Episode 10 - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	10
Living Loaded (2012) (TV Movie) - Actor, Writer Actor, Writer See fewer
Lost (2007–2010) (TV Series) - Aldo (2 episodes, 2007) Aldo (2 episodes, 2007) See fewer What Kate Does (Feb 9, 2010) Season 6, Episode 3 - Aldo Aldo See fewer Not in Portland (Feb 7, 2007) Season 3, Episode 7 - Aldo Aldo See fewer	2
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (2009) (TV Movie) - Mac Mac See fewer
Boldly Going Nowhere (2009) (TV Movie) - Executive Producer, Writer Executive Producer, Writer See fewer
Bare Knuckle Fight Club (2007– ) (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer
ER (2004) (TV Series) - Andy Fesh (1 episode, 2004) Andy Fesh (1 episode, 2004) See fewer Where There's Smoke (Apr 8, 2004) Season 10, Episode 18 - Andy Fesh Andy Fesh See fewer	1
It's Always Sunny on TV (2004) (TV Movie) - Rob, Director, Executive Producer, Writer Rob, Director, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer
All My Children (1997) (TV Series) - Tim's Friend (1 episode, 1997) Tim's Friend (1 episode, 1997) See fewer Episode #1.7160 (Sep 25, 1997) Season 1, Episode 7,160 - Tim's Friend Tim's Friend See fewer	1
Law & Order (1997) (TV Series) - Joey Timon (1 episode, 1997) Joey Timon (1 episode, 1997) See fewer Thrill (Sep 24, 1997) Season 8, Episode 1 - Joey Timon Joey Timon See fewer	1

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Self (14 titles)
Ok! TV (2018) (TV Series) - Himself (2 episodes, 2018) Himself (2 episodes, 2018) See fewer Episode #3.258 (Aug 29, 2018) Season 3, Episode 258 - Himself Himself See fewer Episode #3.246 (Aug 13, 2018) Season 3, Episode 246 - Himself Himself See fewer
Conan (2013–2015) (TV Series) - Himself - Guest / Himself (2 episodes, 2013) Himself - Guest / Himself (2 episodes, 2013) See fewer The Cast of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'/In the Valley Below (Feb 23, 2015) Season 5, Episode 51 - Himself - Guest Himself - Guest See fewer The Black Guy Who Had Almost Every Springsteen Album (Sep 25, 2013) Season 3, Episode 142 - Himself Himself See fewer
World Premiere (2015) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2015) Himself (1 episode, 2015) See fewer It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Jan 17, 2015) Himself Himself See fewer
The 1st Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2011) (TV Special) - Himself Himself See fewer
Riding Shotgun with Adam Pally (2011– ) (TV Series) - Himself Himself See fewer
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (2010) (TV Special) - Himself Himself See fewer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center (2010) Himself Himself See fewer
Biography (2010) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2010) Himself (1 episode, 2010) See fewer Danny DeVito (Sep 1, 2010) Season 24, Episode 17 - Himself Himself See fewer
Comic-Con 2010 Live (2010) (TV Special) - Himself Himself See fewer
A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti (2010) (Video) - Himself Himself See fewer
Free Radio (2009) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2009) Himself (1 episode, 2009) See fewer Anna's Date (Apr 23, 2009) Season 2, Episode 4 - Himself Himself See fewer
The Nightman Cometh Live! (2009) (Video) - Himself - 'Mac' Himself - 'Mac' See fewer
Life After Film School (2007) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2007) Himself (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Rob McElhenney (Sep 9, 2007) Season 1, Episode 19 - Himself Himself See fewer
Square Off (2006) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2006) Himself (1 episode, 2006) See fewer Episode #1.13 (Aug 19, 2006) Season 1, Episode 13 - Himself Himself See fewer

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