Michael J. Nelson
Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams. His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report." And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!" Nelson speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with fellow former MST3K writers/performers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy operate a podcast called RiffTrax, which, in a similar vein to MST3K, targets more mainstream films.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
as Mike NelsonDr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Sharknado
as HimselfRiffTrax gives the classic riff treatment of the cult film 'Sharknado', a film about sharks - in...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Miami Connection
as uncreditedIf you put everything about the 80s in a blender, then somehow ran the resulting smoothie...
Movie pageGrimTrax
as SelfFor the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
as SelfMike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Octaman
as SelfDeep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
as uncreditedThere’s still evil up there at the old Amityville house. A group of priests gathers to quell the...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
as SelfHe’s back! You probably didn’t know that he was gone, but he was and now he’s back! Swamp Thing,...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: RAD
as SelfTeens! Bikes! Feathered Hair! Love and revenge! Leotards and acid-washed denim! It’s all here in...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
as HimselfThe Samurai Cop is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he’s already infringed on enough...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey
as HimselfA retrospective look back on the making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'.
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
as SelfStarship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of...
Movie pageThe Last Dance: RAW
as Himself / Mike NelsonA documentary about the making of Danger: Diabolik, the final episode of Mystery Science Theater...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
as SelfFor those who missed it in theaters, this is a completely new riff of “Manos” The Hands of Fate,...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
as SelfThe stars of MST3K riff the worst movie of all time in RiffTrax Live - Plan 9 From Outer Space....
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
as HimselfJoin Mike, Kevin and Bill, along with guests Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, the Mads from MST3K...
Movie pageRifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
as HimselfMike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
as SelfThe nasty Martian villain Voldar (his face is coated in green oil and he has a huge mustache,...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
as SelfFrom the strange and ridiculously colorful world of K. Gordon Murray comes the 1959 Holiday...
Movie pageRifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
as HimselfMike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
as himselfIs there any possible downside to accepting an invitation from Vincent Price to spend an evening...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
as HimselfWatch as the amazing comedians from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) tear apart the...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
as HimselfWhat do ice-skating reindeer, pipe-smoking santas and a parade of aquatic champions have in...
Movie pageThe Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
as HimselfThe Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark,...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
as SelfSomeone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
as MikeThe Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater...
Movie pageThe Year of Laughing Dangerously
as Joel WilliamsAfter being laid off, Brandi enters the world of stand up comedy. Over a year, her comedy coach...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
as TorgoThe Mads present the satellite people a film so bad that apologies are sent, and Tom Servo goes...
Movie pageRiffTrax: The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Self (voice)Have a Happy Life Day! And nothing kicks off a memorable Life Day quite so much as watching the...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
as HimselfWatch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
as SelfAt an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Godzilla
as SelfSony Pictures, Fathom Events and RiffTrax are thrilled to be back in theaters nationwide this...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
as HimselfBirdemic is one of our favorite bad movies of all time, and there’s no better way to watch it...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
as uncreditedSanta’s sleigh is stuck on the beach, and only one creature can help him: The Ice Cream Bunny!...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Mothra
as HimselfIt’s the story of a group of explorers who travel to a remote island, kidnap two tiny women,...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: The Final Sacrifice
as Mike NelsonThe power goes out on the SOL, to which Servo and Crow take full advantage of by looting the...
Movie pageThe Film Crew: Giant of Marathon
as Mike Nelson'Sweaty men!' enthuses Bob Honcho. The Steve Reeves adventure film, The Giant of Marathon...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
as uncreditedIn RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness, Mike, Kevin and Bill deliver their trademark form of rapid...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Time Chasers
as HimselfMike, Kevin and Bill riff the original cut of Time Chasers. Plus, a short of "Chimp the Fireman."
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
as SelfThis classic 1968 horror film is where it all began. No, not the cronut trend, we’re talking...
Movie pageThe Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
as Mike NelsonWhat if there was a primitive island tribe where all the women were gorgeous and all the men...
Movie pageThe Film Crew: Killers from Space
as Mike NelsonAn unwitting scientist (King of Blandness Peter Graves) is abducted by aliens and forced to help...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
as Mike NelsonShorts, Volume 3 is a compilation release from Rhino Entertainment featuring seven popular...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
as Mike NelsonShorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Space Mutiny
as uncreditedBlast off to the 80s with Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this cult...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: The Room
as HimselfMichael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax riff Tommy Wiseau's The Room LIVE...
Movie pageRiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
as Michael J. NelsonIt’s the year 2762. The galaxy is plagued with warring factions using hokey special effects to...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
as Mike NelsonShorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science...
Movie pageRifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
as uncreditedRifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this spooky midnight-movie cult...
Movie pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as GameraA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as Mike NelsonA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as TorgoA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as MorrisseyA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as ClownA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as Tony Travis (voice)A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as Officer MikeA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageMystery Science Theater 3000
as Imperialistic Alien 1A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
TV Show pageRiffTrax
as Michael J. NelsonAt RiffTrax, we make movies funny - and you can experience our work in a bunch of different...
TV Show pageThe Film Crew
as uncreditedThe Film Crew was a comedic team similar to Mystery Science Theater 3000 and was released in...
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