America’s funniest p.e. teacher

  • Comedian

  • M.Ed.

  • Keynote Speaker/Presenter

  • Twin dad extraordinaire

Who’s Behind the Mic?

Hey! I’m Tom, a PE teacher who unapologetically believes that school should be FUN and full of JOY.

I love teaching, but my favorite thing to do is to inspire other teachers and make them laugh along the way.

“Tom Filline delivered a heartfelt, authentic message that deeply resonated with our physical educators. Through humor and real-life perspective, he challenged attendees to shift their mindset and reflect on how they can grow into even better educators.”
— Rachel Naylor, 2026 TAHPERD Executive Director
“Tom provided our teaching staff with 45 minutes of laughs! Teachers commented on how nice it was to feel as if they were not at work for a moment and truly enjoyed such relatable laughter!”
— Megan Voitik, Waubonsie Valley HS Institute Coordinator
“Look, everyone’s got jokes. It takes a special comedian, however, to perform in a public high school. Tom joined us during our Writers’ Week to talk about his work as a comedian... He performed a fifteen minute set (which killed), then took the kids behind the scenes of how he wrote those jokes. He was great during Q & A, and he stuck around afterwards to talk to kids interested in comedy. Hire him — he can work with any audience, and be uniformly funny with all of them.”
— Michael Rossi, IPSD 204 Faculty Coordinator