Zach Hadel
American Internet celebrity

Zach Hadel

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American Internet celebrity
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Male
Birth:
13 May 1990
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Blue Valley Northwest High School
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Zach Hadel (/ˈhdəl/ HAY-dəl; born March 4, 1993), known by his pseudonym psychicpebbles, is an American YouTuber, animator, writer, director, and voice actor. He and Michael Cusack are co-creators and co-stars of the Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends. He is also known for his Internet animations and for being a co-host of Let's Play web series OneyPlays.

Career

Hadel grew up in Kansas and began his animation career by uploading Adobe Flash animations to Newgrounds, later transitioning to YouTube. He enrolled in college to learn graphic design, but dropped out. A self-taught animator, Hadel had stated that shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons and South Park had inspired his animation style. Videos of his became popular online, such as his animated video about the "arrow in the knee" meme from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which went viral in 2011. Along with fellow Newgrounds animator Chris O'Neill, Hadel created the popular web cartoon series Hellbenders, which was picked up for a pilot by Adult Swim, but ultimately not pursued. Hadel also collaborated with O'Neill to make an animated short video parodying the Kony 2012 documentary; the video went viral, receiving over 1.7 million views within its first weekend. Hadel was also a member of SleepyCabin, a comedy and discussion podcast hosted by former Newgrounds animators. As of April 2022, his YouTube channel psychicpebbles has 1.5 million subscribers and 208.4 million views.

Hadel animated a segment of Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity with Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty. Roiland later stated the animation was the one instance of a joke that went too far. Hadel and Roiland also appeared alongside animator Alex Hirsch on h3h3's livestream podcast for charity where they raised over $100,000 for California wildlife relief.

Hadel hosted the podcast Schmucks from 2017 to 2019, where he interviewed fellow entertainers such as Michael Stevens, Finn Wolfhard, Jon Jafari, and Ethan Klein.

In 2018, Hadel storyboarded for SpongeBob SquarePants for the season 11 episode "The Grill is Gone".

On April 1, 2020, Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim block premiered the pilot episode of Hadel and Michael Cusack's animated adult television series, Smiling Friends. The series follows Pim and Charlie, two employees of a titular company missioned to make people smile. The series premiered with a full season marathon on January 9, 2022, and later debuted on HBO Max. Adult Swim announced that the show would be renewed for a second season on February 9.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
TBA Hand Drawn: Documentary Self Documentary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The One Show Animator, features TomSka (Season 6, Episode 211, segment "OH NO BEARS")
2018 Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity Ity Also animator.
SpongeBob SquarePants Storyboard Artist ("The Grill is Gone")
2020–present Smiling Friends Charlie, Glep, various Also co-creator, writer, animator, and co-director.
2022 Tig n' Seek Darryl Barryl 1 episode ("Twin Seeks")
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! Reggie Paloni Also co-writer.

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2012–2015 Hellbenders Zach Co-creator, co-director, co-writer
2012–2013 Ninja Sex Party Animator on "Unicorn Wizard" and "Best Friends Forever!"
2013 TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise Zunchdial Voice role
OneyNG Work on "Potato Salad"
2014 Improvable Various
2014–present OneyPlays Self Guest
2014–2019 SleepyCast Self Podcast, host
2014–2016, 2019 JonTron Grimbo (voice), The Ultimate Gamer Animator, writer, voice role
2015 JonTron's StarCade Indy Wife, Yoda Voice role, writer (Episode 9 - The Star Wars Holiday Special (FINALE))
2016 Eddsworld Additional art
2017–2019 Schmucks Self Podcast, host, 4 episodes
2017, 2021 The Official Podcast Self Guest, 2 episodes
2017 Hellsing Ultimate Abridged Satan Voice role
2018 H3 Podcast Self, Logan Paul Fan, Donald Trump Podcast, guest
2019 The Ultimate Recap Cartoon Momo Voice role
2019–present The Create Unknown Self Guest
2020 MeatCanyon Humpty Dumpty Voice role
2021 SMILING FRIENDS: Free Draw Self Special featured on Adult Swim YouTube channel.
2022 Monkey Wrench Screamo Episode: The Ghost Egg

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 High on Life Various Voice

Sourced from Hadel's IMDb page and YouTube channel.