Michael Craig Judge is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. He also co-created the television series King of the Hill, The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022).