Joshua Michael "Josh" Peck is an American actor, comedian and director. 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 a...
Joshua Michael Peck , Snowday , Pudge Master Flex , Joshman , Joshua Michael "Josh" Peck
Awards
Independent Spirit Special Distinction Award
Nominations
People's Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a New TV Series, Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actor, Teen Choice Award for Choice Viner, Teen Choice Award for Choice Web Star: Comedy, Shorty Award for Best Vine Comedian
Movies
Red Dawn, Mean Creek, The Wackness, Battle of the Year: The Dream Team, Ice Age: Collision Course, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, Drillbit Taylor, Max Keeble's Big Move, Snow Day, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, Aliens in ...
TV Shows
Grandfathered, Drake & Josh, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, The Amanda Show
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.
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Fact
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"Peck" is Josh's mother's surname. The family name had originally been "Peckerman". Josh's maternal grandparents, Jack Peckerman and Mae Weinberger, were both from Jewish families from Eastern Europe (Poland and Russia).
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Lost a considerable amount of weight thanks to karate, yoga, lots of salads and just plain adolescence. He has shed 40 pounds since Mean Creek wrapped last year and is working hard to drop another 40. [June 2005]
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His mother just moved back to New York a week and a half ago. So now he's learning to cope on his own. [March 2006]
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Filming the remake of Red Dawn [September 2009]
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He was the beat boxer on Drake Bell's song Circles.
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Was ranked #19 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
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Used to spend time making hip hop beats and studio work with upcoming artists.
He and his mother shared small one-bedroom apartments in New York City.
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He is very close with his mother.
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He never knew his father.
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Has had asthma since childhood.
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As a child, he would watch cartoons and sitcoms on TV and started to emulate them.
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For the first fourteen years of his life, he lived in New York City with his mother.
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He used to drive an '87 Mercedes.
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His influences are Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby and his favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.
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Was born in Hell's Kitchen. A neighborhood of New York City that includes the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River.
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Used to play ice hockey in his spare time.
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Performed in musical theater with the New York-based children's theater TADA.
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Had a pet fish named Beefy.
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He plays the piano.
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Has been doing stand-up comedy since the age of 8.
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Got his start by performing stand-up comedy at Caroline's Comedy Club for the Audrey Hepburn foundation.
$2.5 Million
