Josh Wolf (born 1969)[2] is an Americancomedian, actor, and writer. He has written for a number of sitcoms, including All of Us and Cuts. He is best known for his regular appearances on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. Wolf hosted the Josh Wolf Show in 2015. Wolf has 3 children.
He was introduced to comedy at the age of sixteen, doing an entire set about his parents' gas. Having moved to Seattle, he became a spokesperson for Nintendo and interviewed Bill Gates for an internal film for Microsoft.[3] He moved once more to Los Angeles, and was spotted while doing a one-man show at the HBO Workspace. He signed a two-year deal with ABC to develop his own television show, but it was never broadcast.[4] He instead concentrated on writing for sitcoms such as UPN's All of Us and Cuts.[3]
Wolf was a regular on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.[5] He appears as one of the comedians on the "Comedians of Chelsea Lately" stand-up tour,[6] and has previously appeared as the warm-up act for Chelsea Handler.[citation needed]
He also appeared as a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in the "Last Comic Downloaded" segment, he was beaten by Theo Von.[7] In 2012, he worked on an untitled project for Fox, starring himself as a single father.[8] It was to be a semi-autobiographical show, being based in part on Wolf's experiences as a single dad.[9] He has also sold a book to Grand Central Publishing.[4] Wolf has sold a script to Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions based on the true story of a traveling youth baseball team which was used as a cover for the robberies committed by its coach.[10] On July 20, 2012, he began hosting a weekly podcast with fellow Chelsea Lately regular Ross Mathews called Josh and Ross.[citation needed] That same year, Discovery Channel hired Wolf to host Shark After Dark.[11] In September 2013, Wolf began hosting his own podcast on the Toad Hop Network called Off the Rails with Josh Wolf.[12] As of 2015, Wolf hosted a podcast with Sarah Colonna called Off the Rails with Josh Wolf and Sarah Colonna.[13]
On June 11, 2015, The Josh Wolf Show, a late-night talk show which he hosts, debuted on CMT.[14]
Personal life
Wolf is Jewish. He grew up in Massachusetts.[15] He is married to movie actor Bethany Ashton Wolf since 2004 and has three children from a previous relationship.[9][16] His cousin is former Party of Five actor Scott Wolf.[17] On an episode of The Church of What's Happening Now with Joey Diaz, Wolf detailed a true story about a food truck–style business he once ran called PB&J'S. He was ordered to shut down after an inspector found Wolf and his children making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on an apartment floor.[18]
Wolf is an alumnus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas but loves the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[19]
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