Josh Thomson
Josh Thomson is a Timaru born idiot from sturdy South Island and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock. He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has a useless Bachelor of Arts somewhere at his parent's house. Josh arrived in Auckland to do stand up comedy and appeared in a couple of "Pulp Comedy's", but took up acting because actors get lunch, and most of the time they don't have to pay for it. He's graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several TV series that no one watched such as "Terry Teo", "Hounds", "Coverband", the voice of the tubby ginger kid in "Barefoot Bandits" and in his first feature film lead role as Gary in Gary of the Pacific. Josh continues to work as an actor, MC and comedian when he is not doing his new job, appearing as an idiot on the daily news show "The Project". He's toured with NZ's best comedians from "7 Days" doing stand up and the 7 Days:Live show the length of the country. In demand for his MC skills he's hosted the NZ Film Awards, the 48 Hour Film awards, various corporate events and even guest spots at the NZ Music awards. He still loves working behind the scenes as a director, writer, editor and whatever else he can do to pay for the new floor in the laundry since he broke the last one when he tried to fix it himself.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Office as Martin Katavake
- 2024 · Time Bandits as Hen the Giant
- 2023 · Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee as Self
- 2022 · Don't Make Me Go as Guy Connelly
- 2022 · How to Please a Woman as Ben
- 2022 · Kiri and Lou — Grow as
- 2022 · Kiri and Lou — Hide and Seek as Dalvanius
- 2021 · Patriot Brains as Contestant
- 2021 · Young Rock as Bob
- 2021 · Good Grief as Dean
- 2020 · Taskmaster NZ as Self
- 2020 · Guns Akimbo as Grim
- 2020 · Inside as Adrian
- 2019 · Have You Been Paying Attention? as Panelist
- 2019 · Educators as Gareth Clevedon
- 2018 · Twenty One Points as Alan
- 2018 · Wellington Paranormal as Satan
- 2018 · The New Legends of Monkey as Pigsy
- 2017 · Gary of the Pacific as Gary
- 2017 · The Project as Himself
- 2017 · Pork Pie as Fats
- 2014 · Coverband as Marcus
- 2013 · Agent Anna as M.C.
- 2012 · Missing Christmas as Fridge (voice)
- 2011 · My Wedding and Other Secrets as Neil
- 2010 · Only Son as Sydney
- 2009 · 7 Days as Panelist
- 2009 · 7 Days as Team Leader
- 2007 · The Devil Dared Me To as Chip Butler