Josh Thomson | |
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Born | 1981 (age 43–44) |
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Josh Thomson (born 1981 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor and comedian of Tongan heritage. [1] He is best known for his work as a comedian on 7 Days, Taskmaster New Zealand , Have You Been Paying Attention NZ, Patriot Brains , and as a host on The Project NZ. [2] [3] [4] [5]
As an actor he is best known as Bob, the assistant of Lia Maivia, in Young Rock , Satan in Wellington Paranormal [6] [7] and Pigsy in the Netflix series The New Legends of Monkey . [8] [9] [10] [11]
He has frequently collaborated with production house thedownlowconcept starring as the lead in their movie Gary of the Pacific . [12] He starred in and directed his own father in the award-winning web series Subject:Dad. [13] [14] [15] [16]
In 2021, Thomson appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains . Thomson won series 3 of Taskmaster NZ . [17] In 2023, Thomson appeared on an episode of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee .
In 2024, he was cast as Martin Katavake for the Australian adaptation of The Office . [18]