Kyle Newacheck

Kyle Newacheck 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	Executive Producer	Writer
2018	Game Over, Man!
2019	Murder Mystery
2025	Happy Gilmore 2

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Creator	Executive Producer	Notes
2006	Mail Order Comedy					TV movie
2006–2008	Crossbows & Mustaches					All 10 episodes
2007	Online Nation					Segments "Arm Wrestling Champion, Diet Coke & Mentos"
2007–2008	Preppy Hippies					All 8 episodes, also producer
2008	The Dude's House					All 3 episodes
2008	Super Seniors					TV short
2008	420 Special: Attack of the Show! from Jamaica					TV special
2008	Prototank
2008	5th Year					All 5 episodes
2011–2017	Workaholics					Directed 41 episodes, Wrote 3 episodes
2012	Community					2 episodes
2012	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					19 episodes
2023	Bookie					Episode "Nepo Bookies"

Music video

Year	Artist	Title
2012	Childish Gambino	"Heartbeat"
2014	Childish Gambino	"The Worst Guys"

Actor