Josh Meyers (actor)
{{short description|American actor and comedian}}
{{About|the American actor and comedian|the British actor|Josh Myers (actor)|other persons with similar names|Josh Meyers (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Josh Meyers at Boom Chicago's 25th anniversary at Carre (cropped).jpg
| caption = Josh Meyers in 2018
| birth_name = Josh Dylan Meyers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|8}}
| occupation = Actor, comedian
| known_for = That '70s Show, Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers
| years_active = 2001–present
| relatives = Seth Meyers (brother)
| spouse = {{marriage |McKenzie Rollins |2024}}“Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers.” Episode JUDD APATOW Chased Robert Conrad Down on Hilton Head Island, 2024.
}}
Josh Dylan Meyers ({{IPAc-en|'|m|aɪ|.|ər|z|}} {{respell|MY|ərz}}; born January 8, 1976) is an American actor and comedian, known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy series MADtv and playing Randy Pearson in the eighth and final season of That '70s Show. He is the younger brother of Seth Meyers who was a writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live (a competitor show to MADtv) and later Late Night host.
Early life, family and education
Meyers was born on January 8, 1976, the younger of two sons of Hilary Claire Meyers (née Olson), a French teacher; and Laurence Meyers Jr., who worked in finance.{{cite news|url = https://people.com/who-is-josh-meyers-seth-meyers-brother-7642220|title = Who Is Seth Meyers' Brother? All About Actor and Podcast Co-Host Josh Meyers|last = Dodd|first = Sophie|date = June 6, 2024|accessdate = November 1, 2024|work = People}}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1946965372.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+05%2C+1970&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&desc=Miss+Hilary+Olson+marries+Mr.+Meyers&pqatl=google| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130131190951/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1946965372.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+05,+1970&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&desc=Miss+Hilary+Olson+marries+Mr.+Meyers&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|work= Boston Globe|title=Miss Hilary Olson marries Mr. Meyers|date=July 5, 1970}} Meyers's paternal grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish,{{cite web|url=http://americanisraelite.com/archives/26453|title=Jewz in the Newz|publisher= | work = The American Israelite|date= July 17, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104181946/http://americanisraelite.com/archives/26453|archive-date=November 4, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/seths-story-seths-jewish-enough/2776163#I|title=Watch Late Night: Seth Meyers "Seth's Story: Seth's Jewish Enough" Highlight |work=NBC.com |access-date=May 13, 2016| url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428220522/http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/seths-story-seths-jewish-enough/2776163#I|archive-date=April 28, 2014}} and his other ancestry is Czech–Austrian and Croatian (from his paternal grandmother), Swedish, English, and German.{{cite web|author=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Glee_News_Seth_Meyers_Gets_Engaged_Baseball_News.shtml|title=Seth Meyers Gets Engaged|publisher= | work= InterfaithFamily.com |access-date=April 25, 2014|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828232443/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Glee_News_Seth_Meyers_Gets_Engaged_Baseball_News.shtml|url-status=dead}}
Meyers grew up primarily in Bedford, New Hampshire, and attended Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Career
=''MADtv''=
Meyers officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2002, as a featured performer for the eighth season. He would fill in the spot of the Spishak Spokesperson that David Herman and Pat Kilbane previously owned. Meyers was also known for his celebrity impersonations, including Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, various members of 'N Sync (particularly Justin Timberlake), rapper Eminem, and actor Owen Wilson.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Meyers's appearances on MADtv on Fox aired directly opposite his brother Seth's appearances on Saturday Night Live on NBC, making Josh Meyers the only MADtv cast member to have a family member (blood-related or otherwise) be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. This was referenced on a season 28 episode of Saturday Night Live in which Seth appears on Weekend Update to talk to his father and tells him to turn off MADtv and pay attention to him.{{cite web|last1=Rowles|first1=Dustin|title=Who Remembers That Seth Meyers' Little Brother Replaced Eric and Kelso on That '70s Show?|url=http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/who-remembers-that-seth-meyers-little-brother-replaced-eric-and-kelso-on-that-70s-show-.php|website=Pajiba|access-date=February 22, 2015|date=January 30, 2014}}
=Other work=
When Topher Grace left That '70s Show at the end of the show's seventh season, Meyers was chosen as a replacement, starring as Randy Pearson during the eighth and final season. In 2006, Meyers made an appearance in the feature film Date Movie, where he plays Napoleon Dynamite and Owen Wilson's character from Wedding Crashers.
Meyers has a supporting role in the 2008 film College Road Trip, and appeared alongside Pee-wee Herman in the 2010 stage show revival of {{sortname|The|Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway|The Pee-wee Herman Show#2010 stage show revival}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Filmography
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|+ Film ! Year ! style="width:20em;"| Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2001
| Down | ESU cop #5 | |
| 2002
| Snapshots | Hooligan in red light district | |
| 2005
| {{sortname|The|Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend|nolink=1}} | Bar jerk | Short film |
| 2006
| Napoleon Dynamite/Owen Wilson look-alike | |
| 2007
| Wrangling Coach Rankin | Josh | Short film |
| 2008
| Stuart | |
| 2009
| Brüno | Kookus | |
| 2010
| Andy Conners | |
| rowspan=4 |2013
| Jason | |
| Inventing Adam
| Adam | |
| {{sortname|The|Sidekick|nolink=1}}
| Jimmy T | Short film |
| Cafe Attitude
| {{n/a}} | Short film |
| 2014
| Andy | |
| 2016
| Sylvester | |
| 2017
|It's Gawd! |Tawd | |
| 2018
| The Oath |Jason Feldman | |
| 2023
|Diedrick |Short film |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2002–2004
| MADtv | Various | 47 episodes |
| 2003
| Big Fat Slim Jim | 2 episodes |
| 2004
| Sam Conner | Episode: "Family Hard-ships" |
| 2005–2006
| Randy Pearson | Main cast (season 8); 21 episodes |
| 2006
| Cal | Episode: "The Portrait and the Painter" |
| 2011
| {{sortname|The|Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway|The Pee-wee Herman Show#2010 stage show revival}} | Fireman Phineas, Various voices | Television film |
| rowspan=2 |2012
| Dr. Carl Rosen | Episode: "The Gynecologist" |
| Breaking In
| Abe Frohman | Episode: "Who's the Boss" |
| rowspan=3 |2013
| Andrew Clatter | Episode: "Unborn Again" |
| {{sortname|The|Mindy Project}}
| Adam | Episode: "Pretty Man" |
| Behind the Candelabra
| Liberace's attorney | Television film |
| 2014
| A to Z |Chad |Episode: "F Is for Fight, Fight, Fight!" |
| 2014–2017
| Red Oaks | Barry | Main cast |
| rowspan=2 |2015
|Frankenboyfriend |Episode: "Teacup" |
| The McCarthys
|Jason |Episode: "Cutting the Cord" |
| 2016
|Ned & Ted Doppleganger |Episode: "You've Got Blackmail" |
| 2022
| Percival “Uncle Percy“ Gray | Episode: "O Ye of Little Faith" |
| 2023
| History of the World, Part II | 2 Episodes |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Web ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan=2 |2009
| Floored and Lifted | Matthew | Episode: "Matthew" |
| My Long Distance Relationship
| Professor Barnes | Television film |
| 2010
| Pee-wee Gets an iPad! | Clocky/Conky (voice) | Funny or Die short |
| 2011
| Workshop | Apartment leasing agent | Episode: "Sparkle White Gum" |
| 2012
| Dark Prophet | Agent Noah Parish | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013–2015
| {{sortname|The|Awesomes}} | Perfect Man / Thug #3 (voice) | 28 episodes |
| 2014
| Charles, Your Hangover | Rickey, the apprentice | Episode: "The Apprentice" |
| 2016
| Kings of Con | Kent O'Grady | Episode: "Bellevue, WA" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|583570}}
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