- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Josh Gad is an American actor and singer who is well-known for voicing Olaf the Snowman in Disney's Frozen franchise. He was also in Beauty and the Beast as LeFou, Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Muncher, The Wedding Ringer, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Pixels, The Internship, The Rocker, 21 and The Angry Birds Movie 1 and 2.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian Frates
- SpouseIda Darvish(May 10, 2008 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenAva GadIsabella Gad
- ParentsSusan GadShmuel Gad
- His father was born in Afghanistan to an Afghan Jewish family. His mother, who was raised in New York, is of Ashkenazi Jewish background from a family of Holocaust survivors.
- He was confirmed to be under consideration to play Quasimodo in the future live-action adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame as of 14 July 2019.
- Nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Elder Cunningham in "The Book of Mormon".
- Graduated from Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, School of Drama, with a BFA.
- Attended Carnegie Mellon University with Josh Groban.
- [on abandoning a boyhood dream of becoming a performer and emulating actors like Robin Williams] I was about three years out of college and I called my mom up and said, 'I don't think I want to do this anymore'. She started crying. I said, 'I'm going to go to law school'. I thought she was going to celebrate that she wouldn't have to worry about me anymore. But she was really disappointed. And I said, 'Why are you disappointed?' She said, 'Because you've been dreaming about this for fifteen years , but you are only allowing yourself to live out your dream for three years, and I think that is unfair to yourself'. It was very startling to hear her say that.
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