46 Facts About Josh Gad

Joshua Ilan Gad was born on February 23,1981 and is an American actor.

Josh Gad is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise and playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.

Joshua Ilan Gad was born in Hollywood, Florida, on February 23,1981.

Josh Gad's mother, Susan, is a real estate agent and his stepfather is an investment advisor.

Josh Gad has two older brothers, a stepbrother and a stepsister.

Josh Gad's father, Sam Gad was born to a Jewish family in Afghanistan and moved to Israel as a teenager.

Josh Gad believes his father is a descendant of the Tribe of Josh Gad, one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, further stating that his paternal ancestors traveled through India before settling in Afghanistan.

Josh Gad's mother was born in Germany to an Ashkenazi Jewish family of Holocaust survivors.

Josh Gad won the 1999 Humorous Interpretation at the National tournament in Phoenix.

Josh Gad then attended the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.

Josh Gad attended college with fellow Broadway stars Leslie Odom Jr.

Josh Gad made his film debut in the 2002 film Mary and Joe.

In 2005, Josh Gad made his television debut by guest-starring in an episode of the NBC medical drama series ER.

Josh Gad went on to star in the Fox sitcom Back to You as news director Ryan Church.

In 2008, Josh Gad had a supporting role in the drama film 21, and a leading role in the comedy film The Rocker.

Josh Gad made his final appearance as a correspondent on June 27,2011.

Also in 2009, Josh Gad starred in the short-form Crackle horror comedy series Woke Up Dead.

That same year, Josh Gad had a voice role in the family comedy film Marmaduke.

In 2011, Josh Gad voiced Mondo in the MTV adult animated sitcom Good Vibes.

That same year, Josh Gad portrayed Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.

Josh Gad was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and won for Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, along with his co-star Andrew Rannells.

In 2012, Josh Gad had a leading role in the independent film She Wants Me.

Also in 2012, Josh Gad co-created, produced and starred in the NBC sitcom 1600 Penn.

That same year, Josh Gad voiced the molehog Louis in Ice Age: Continental Drift.

In 2014, Josh Gad co-starred in Zach Braff's film Wish I Was Here, playing the main character's brother.

In 2015, Josh Gad starred alongside Kevin Hart and Kaley Cuoco in The Wedding Ringer and starred alongside Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage in Pixels, a film about video game players who are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who have attacked the earth.

That same year, Josh Gad co-starred with Billy Crystal on the FX comedy series The Comedians, which premiered on April 9,2015.

In 2016, Josh Gad voiced Chuck in The Angry Birds Movie, based on the game franchise of the same name.

In 2017, Josh Gad voiced the dog Bailey in A Dog's Purpose.

Josh Gad starred in Reginald Hudlin's biographical drama Marshall, alongside Chadwick Boseman and Beauty and the Beast co-star Dan Stevens, and Josh Gad played Hector MacQueen in a film adaptation of Agatha Christie's detective novel Murder on the Orient Express, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, alongside Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, and Daisy Ridley.

In 2019, Josh Gad starred with Lupita Nyong'o and Alexander England in the Hulu horror-comedy Little Monsters.

Josh Gad starred in A Dog's Journey, the sequel to A Dog's Purpose, reprising his role as Bailey.

Also in 2019, Josh Gad reprised his role of Olaf in the sequel Frozen II as well as the video game Kingdom Hearts III.

In 2020, Josh Gad returned to television by starring in two different television series.

Second, Josh Gad created, produced and starred in the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series Central Park.

Josh Gad starred in the science fantasy adventure Artemis Fowl, based on the book of the same name by Eoin Colfer.

In September 2020 Josh Gad joined Princess Bride Reunion, a virtual live script read-through of the 1987 movie, in the role of Fezzik, originally played by Andre the Giant.

In June, Josh Gad announced that the episode on Ferris Bueller's Day Off would be the last, though the series later returned for a second season, which premiered in December 2020 with the cast of Wayne's World.

Josh Gad was set to serve as co-creator, co-writer, and executive-producer for a Beauty and the Beast prequel limited series for Disney+, in which he would reprise his role as LeFou as a series regular.

Josh Gad was announced to star as Nick Szalinski in the upcoming film Shrunk, a legacy-sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Josh Gad will make his debut as director with a biopic about Chris Farley with Paul Walter Hauser playing the lead role.

Josh Gad announced that he will be debuting his picture book called PictureFace Lizzy in fall of 2024.

Recently, Josh Gad announced he will be publishing a memoir in 2025 called In Josh Gad We Trust.

In 2004, Josh Gad met actress Ida Darvish after the two were cast to play a married couple in the David Ives play All in the Timing.

Josh Gad has stated that while he loves the traditional aspects of Judaism and celebrates some traditions of his wife's Catholicism, he considers himself spiritual but not religious.

Josh Gad has publicly talked about his struggle with generalized anxiety disorder, as part of his effort to combat mental health stigma and shame.