On August 25, 2016, Roiland launched virtual reality studio Squanchtendo, a portmanteau of the company Nintendo and Rick and Morty character Squanchy. In addition to the show, Rick and Morty maintains an app called 'Pocket Mortys'. Various Rick and Morty themed merchandise have been produced and sold. The success of Rick and Morty spearheaded an entire franchise around it. From 2010 to 2016, he co-hosted The Grandma's Virginity Podcast with future Rick and Morty writer, Ryan Ridley, and future Steven Universe producer, Jackie Buscarino. He appeared regularly on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central as 'Blonde Craig'.
media collective started by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, where he made and acted in numerous movie shorts (such as 2 Girls One Cup: The Show, House of Cosbys and a small role as musician Christopher Cross in the series Yacht Rock) and in the VH1 television show Acceptable TV. After high school he attended Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. He attended Sierra High School up until the first quarter of his senior year and then transferred to Manteca High School for the remainder of his senior year, graduating in 1998.
Roiland was born and raised in Stockton, California.
