Josh Thomson (actor)

Josh Thomson
Thomson in 2017
Born	1981 (age 43–44) Timaru, New Zealand
Occupations	Actor comedian

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]}

Career

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]

References

1. Schulz, Chris (1 January 2017). "Josh Thomson is New Zealand's funniest man - he just doesn't know it yet" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
2. "Joshing around: the Tongan of Timaru". Stuff.
3. "Josh Thomson to leave The Project, replaced by Jeremy Corbett". Stuff.
4. "Josh Thomson's hair-raising new look". www.msn.com.
5. "The Project's Josh Thomson speaks emotionally about his wife's three miscarriages". Now To Love. 26 February 2018.
6. Casey, Alex (19 December 2019). "How Josh Thomson became Satan for Christmas" – via Spinoff.co.nz.
7. Sarah, Nealon (5 December 2019). "Josh Thomon's Hellish Role on Wellington Paranormal" – via Stuff.co.nz.
8. "The New Legends Of Monkey: ace nostalgic family adventure fun". Den of Geek.
9. "Josh Thomson cast in TVNZ/Netflix show The Legend of Monkey". 20 April 2017 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
10. Idato, Michael (10 January 2018). "Why The New Legends of Monkey is thrillingly magical". The Sydney Morning Herald.
11. "Amid ninjas, there is Josh Thomson: Inside his other project reviving Monkey Magic". Stuff.
12. Casey, Alex (18 March 2017). "Movie review: Gary of the Pacific" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
13. Yeoman, Greta. "Emails turned into award-winning series".
14. "Josh Thomson returns to Timaru to film new episodes for popular web series Subject: Dad". Stuff.
15. "Subject Dad | COMEDY | ThreeNow". www.threenow.co.nz.
16. "Subject: Dad". www.facebook.com.
17. "Taskmaster NZ: How the challenges are chosen for the hit TVNZ show". www.stuff.co.nz.
18. "Prime Video releases the official trailer Australian Amazon Original Series The Office". AU About Amazon. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

External links

• Josh Thomson at IMDb