Kyle Newacheck (born January 23, 1984) is an American television writer, director, producer and actor. He is one of the creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics, in which he also co-starred. He is a producer and director on the FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows.
Newacheck is also a professional pickleball player signed to the Selkirk Emerging Pros team.
Life and career
Originally from Concord, California, Newacheck graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2004 with a degree in editing. He worked as an editing teacher at his alma mater before forming the sketch comedy group Mail Order Comedy with Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine and Anders Holm in 2006.
Newacheck began writing, directing and editing comedy short films with Mail Order Comedy, most notably the "Crossbows and Moustaches" web series for MySpace. In 2011, Newacheck co-created Workaholics, a Comedy Central series which aired for seven seasons, which revolves around three slackers and their drug dealer. Newacheck co-stars in the series as the drug dealer Karl Hevacheck.
Newacheck directed approximately half of the Workaholics episodes. He has since become a television comedy director, directing episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings and others. He is currently set to direct an untitled TV movie written by Greg Daniels and Robert Padnick.
Newacheck collaborated with Mail Order Comedy partner DeVine for his show Adam DeVine's House Party. Newacheck is the co-creator, director, and occasional star.
He directed the music video for Childish Gambino's "The Worst Guys" in 2014 alongside his brother, Adam.
In June 2016 it was announced that Devine, Anderson, Holm and Newacheck were working on a film with Seth Rogen as producer. The film, Game Over, Man!, debuted on Netflix in 2018.
Since 2019, he has been a co-executive producer and director on the FX series What We Do in the Shadows.
Filmography Director Film Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Writer 2018 Game Over, Man! 2019 Murder Mystery 2025 Happy Gilmore 2 TBA Grown Ups 3
Television Year Title Director Writer Creator ExecutiveProducer Notes 2006 Mail Order Comedy TV movie 2006–2008 Crossbows and Mustaches All 10 episodes 2007 Online Nation Segments "Arm Wrestling Champion,Diet Coke & Mentos" 2007–2008 Preppy Hippies All 8 episodes, also producer2008 The Dude's House All 3 episodes Super Seniors TV short 420 Special: Attack of the Show! from Jamaica TV special Prototank 5th Year All 5 episodes 2011–2017 Workaholics Directed 41 episodes, Wrote 3 episodes2012 Community 2 episodes Parks and Recreation Episode "Soda Tax" 2012–2013 Happy Endings 3 episodes 2013 Untitled Greg Daniels & Robert Padnick TV movie 2013–2016 Adam Devine's House Party 8 episodes 2016 Idiotsitter Episode "Viva La Joy" 2017 Ghosted Episode "The Machine" 2020–2024 What We Do in the Shadows 20 episodes 2023 Bookie Episode "Nepo Bookies" 2026 Stuart Fails to Save the Universe 6 episodes
Music video Year Artist Title 2012Childish Gambino "Heartbeat" 2014 "The Worst Guys" (featuring Chance the Rapper)
Actor Film Year Title Role2014NeighborsBeer Pong Guy #42022I'm Totally FineThe Towny
Television Year Title Role Notes 2011–2017 Workaholics Karl Hevacheck Series regular 2013–2016 Adam Devine's House Party Himself 8 episodes 2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Paramedic Episode: "Immortality, Part One"
Awards and nominations +YearAwardsCategoryWorkResult2022Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Comedy SeriesWhat We Do in the Shadows
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