Josh Peck

Josh Peck

Peck in 2010
Born Joshua Michael Peck
(1986-11-10) November 10, 1986
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor, voice actor
Years active 2000–present

Joshua Michael "Josh" Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Josh Nichols in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Drake & Josh. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on The Amanda Show. He has since acted in films such as Mean Creek, Drillbit Taylor, The Wackness, ATM, and Red Dawn, along with voicing Eddie in the Ice Age franchise. He currently voices Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and stars as Gerald in a lead role with John Stamos in the series Grandfathered.

Early life

Peck was born in Manhattan, New York, where he attended P.S. 40 and The Professional Performing Arts School. His parents were unmarried at the time of his birth and he has never met his biological father. He grew up with his Jewish mother, Barbara, who is a career coach, and his maternal grandmother. Peck had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.[1][2][3] He had asthma during his childhood, and often stayed indoors watching old sitcoms.[4][5][6] He was inspired to become involved in stand-up comedy when he was eight years old.

Career

Peck subsequently appeared at TADA! Youth Theater and performed stand-up comedy at Caroline's Comedy Club for the Audrey Hepburn foundation. At the age of 13, he was offered a role on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show and, at his mother's suggestion, accepted the part and moved to Los Angeles to further pursue an acting career.

Peck made his film debut in Snow Day (2000), and appeared regularly on The Amanda Show until the end of its run in 2002. He also starred opposite Alex D. Linz and Zena Grey in the theatrical film, Max Keeble's Big Move, which was released on October 5, 2001. In 2001, he guest starred in an episode of the popular NBC drama ER called "Thy Will Be Done". During this period, Peck appeared in several independent films, including Spun and 2004's Mean Creek, for which he received critical praise. He was cast as Josh Nichols, opposite Drake Bell's Drake Parker, in another Nickelodeon sitcom, Drake & Josh, which began airing in 2004 and gained Peck recognition among young audiences. Peck's character, Josh Nichols, was smart, funny, and organized, but was always being tormented along with Drake by Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove), Drake's younger sister. Both characters sing in a remake of the song "Soul Man" by Sam and Dave.[7] In 2006, Bell and Peck starred in their own TV movie called Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, and in 2007, they starred in a sequel called Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. Josh was nominated for Favorite Television Actor at the 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for his work on Drake & Josh. Peck also made his debut as a director in the Drake & Josh episode, Battle of Panthatar. He also directed his co-star Drake Bell's music video for the theme song to Drake & Josh, "Found a Way". He has also appeared in the series finale of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door called Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E., and the direct-to-video New Line Cinema film Havoc. Peck returned to the character of Josh Nichols in 2008 for the television film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

In 2006, Peck appeared in the independent film Special, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and voiced Eddie, one of two possum brothers, in the animated sequel, Ice Age: The Meltdown, which was released on March 31 of that year. Peck played a high school bully in 2008's Drillbit Taylor, and starred in the films The Wackness (released July 2008), American Primitive, Safety Glass, and reprised his role as Eddie in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

In 2011, Peck had a cameo role on the hit Nickelodeon show Victorious as an audience member for a play Jade wrote. In 2012, Peck starred in the remake of Red Dawn, and once again reprised his role as Eddie, in Ice Age: Continental Drift. In 2013, he began voicing Casey Jones in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In 2014, Peck appeared as Danny Norwood in the pilot of The Rebels, one of Amazon Studios' five adult test pilots released on Amazon Video in early 2014.

In 2015, Peck was cast as a lead in the comedy series, Grandfathered. He stars alongside John Stamos. Grandfathered premiered on September 29 and has garnered generally favorable reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.[8][9] Both he and Stamos are nominated for a 2016 People's Choice Award in the category "Favorite Actor In A New TV Series".[10]

Personal life

In the fourth season of Drake & Josh, Peck was noticeably thinner. He said

I made a conscious effort to lose weight because I knew I could be happier as well as being healthier. I started by going on a diet a year and a half ago and I got a personal trainer, but I definitely have a healthier lifestyle now. Also I feel that because I do so much television, I am a better role model. I don't really understand why I should be a role model, but I know that kids do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids. It doesn't really matter what you look like though.[2]

He is also a prominent personality on the video-sharing service Vine.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2000 The Newcomers Slim
2000 Snow Day Wayne Alworth
2001 Max Keeble's Big Move Robert "Robe"
2002 Spun Fat Boy
2004 Mean Creek George Tooney
2005 Havoc Josh Rubin
2006 Special Joey
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Eddie Voice
2008 The Wackness Luke Shapiro
2008 Drillbit Taylor Ronnie
2008 American Primitive Spoke White
2009 What Goes Up Jim Lement
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Eddie Voice
2009 Aliens in the Attic Sparks Voice
2012 ATM Corey
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Eddie Voice
2012 Red Dawn Matt Eckert
2013 Battle of the Year Franklyn
2015 The Wedding Ringer[11] Bad Best Man
2015 Danny Collins Nicky Ernst
2015 The Timber Samuel
2016 Bukowski Charles Bukowski
2016 Chronically Metropolitan[12] John Post-production
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Minion Pig 2 Voice
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Eddie Voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000, 2005 All That Himself 2 episodes, Season 6 Episode 4 & 10th Anniversary
2000–01 The Amanda Show Various characters Series regular
2000 Double Dare 2000 Himself With the cast of Snow Day
2001 ER Nick Stevens Episode: "Thy Will Be Done"
2001 Family Guy Charlie (voice), uncredited Episode: "The Kiss Seen Around the World"
2001 Samurai Jack S Kid / Pig #3 / Alien Kid (voices) Episode: "Aku's Fairy Tales"
2002 Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? Lenny (voice) Episode: "Parents/Embarrassment"
2002 MADtv Jeffrey Lugz 1 episode
2002 Fillmore! Randall Julian (voice) Episode: "To Mar a Stall"
2003, 2004 The Guardian Chris Rapp 2 episodes
2004–07 Drake & Josh Josh Nichols Co-lead role, 57 episodes
2006 Codename: Kids Next Door Numbuh 50 Million B.C. (voice) Episode: "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E."
2006 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Damian / Kid / Zombie Kid #2 (voices) Episode: "E-Screen"
2006 Drake & Josh Go Hollywood Josh Nichols Nickelodeon television movie
2008 Merry Christmas Drake and Josh Josh Nichols Nickelodeon Christmas special movie
2009 iCarly Jimmy (uncredited) Episode: "iReunite with Missy"
2011 Victorious Josh Nichols (uncredited) Episode: "Wok Star" Episode: "Who did it to trina?"
2013–present Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Casey Jones (voice) Co-lead role
2013–14 The Mindy Project Ray Ron 3 episodes
2014 The Big Bang Theory Jesse Episode: "The Occupation Recalibration"
2014 The Rebels Danny Norwood Episode: "Pilot"
2015–present Grandfathered Gerald Co-lead role
2015 Teen Choice Awards Himself Host

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2005 Independent Spirit Awards Special Distinction Award Mean Creek (shared with ensemble) Won[13]
2008 2008 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actor Drake & Josh Nominated[14][15]
2008 UK Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male TV Star Drake & Josh Won[16]
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Web Star: Comedy Himself Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Viner Himself Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Actor In A New TV Series Grandfathered Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Keck, William (2004-08-25). "Josh Peck lightens up". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  2. 1 2 "INTERVIEW: Josh Peck Talks Ice Age: The Meltdown". MovieWeb. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  3. ↑ Young Jewish actor, director give in to ‘Wackness’
  4. ↑ Syme, Rachel (2008-06-27). "Who's That: Former Teen Star Josh Peck Mans Up". New York Post. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  5. ↑ Murray, Rebecca. "Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan and Josh Peck Interview". About.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  6. ↑ Douglas, Edward (2008-01-25). "Josh Peck on The Wackness". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Drake & Josh: Songs from & Inspired By the Hit TV Series - Various Artists". iTunes. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/grandfathered/s01/?search=grandfath/
  9. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/tv/grandfathered
  10. ↑ "People’s Choice Awards 2016: Full List Of Nominees". People's Choice Awards. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ Thomas, Fahnia. "Watch The Wedding Ringer Trailer Starring Kevin Hart". EurWeb. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Chronically Metropolitan". 13 Films. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ Independent Spirit Awards
  14. ↑ "Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards – 2008 Winners List – Pictures and Video". Allie is Wired. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  15. ↑ "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2008 Press Kit". Nickkcapress.com. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  16. ↑ "Winners And Photos From Inside The 2008 Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards, Feat Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Josh Peck, McFly". Popsugar.co.uk. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-13.

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