Known for Acting
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He also co-created the television series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025-present), The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), Common Side Effects (2025- ), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022). Judge was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied physics. After losing interest in a career in science, Judge focused on animation and short films. His animated short Frog Baseball was developed into the successful MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head and the spin-off series Daria (with which Judge had no involvement). In 1995, Judge and former Simpsons writer Greg Daniels developed King of the Hill, which debuted on Fox in 1997 and quickly became popular with critics and audiences. It ran for 13 seasons and became one of the longest-running American animated series. During the show run, Judge took time off to write and direct Office Space, Idiocracy and Extract. As King of the Hill ended, Judge created his third show, ABC's The Goode Family, which received mixed reviews and was cancelled after 13 episodes. After a four-year hiatus, he created his fourth show, the live-action Silicon Valley for HBO, which has received critical acclaim. In 2017, Judge's fourth animated series, the music-themed Tales from the Tour Bus, premiered on Cinemax to acclaim. Judge has won a Primetime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards for King of the Hill, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and two Satellite Awards for Silicon Valley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Judge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
October 17, 1962 (age 63)
Birthplace
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Filmography
107 films, 50 shows


Extract
2009 · 1h 32m
country: United States
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.


Idiocracy
2006 · 1h 25m
country: United States
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.


The Animation Show, Volume 1
2003 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A collection of the best short, animated films from across the world curated by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt. This collection contains the shorts: Welcome to the Show - by Don Hertzfeldt, Mt Head (Atama Yama) - by Koji Yamamura, Brother - by Adam Elliot, Parking - by Bill Plympton, The Adventures of Ricardo - by Corky Quakenbush, Moving Illustrations of Machines - by Jeremy Solterbeck, La Course A L'Abime - by Georges Schwizgebel, Billy's Balloon - by Don Hertzfeldt, Cousin - by Adam Elliot, Cathedral (Katedra) - by Tomek Baginski, Intermission in the 3rd Dimension - by Don Hertzfeldt, Fifty Percent Grey - by Ruari Robinson, Uncle - by Adam Elliot, Early Pencil Tests and Other Experiments - by Mike Judge, Aria - by Pjotr Sapegin, Bathtime in Clerkenwell - by Aleksy Budovski, The Rocks (Das Rad) - by Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger, The End of the Show - by Don Hertzfeldt
Unfinished Pencil Tests and Other Experiments
Unfinished Pencil Tests and Other Experiments
2003 · 2m
country: United States
A collection of vintage odds and ends from Mike's animation desk in the early 1990s.


Monsignor Martinez
2000 · 18m
country: United States
Live-action spin off based on the in-show telenovela from "King of the Hill" that follows the adventures of the titular character.


Office Space
1999 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.


Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.


Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas
1996 · 48m
country: United States
'Tis the season to be cool, as Beavis and Butt-Head star in their own twisted version of two holiday classics. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future struggle to teach a Scrooge-like Beavis the true meaning of Christmas, while Charlie the angel comes down from heaven to show Butt-Head how much better life would be without him. Will Beavis and Butt-Head learn their lesson? Does a snowflake have a chance in hell?


Beavis and Butt-Head: Butt-O-Ween
1995 · 24m
country: United States
When Beavis and Butt-Head are watching a horror film, two kids show up at their door to do trick or treat. Butt-Head takes their candies and slams the door in their faces. Later Beavis eats all of the candies, transforming into Cornholio.


Peace, Love and Understanding
1992 · 5m
country: United States
Beavis and Butt-head go to a monster truck rally, and end up buried in feces when a truck crashes through some port-a-potties which were the temple of Sterculius, the Roman God of feces.


Frog Baseball
1992 · 3m
country: United States
The animated short that introduced the world to Beavis and Butt-Head, the two dimwitted fifteen year-olds with the intelligence of dirt. "Frog Baseball" features the two distinguished numbskulls beating a helpless frog to death with a baseball bat.


Office Space
1992 · 2m
country: United States
Milton, a put-upon office worker hounded by his boss, talks to the camera about his troubles, picks his nose, and threatens to burn the building down.


The Honky Problem
1991 · 2m
country: United States
A Texas honky tonk concert reveals a major problem.


Huh?
1991 · 2m
country: United States
While drinking a beer and watching TV, a man sees an unusually aggressive commercial for a local health food store.