Rob McElhenney
Actor, Producer, Writer, and Co-Owner of Wrexham FC
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Emmy-winner Rob McElhenney is the creative force behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the critically-acclaimed FXX comedy series in which he co-stars and serves as executive producer and writer. The sixteenth season of the television phenomenon premiered in June 2023. In 2019, it was announced that the series was renewed for four additional seasons – therefore shattering the record as the longest-running live-action television sitcom in history. Sunny has been positioned as a cultural juggernaut on a global scale for its unapologetic satirizing of human nature – consistently delivering record-breaking ratings year after year.
Rob McElhenney
Actor, Producer, Writer, and Co-Owner of Wrexham FC
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Emmy-winner Rob McElhenney is the creative force behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the critically-acclaimed FXX comedy series in which he co-stars and serves as executive producer and writer. The sixteenth season of the television phenomenon premiered in June 2023. In 2019, it was announced that the series was renewed for four additional seasons – therefore shattering the record as the longest-running live-action television sitcom in history. Sunny has been positioned as a cultural juggernaut on a global scale for its unapologetic satirizing of human nature – consistently delivering record-breaking ratings year after year.
McElhenney is also the creator, executive producer and star of Mythic Quest, the acclaimed comedy series that debuted on Apple TV+ in February 2020. The series, which is co-created by Megan Ganz and Charlie Day and is a co-production of Ubisoft and Lionsgate Television, is set in the development studio of one of the most popular video games in the world. Since its launch, Mythic Quest has been lauded by critics and audiences, and is recognized among fans as one of the best comedies on television. The series recently returned for its fourth season in January 2025.
In 2021, FX placed a two-season order for Welcome to Wrexham, a docuseries tracking the dreams and people of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, as McElhenney and his business partner Ryan Reynolds take ownership of the town’s historic football club. The year prior, McElhenney and Reynolds teamed up (before ever meeting in person) to take over chairman duties of the football club, in hopes to turn the organization into an underdog story the entire world could root for – regardless of their experience with sports or working with one another. Under the helm of McElhenney and Reynolds, the team recently secured the National League title and advanced to the coveted Football League – for the first time in fifteen years. Since taking over ownership, the club’s value has increased by an approximate 300%. The inaugural season was beloved by critics and audiences worldwide and won 5 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program as well as the coveted Critics Choice Documentary Award in 2022. The series recently premiered its second season, and has been praised as “smart, self-aware, and touching” and “better than before”. Welcome to Wrexham was recently renewed for a fourth season, set to air in the Spring of 2025.
McElhenney, in collaboration with Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton, recently debuted their whiskey line Four Walls which is a tribute to the bar (Paddy’s Pub) from their hit TV series. All proceeds from this limited collection has been / will be donated to 501c-3 non-profit organizations benefiting the bartending community.
A native of Philadelphia, McElhenney started his career working as an actor in small parts on the East Coast until moving to Los Angeles. It was there he connected with Glenn Howerton (who co-wrote the series) and re-connected with Day (the two met on the 2001 horror movie Campfire Stories) and the three filmed the pilot for Sunny on a camcorder.
