Josh Thomson (actor)

Josh Thomson
Born1981 (age 43–44)
Timaru, New Zealand
Occupations

Josh Thomson (born 1981 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor and comedian of Tongan heritage.[1] He is best known for his work as a comedian on 7 Days, Taskmaster New Zealand, Have You Been Paying Attention NZ, Patriot Brains, and as a host on The Project NZ.[2][3][4][5]

As an actor he is best known as Bob, the assistant of Lia Maivia, in Young Rock, Satan in Wellington Paranormal[6][7] and Pigsy in the Netflix series The New Legends of Monkey.[8][9][10][11]

He has frequently collaborated with production house thedownlowconcept starring as the lead in their movie Gary of the Pacific.[12] He starred in and directed his own father in the award-winning web series Subject:Dad.[13][14][15][16]

In 2021, Thomson appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains. Thomson won series 3 of Taskmaster NZ.

In 2023, Thomson appeared on an episode of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

In 2024, he was cast as Martin Katavake for the Australian adaptation of The Office.[17]

References

  1. ^ Schulz, Chris (1 January 2017). "Josh Thomson is New Zealand's funniest man - he just doesn't know it yet" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  2. ^ "Joshing around: the Tongan of Timaru". Stuff.
  3. ^ "Josh Thomson to leave The Project, replaced by Jeremy Corbett". Stuff.
  4. ^ "Josh Thomson's hair-raising new look". www.msn.com.
  5. ^ "The Project's Josh Thomson speaks emotionally about his wife's three miscarriages". Now To Love.
  6. ^ Casey, Alex (19 December 2019). "How Josh Thomson became Satan for Christmas" – via Spinoff.co.nz.
  7. ^ Sarah, Nealon (5 December 2019). "Josh Thomon's Hellish Role on Wellington Paranormal" – via Stuff.co.nz.
  8. ^ "The New Legends Of Monkey: ace nostalgic family adventure fun". Den of Geek.
  9. ^ "Josh Thomson cast in TVNZ/Netflix show The Legend of Monkey". 20 April 2017 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  10. ^ Idato, Michael (10 January 2018). "Why The New Legends of Monkey is thrillingly magical". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ^ "Amid ninjas, there is Josh Thomson: Inside his other project reviving Monkey Magic". Stuff.
  12. ^ Casey, Alex (18 March 2017). "Movie review: Gary of the Pacific" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  13. ^ Yeoman, Greta. "Emails turned into award-winning series".
  14. ^ "Josh Thomson returns to Timaru to film new episodes for popular web series Subject: Dad". Stuff.
  15. ^ "Subject Dad | COMEDY | ThreeNow". www.threenow.co.nz.
  16. ^ "Subject: Dad". www.facebook.com.
  17. ^ "Prime Video releases the official trailer Australian Amazon Original Series The Office". AU About Amazon. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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