Josh Zuckerman

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Josh Zuckerman
Born (1985-04-01) April 1, 1985 (age 38)
Stanford, California
Alma mater Princeton University
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Known for Sex Drive

Josh Zuckerman (born April 1, 1985) is an American actor. [1] [2] He is best known for his starring role in Sex Drive (2008), as well as for playing Mark Cullin in the science fiction TV series Kyle XY , Eddie Orlofsky in Desperate Housewives and Nate Marlowe in the comedy series Significant Mother . He also had a recurring role as Max Miller in the CW drama 90210 . He voiced the lead role of Pony in the Nickelodeon original animated series It's Pony .

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Early life

Zuckerman was born and raised in Stanford, California [3] in a family of five children. He attended Bullis-Purisima Elementary School there. He began formally acting at the age of ten, with a series of roles at the nearby Bus Barn Theater with the Los Altos Youth Theater company.[ citation needed ] He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career after finishing the seventh grade at Egan Junior High School, where he had been elected student body president.[ citation needed ] He is of Jewish descent. [4]

He attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks.[ citation needed ] In 2003, he attended Princeton University, where he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, where he earned the pledge name "Checkers".[ citation needed ] After his freshman year he did not return to Princeton, deciding instead to focus on his acting career.

Career

Zuckerman made his professional on-camera debut in 2000 opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Drew Carey in the Disney Channel musical fantasy Geppetto ,[ citation needed ] then enjoyed guest roles on the TV series NYPD Blue and Once and Again .

Zuckerman's assignments continued during his enrollment as a student at Princeton University, though over time he began to increasingly emphasize big-screen work, notably with supporting roles in the Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini holiday comedy Surviving Christmas (2004) and the Evan Rachel Wood dark comedy Pretty Persuasion (2005). In 2008, Zuckerman appeared in a multi-episode arc, as Mark, on the ABC Family series Kyle XY . [3]

Later that year, Zuckerman signed for one of his first starring roles, as a teen who ventures out on a cross-country road trip, along with two friends, to meet a girl he has been chatting with online and lose his virginity to her, in the teen-oriented sex comedy-road movie Sex Drive .

He played Eddie Orlofsky on Desperate Housewives . Zuckerman had a recurring role in the CW series 90210 as Naomi's love interest, Max Miller. [5]

Personal life

He is currently engaged to former Desperate Housewives co-star Andrea Bowen, with their wedding set for August 2024. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Return to the Secret Garden Timothie
2000The View from the SwingBenCredited as Joshua Zuckerman
2001The MyersonsMurphy Myerson
2002Lather. Rinse. RepeatTimmy (little boy)Short
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Young Dr. Evil
2004 Surviving Christmas Brian Valco
2005 Pretty Persuasion Josh Horowitz
2005 Feast Hot Wheels
2006 The Hottest State Decker
2007 Lions for Lambs Student
2008 Sex Drive Ian Lafferty
2009Ceremonies of the HorsemenZerachShort
2010Ivan's HouseShort
20112ND TakeEthan
2014 Field of Lost Shoes Moses Jacob Ezekiel
2014Acid GirlsSebastian
2018Killing DiazCam/Kira
2019Made PublicDave
2019 Ring Ring Jason
2020VariantThomas
2020The BellmenJosh
2020 Useless Humans Brian
2023 Oppenheimer Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice RudyVoice role

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Get Real Young AndyEpisode: "The Distance"
2000 Once and Again Toby PorterEpisodes: "Sneaky Feelings" and "Cat-in-Hat"
2000 Geppetto Featured
2000 That's Life Eric FeinsteinEpisode: "The Tutor"
2000 The Amanda Show Episode: "Mammal-O's"
2001 Bette TimEpisode: "The Invisible Mom"
2001 Jack & Jill Adam FickmanEpisode: "Battle of the Bahamas"
2001 The West Wing Boy #1 – Billy FernandezEpisode: "Isaac and Ishmael"
2001 The Ellen Show TimmyEpisode: "Cathy's Taffy"
2001 The Nightmare Room Jeremy ClarkEpisode: "Four Eyes"
2001 'Twas the Night Danny WrigleyTV movie
2001 Judging Amy Rob BirdEpisode: "Beating the Bounds"
2002 NYPD Blue James 'Swirly' KilikEpisodes: "Oh, Mama!" and "A Little Dad'll Do Ya"
2002 I Was a Teenage Faust [2] Brendan WillyTV movie
2005 House Keen StudentEpisode: "Three Stories"
2006 Standoff Cary StecklerEpisode: "Peer Group"
2007 Close to Home Ben MurphyEpisode: "Maternal Instinct"
2007 CSI: Miami Leo DonwellEpisodes: "Internal Affairs", "Broken Home" and "Bloodline"
2007 Boston Legal Michael ScanlonEpisode: "Trial of the Century"
2008–2009 Kyle XY Mark Cullin13 episodes
2009–2010 Desperate Housewives Eddie Orlofsky12 episodes
2010–2013 90210 Max Miller33 episodes
2011 Mr. Sunshine Jimmy LinconEpisode: "Lingerie Football"
2011 The Protector Josh TaylorEpisode: "Wings"
2012 Breakout Kings Rodney CainEpisode: "Ain't Love (50) Grand?"
2014 Betas Lance RoeEpisode: "This Is It"
2015 Significant Mother Nate MarloweLead role
2016 The Big Bang Theory MartyEpisode: "The Military Miniaturization"
2016 Rosewood Cody TuckerEpisode: "Boatspy & Booty"
2017There's... Johnny!JustinEpisode: "Take Me to Church"
2017Ride OvershareMichaelEpisode: "Natalie"
2018 Strange Angel Marvin NickelsEpisodes: "Sacrament of the Ancestors" and "The Sacrificial Dance"
2020–2022 It's Pony PonyVoice role
2022 The Offer Peter Bart Miniseries
2023 School Spirits Mr. MartinRecurring

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