Biography
Josh Gad brings wit, humor and depth to his roles on both the silver and small screens. After graduating from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Gad began his career in the theater. He then turned his sights to comedy, co-founding his own company, The Lost Nomads Comedy Troupe.
The actor was seen in Shawn Levy's The Internship, opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Gad co-stars in Thanks for Sharing, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins. Gad co-wrote Triplets, the sequel to Ivan Reitman's hit comedy Twins.
A talented voice actor, Gad worked on the animated film Me and My Shadow, alongside Kate Hudson and Bill Hader. He also voiced the character of Olaf in the forthcoming animated film Frozen, alongside Kristen Bell and Jonathan Groff. Other voice credits include Ice Age: Continental Drift,alongside Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez and John Leguizamo.
Additional film credits include Ed Zwick's Love & Other Drugs, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Judy Greer and Hank Azaria; Shawn Levy's The Rocker, alongside Rainn Wilson; 21, opposite Kate Bosworth, Lawrence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey; and Crossing Over, with Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd.
Gad served as an executive producer, co-creator and star on NBC's family comedy "1600 Penn." He played Skip Gilchrist, the clumsy eldest son of the President (Bill Pullman), whose sincere attempts to do the right thing often go awry.
Also on the small screen, Gad lent his voice to Woodie on MTV's animated series "Good Vibes" and played the title role on BBC Worldwide's "Gigi: Almost American." He has guest-starred on hit series such as "New Girl," "Bored to Death," "Californication" and "Modern Family."
Gad took Broadway by storm starring as Elder Cunningham in the Tony Award-winning comedy musical "Book of Mormon." Gad was nominated for Tony, Drama League and Astaire awards, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award. He made his Broadway debut in a Tony-winning production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
Other stage credits include "All in the Timing" (Elephant Asylum), "The Crucible" (PPT), "Skin of our Teeth" (CMU) and "Axis of E" (The York Theatre).
Open Road Films
Actor
Movies | |
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2026 |
Frozen III |
2025 |
Me and My Shadow |
2023 |
Strays |
2021 |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife |
Shrunk |
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2020 |
Artemis Fowl |
2019 |
A Dog's Journey |
Frozen II |
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Little Monsters |
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The Angry Birds Movie 2 |
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2017 |
A Dog's Purpose |
Beauty and the Beast |
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Marshall |
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Murder on the Orient Express |
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2016 |
The Angry Birds Movie |
2015 |
Pixels |
The Wedding Ringer |
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2014 |
Wish I Was Here |
2013 |
Frozen |
Jobs |
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The Internship |
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2012 |
Ice Age: Continental Drift |
She Wants Me |
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Thanks for Sharing |
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2011 |
Mardi Gras |
2010 |
Love and Other Drugs |
Marmaduke |
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2009 |
Crossing Over |
No Heroics (TV movie) |
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The Lost Nomads: Get Lost! |
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2008 |
21 |
The Rocker |
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2007 |
Watching the Detectives |
2006 |
Razortooth |
2002 |
Mary and Joe |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (TV movie) |
2021 |
An Audience with Adele (concert) |
2020 |
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (series) |
Music videos | |
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2014 |
Aloe Blacc - Can You Do This |
Short | |
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2023 |
Once Upon a Studio |
2020 |
Once Upon a Snowman |
The Shivering Truth (series) |
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The Diff (S02E05) |
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2017 |
Olaf's Frozen Adventure |
2016 |
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights (TV movie) |
2015 |
Frozen Fever |
2010 |
Breakup in a Noisy Diner |
2009 |
Big Guy |
2008 |
Back to You Season 1: This Just In - a.f. |
Producer
Series | |
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2017 |
South Park |
Hummels & Heroin (S21E05) |
Creator
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2022 |
Central Park |
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The Lyin’ in Winter (S02E16) |
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Where There’s Smoke (S02E15) |
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The Ballad of Johnnie Lee (S02E14) |
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more episodes (18) | ||
2021 |
Central Park |
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Sir Bricks-a-Lot (S02E08) |
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A Decent Proposal (S02E07) |
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The Shadow (S02E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2020 |
Central Park |
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A Fish Called Snakehead (S01E10) |
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Live it Up Tonight (S01E09) |
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Hot Oven (S01E08) |
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more episodes (7) |
Performer
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2025 |
Triplets |
2009 |
The Lost Nomads: Get Lost! |
Series | |
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2012 |
1600 Penn |
2011 |
Gigi: Almost American |