Tim Kalpakis

Actor and writer · Born May 1, 1983 (43)

Tim Kalpakis is an American comedy writer. His writing credits include The Birthday Boys, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Comedy Bang! Bang!, the 2009 MTV Movie Awards with Andy Samberg, the 2010 MTV Movie Awards with Aziz Ansari, and Ham Hat. He is a founding member of the Los Angeles sketch group The Birthday Boys. Tim is a graduate of Ithaca College. He has been performing at UCBTLA since 2006 and has taught writing at the UCB Training Center since 2010. He has appeared on Conan and at the Montreal “Just for Laughs” Festival, The LA Comedy Festival, UCB’s Ultimate Comedy Bash, and Sketchfests in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle.

What are Tim Kalpakis' films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

54%

Bonds

21%

Self

21%

Ideas

4%

Community3 Fame2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Tricksteras Various in The Birthday Boys (2013)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

6

Joyful

5

Manic

1

Contemplative

1

How their films linger

Fun5 Feel-good4

How their films end

Happy1
Ambiguous3
Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tim Kalpakis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Tim Kalpakis' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Digman!(2023)
Show 8 episodes · Staff Writer · Writer
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special(2017)
Writer · as Jack Sparrow Chorus Member
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
I Love You, America(2017)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Live at the Necropolis: The Lords of Synth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Morgio Zoroger
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$(2016)
Show 1 episode · as Kalpy
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Guest List(2015)
Show as The Birthday Boys
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Birthday Boys(2013)
Show 20 episodes · as Various
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Show 1 episode · as Micah Simmons
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Comedy Bang! Bang!(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Lloyd Fleen · as Various
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Emmy Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Show 1 episode · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 1949 to 2023.

Highest rated

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)

Midcredits 67^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting6 of 8 · 67^thWriting3 of 8

By decade

1940s1 · crew2010s6 · 6 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Tim Kalpakis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tim Kalpakis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Ferguson shares the most, 5.

Writers

David Ferguson5 titles · 2 as writer See all 5 shared titles with David Ferguson