Josh Wolf (comedian)

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Josh Wolf

Josh Wolf in 2009
Years active 1999 - present
Spouse Bethany Ashton (1 child)

Josh Wolf is an American stand-up comedian, 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.

Career

He was introduced to comedy at the age of fifteen, doing an entire set about his parent's gas. Having moved to Seattle, he became a spokesperson for Nintendo and interviewed Bill Gates for an internal film for Microsoft.[1] 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.[2] He instead concentrated on writing for sitcoms such as UPN's All of Us and Cuts.[1]

Wolf is a regular on the round table of E!'s late night talk show Chelsea Lately.[3] He appears as one of the comedians on the "Comedians of Chelsea Lately" stand up tour,[4] and has previously appeared as the warm up act for Chelsea Handler herself.[5]

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.[6] He is currently working on an untitled project for Fox, starring himself as a single father.[7] It is a semi-autobiographical show, being based in part on Wolf's experiences as a single dad.[8] He has also sold a book to Grand Central Publishing.[2] Wolf has sold a script to Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions based on the true story of a travelling youth baseball team which was used as a cover for the robberies committed by its coach.[9]

Personal life

Wolf is married to his longtime spouse, Bethany Ashton Wolf.[10] They have a 15 year old son named Jacob together.[8] His cousin is actor Scott Wolf.[11] On an episode of 'The Church Of What's Happening Now' with Joey Diaz, Josh entailed a hilarious true story about a food truck style business he once ran called PP&J'S. He was ordered to shut down after an inspector found Josh and his son making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on an apartment floor.[12]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Home Improvement Usher Episode "Neighbours"
2003 A.U.S.A. Court clerk Episodes "The Joint Report... a Love Story" and "The Kiss"
2004-05 All of Us 2 episodes as writer
Nominated for 2005 BET Comedy Award
2005-06 Cuts 2 episodes as writer
2006 Last Comic Standing As self Season finale
2006-09 My Name Is Earl Josh 8 episodes
2010- Chelsea Lately As self Round table regular and writer
2010-11 Raising Hope Josh 3 episodes
Writer for episode "Sheer Madness"
2010- After Lately As self Series regular
2013 Shark After Dark Live Host Discovery Shark Week

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Comedian Josh Wolf". The Showroom at South Point. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010 by Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Josh Wolf". Parallel Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25 by WebCite. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  3. ↑ "‘Chelsea’ comic Jen Kirkman, in town this weekend, talks about Texas fans and being the ‘designated chick’". The Dallas Morning News. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Night life". Yakima Herald. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Chelsea Handler with Special Guest Josh Wolf Performs at Fox Theatre". Broadway World. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Josh Blue defeats Ty Barnett to win NBC's 'Last Comic Standing 4'". Reality TV World. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  7. ↑ Rose, Lacey (1 January 2012). "CBS Greenlights Comedy From Louis C.K., Spike Feresten". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Andreeva, Nellie (15 December 2011). "Fox Buys Single Dad Comedy Produced By Chelsea Handler, Mary McCormack & Spike Feresten And Starring Comedian Josh Wolf". Deadline. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  9. ↑ Halterman, Jim (1 September 2009). "Josh Wolf tells it like it is…and gets laughs". Jim Halterman.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  10. ↑ Meyer, Carla. "Josh Wolf's comedy career grew from PB&J era - Bee Life - The Sacramento Bee". Sacbee.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 
  11. ↑ "Comedian Josh Wolf and Actor Scott Wolf at The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil". Vegas News. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  12. ↑ "The Church of What's Happening Now: With Joey Coco Diaz". Thechurchofwhatshappeningnow.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 

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