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Joshua Ilan Gad is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in Frozen and Frozen II, playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, and LeFou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work on The Book of Mormon, he gained a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination.
Born
Monday, 23 February 1981
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Strays | 2023 | |
| History of the World: Part II | Shakespeare | 2023 |
| Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? | Self | 2022 |
| The Tiny Chef Show | Josh Gad, Self | 2022 |
| Wolf Like Me | Gary | 2022 |
| Shrunk | Nick Szalinski | 1139 |
| Olaf Presents | Olaf / Olaf (voice), Olaf | 2021 |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Muncher (voice) / Muncher | 2021 |
| Once Upon a Snowman | Olaf / Olaf (voice) | 2020 |
| Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom | Narrator | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Strays | 2023 | |
| History of the World: Part II | Shakespeare | 2023 |
| Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? | Self | 2022 |
| The Tiny Chef Show | Josh Gad, Self | 2022 |
| Wolf Like Me | Gary | 2022 |
| Shrunk | Nick Szalinski | 1139 |
| Olaf Presents | Olaf / Olaf (voice), Olaf | 2021 |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Muncher (voice) / Muncher | 2021 |
| Once Upon a Snowman | Olaf / Olaf (voice) | 2020 |
| Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom | Narrator | 2020 |
| Princess Bride | The Grandson | 2020 |
| Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 | Self | 2020 |
| Staged | Josh Gad | 2020 |
| Artemis Fowl | Mulch Diggums | 2020 |
| Central Park | Birdie / Birdie (voice), Birdie (voice), Birdie / Ernst Von Gunten / Birdie (voice) | 2020 |
| Reunited Apart | Self - Host | 2020 |
| The Disney Family Singalong | Self - Performer / Self | 2020 |
| At Home with Olaf | Olaf | 2020 |
| What're You At? with Tom Power | Self | 2020 |
| The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 2020 |
| Avenue 5 | Herman Judd | 2020 |
| Frozen II | Olaf (voice) / Olaf | 2019 |
| Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self, Self - Guest | 2019 |
| Little Monsters | Teddy McGiggle | 2019 |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Chuck (voice) / Chuck | 2019 |
| The Boys | Josh Gad | 2019 |
| A Dog's Journey | Bailey / Molly / Big Dog / Max (voice) | 2019 |
| The Shivering Truth | (voice) | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| 49th NAACP Image Awards | Self | 2018 |
| Snow Ponies | Other Jim | 2018 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Hector MacQueen | 2017 |
| Marshall | Sam Friedman | 2017 |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | Olaf | 2017 |
| The 71st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Beauty and the Beast | LeFou | 2017 |
| A Dog's Purpose | Ellie (voice) / Bailey / Ellie / Tino / Buddy / Dogs: Bailey | 2017 |
| LEGO Frozen Northern Lights | Olaf (voice), Olaf | 2016 |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Chuck (voice) / Chuck | 2016 |
| Disneyland 60th Anniversary TV Special | Himself / Self | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Pixels | Ludlow Lamonsoff | 2015 |
| The Comedians | Josh / Josh Gad | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015 |
| Frozen Fever | Olaf / Olaf (voice) | 2015 |
| The Wedding Ringer | Doug Harris | 2015 |
| The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | Self | 2015 |
| People Magazine Awards | Self | 2014 |
| Star Wars Rebels | Controller (voice) | 2014 |
| The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic | Himself / Narrator / Self | 2014 |
| Wish I Was Here | Noah Bloom | 2014 |
| TripTank | Louis (voice) | 2014 |
| 73 Questions | Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| Unscripted | Self | 2011 |
| Sit Down with the Stars | Self | 2014 |
| Frozen | Olaf (voice) / Olaf | 2013 |
| The Getaway | Self | 2013 |
| Thanks for Sharing | Neil | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Jobs | Steve Wozniak | 2013 |
| Hollywood Game Night | Self - Panelist | 2013 |
| Deal with It | Himself | 2013 |
| The Internship | Headphones / Andrew 'Headphones' Anderson | 2013 |
| Weekend Ticket | Self | 2013 |
| 1600 Penn | Skip Gilchrist | 2012 |
| Sofia the First | Olaf | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Louis (voice) / Louis | 2012 |
| She Wants Me | Sam Baum | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Good Vibes | Mondo / Mondo (voice), Mondo | 2011 |
| Talking Dead | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Mardi Gras: Spring Break | Bump (Bartholomew T. Brown) / Bump | 2011 |
| New Girl | Bearclaw | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| Gigi: Almost American | Gigi | 2011 |
| Bob's Burgers | Damon | 2011 |
| Love & Other Drugs | Josh Randall | 2010 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Marmaduke | Bandana Dog (voice) / Bandana Dog | 2010 |
| Side by Side by Susan Blackwell | Self | 2009 |
| Woke Up Dead | Matt | 2009 |
| The Cleveland Show | Droopy / Pimp | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Modern Family | Kenneth, Kenneth Ploufe | 2009 |
| Bored to Death | Warren | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Self | 2009 |
| Party Down | Jeffrey Ells | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest, Himself | 2009 |
| Crossing Over | Howie | 2009 |
| Big Guy | Rodney | 2009 |
| The Rocker | Matt / Matt Gadman | 2008 |
| Piper's Picks TV | Self - Guest | 2008 |
| 21 | Miles | 2008 |
| Back to You | Ryan Church | 2007 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Wendell (voice) | 2007 |
| Californication | Doctor | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself - Guest, Himself | 2007 |
| Watching the Detectives | Mark | 2007 |
| Morning Joe | Self | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest, Self | 2007 |
| Razortooth | Jay Wells | 2007 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Art | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Roy McGill | 2005 |
| The Insider | Himself (archive footage), Himself | 2004 |
| The Soup | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself, Self, Self - Guest Host, Himself - The Wedding Ringer | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Chiropractor | 2000 |
| Entertainers with Byron Allen | Self | 2000 |
| South Park | Marcus | 1997 |
| The View | Himself, Self | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Correspondent, Self, Ben Franklin | 1996 |
| ER | Sgt. Bruce Larabee | 1994 |
| Extra with Billy Bush | Self, Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself | 1993 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self, Himself (archive footage), Himself | 1981 |
| 20/20 | Self | 1978 |
| Saturday Night Live | Olaf | 1975 |
| Sesame Street | Vincent Van Stop | 1969 |
| Jeopardy! | Himself - Clue Giver, Himself (archive footage), Himself - Celebrity Contestant | 1964 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 2024 |
| Wolf Like Me | 2022 |
| Central Park | 2020 |
| The Comedians | 2015 |
| 1600 Penn | 2012 |
| Gigi: Almost American | 2011 |
| South Park | 1997 |
