Josh Epstein | |
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 Epstein in 2018 | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Josh Epstein is a Canadian actor, producer and writer. He is a writer on the reimagining of the film Youngblood [1] [2] and sold a screenplay called Astrid's Deathlist to Paramount Pictures with Lorenzo DiBonaventura producing. [3] He produced, co-wrote and acted in Adventures in Public School [4] starring Judy Greer, Russell Peters, Grace Park and Daniel Doheny which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017. [5] He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, as cowriter with Kyle Rideout of the film Eadweard ; [6] he also had a supporting role in the film as Thomas Edison. [7]
As a stage actor in Canada, his roles have included Michael Darling in a 1988 production of Peter Pan , [8] Charlie in Marvin's Room , [9] Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona , [10] Joey in Pal Joey , [11] LeFou in Beauty and the Beast , [12] Leo Bloom in The Producers , [13] one of the gangster pastry chefs in The Drowsy Chaperone, [14] Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, [15] Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , [16] Barnaby in The Matchmaker [17] , Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost, [18] and Lensky in Onegin. [19] He won Jessie Theatre Richardson Awards for his acting as Barfee [15] and Lensky [20] and the Ovation Theatre Award for his performance as Leo Bloom in The Producers. [21] Josh recently won the 2025 Ovation Awards for Best Director, Oliver, and best actor as Leo Frank in Parade. [22]
He has also appeared in guest roles on the television series The X-Files , Breaker High , So Weird and Package Deal , and as a chorus dancer in the 2007 film Hairspray .
He has also written two one-man plays, Walking Away and Wow, I Didn't Know She Was Jewish. [23]