J. Elvis Weinstein

Known for ActingBorn 1971-05-21 (age 55)Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

Joshua Stuart Weinstein began his stand-up comedy career at age 15 in Mpls. Minnesota. At 17, he was one of the founding writer/performers of the cult sci-fi comedy TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) as the original voice/puppeteer of robots Tom Servo and Gypsy, and the role of Dr. Lawrence Erhardt. He adopted the name "J. Elvis Weinstein" to avoid confusion with another writer named Josh Weinstein (known for his work on The Simpsons). Since moving to Los Angeles, he has worked as a writer/producer on a wide range of network TV comedy, including Freaks and Geeks, Malcolm and Eddie, Dead Last, and My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. He was also the Head Writer on America's Funniest Home Videos and Later with Greg Kinnear. In 2008 he reunited with his MST3K co-stars to form Cinematic Titanic, which toured U.S. Theaters as a live show and produced 12 DVDs, now available as a box set. Weinstein has written and directed three films – two feature documentaries (I Need You to Kill and Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be?) and a comedy short (The Mediocre Samaritan). As a performer, he continues to perform stand-up, co-hosts the podcast Thought Spiral with comedian Andy Kindler, and recently co-starred in the feature film The Fiddling Horse.Read more

Movies & web series

Mystery Science Theater 3000

I Need You to Kill

Freaks and Geeks

Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island

Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time

Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman

Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

Dead Last

Fast Food Films

Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Malcolm & Eddie

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull

Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine

America's Funniest Home Videos

Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor

Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects

Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires

Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts

The Fiddling Horse

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor

Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers

Andy Kindler: I Wish I Was Bitter

Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood

Cinematic Titanic