Mike Judge

Mike Judge is an actor, animator, screenwriter, film director, producer, cartoonist and musician. He is best known as the creator and star of the animated television series "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill."

Born in Ecuador but raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Judge attended University of California at San Diego where he earned a degree in physics. He worked as an engineer and played bass professionally before MTV picked up his animated short "Frog Baseball," featuring the characters Beavis and Butt-head. The short led to the creation of the "Beavis and Butt-head" series on MTV, in which Judge voiced both title characters as well as the majority of supporting characters. Judge next co-created "King of the Hill" for FOX, which won an Emmy® for Outstanding Animated Program. The show is the third longest-running prime time animated series behind "The Simpsons" and "South Park."

Judge expanded into writing and directing his own live-action films, "Office Space" and "Idiocracy." He has provided voices for "South Park," "Family Guy," and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and acted in Robert Rodriguez’s "Spy Kids" movies. He is a co-creator, executive producer, writer and director for the HBO comedy series, "Silicon Valley," which racked up a total of forty one Emmy® nominations and two wins, as well as two Golden Globe® nominations. He also co-created "Tales from the Tour Bus," chronicling the hell-raising adventures of some of country music's legendary artists. In 2022, Judge resurrected Beavis and Butt-Head with a movie, "Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe," and two all-new seasons for Paramount+.

Along with his co-founder Greg Daniels, Judge established Bandera Entertainment, a production company focused on curating animated programming, including "In the Know," a stop-motion comedy that Judge co-created.