Josh Gad
Josh Gad
Joshua Ilan "Josh" Gad is an American actor, comedian, and singer best known for voicing Olaf in Frozen, for originating the role of Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, and Ryan Church in the television series Back to You...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth23 February 1981
CityHollywood, FL
CountryUnited States of America
people polarizing
I love polarizing people.
modern-family pilots josh
Josh Gad and I have been friends since the time he auditioned for Modern Family. I directed the pilot for that, and that's how we met.
years comedian body
I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.
I was trained as a straight dramatist.
I'm unfortunately very verbose too often.
legacy timeless grew
I grew up on 'Lawrence' and 'Zhivago'. A legacy with not one but multiple timeless classics.
comedian today feels
I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.
taken joy hollywood
Hollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it.
hands tv-shows israel
The actual truth about Gad is it's one of the original 13 tribes of Israel, so you can actually trace my lineage back to, like, those guys who had, like, a hand in the Bible and have since become very famous from that. So I come from very famous lineage. Granted, they didn't have cameras back then, so none of them had TV shows.
powerful thinking stories
I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.
jobs people doe
Josh [Gad] does such an amazing job playing a lovable idiot. Not many people can do that, as convincingly as he can.
spiritual war helping-others
Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.
mother dream daughter
It's weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle.
team america top-10
One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time was 'South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.' 'Team America' is a work of genius to me.