Joseph Pelling
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
Joseph Pelling is a writer and composer, known for Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011), Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2: Time (2014) and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6 (2016).
TV Credits
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Character: Red Guy (voice)
Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Character: Red Guy (voice)
Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck, who live in the town of Clayhill. In each episode they encounter a song which teaches them about an aspect of life. Whilst the episodes start wholesome and sunny, each episode invariably ends in a dark and disturbing place....
Movie Credits
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2
Character: Red Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5
Character: Red Guy (voice)
The two remaining puppets learn about eating healthy, but things go awry when they receive a mysterious phone call....
A Place Called Clayhill
Character: Red Guy (voice)
A DHMIS short film that premiered in 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival and was originally pitched as a pilot of Pelling, Sloan, and Terry's 2022 TV show. Though, feeling the Clayhill setting made the series too similar to South Park, and came at the cost of the claustrophobia of the original series, it was scrapped and since been removed from festival circulation. The tester was only shared in a few private premieres, but clips have turned up online over the years....
Craig’s Big Day
Character: Joe
Craig, a nerd who hates himself, tries to enjoy his birthday....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Character: Red Guy (voice) (uncredited)
A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4
Character: Red Guy (voice)
The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3
Character: Red Guy / Additional Voices (voice)
During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love....
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6
Character: Red Guy (voice)
All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppets' existence....