Josh Pugh
{{Short description|English stand-up comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| name = Josh Pugh
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|20 August 1989}}
| birth_place = Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
| occupation = Stand-up comedian
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| children = 1
| years_active = 2014–present
| website = {{Twitter|JoshPughComic}}
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Josh Pugh (born 20 August 1989) is an English stand-up comedian, England Para-footballer, and actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/josh_pugh/|title=Josh Pugh|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website= comedy.co.uk|publisher=British Comedy Guide}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/j/34278/josh_pugh|title=Josh Pugh, comedian tour dates |website=chortle.co.uk| publisher=Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide}}{{Cite news|last=Logan|first=Brian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/26/josh-pugh-review-edinburgh-2022|title=Josh Pugh review – fashioning fecklessness into front-rank standup|date=26 August 2022|work=The Guardian}}
Early life
Pugh was born in Nuneaton in 1989 and grew up in Atherstone, Warwickshire.{{Cite web|url=https://448creative.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/josh-pugh-scoops-festival-award/|title=Josh Pugh scoops festival award|website=448creative.wordpress.com|date=5 October 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-comedian-crowned-one-funniest-11588179|title=Atherstone comedian crowned one of the funniest men in England|first=Nick|last=Reid|date=11 July 2016|website=CoventryLive}}
Career
Pugh began performing in 2014. He won new act competitions in both Birmingham Comedy Festival and Nottingham comedy festival in 2015, the Midland new act of the year in both 2014 and 2015, and the English Comedian of the Year in 2016.
He has appeared on Mock the Week, Hypothetical, Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza, Question Team, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable and Live at the Apollo. As an actor, he appeared on Sneakerhead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm13010653/|title=Josh Pugh|website=IMDb}}
Pugh has written for several shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Newsjack and The Now Show.
Pugh was part of the Channel 4 presentation team for the 2024 Paralympic Games.{{cite web |title=Paralympics Coverage Overview |url=https://www.channel4.com/4viewers/paralympics-coverage-overview |website=Channel 4 |access-date=31 August 2024}}
He hosts a podcast, Josh And Phil's Knowledge Club, with Phil Pagett.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/interviews/josh-pugh-keeps-it-personal-with-the-changing-man/15501|title=Josh Pugh keeps it personal with The Changing Man|website=www.whatsonlive.co.uk}}
Personal life
Pugh is partially sighted and has played for England's Partially Sighted football team between 2012 and 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/edinburgh-fringe-qa-comedian-josh-pugh-loves-when-worlds-collide-at-the-festival/|title=Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Comedian Josh Pugh loves when worlds collide at the festival| work=The Sunday Post |date=25 July 2022 |first=Ross|last=Crae}}
He lives in Atherstone with his wife; they had a child in December 2021 via IVF.{{Cite web|url=https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/latest-news/2019/04/25/year-of-wellbeing-laughter-is-the-best-medicine/|title=Year of Wellbeing: Laughter is the best medicine - Happy Healthy Lives|date=25 April 2019 |publisher= Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System |website=happyhealthylives.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2022/07/11/josh-pugh-promises-a-special-delivery-of-really-good-stand-up-at-the-fringe-just-dont-ask-him-to-deliver-a-parcel/|title=Josh Pugh promises a Special Delivery of 'really good stand-up' at the Fringe (just don't ask him to deliver a parcel)|publisher= Entertainment Focus |date=11 July 2022 |first=Katy |last=Davies}}
In 2024, he was invited to start the annual Shrove Tuesday Atherstone Ball Game, held on 13 February of that year, by throwing the ball into the crowd in the town's Long Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-ball-game-2024-winner-28627138 |title=Atherstone Ball Game winner announced as tributes paid to past champion |first1=Paul |last1=Suart |first2=Claire |last2=Harrison |date=13 February 2024 |website=Coventry Live |accessdate=13 February 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|13010653}}
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Category:English male comedians
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:People from Atherstone
Category:Male actors from Coventry
Category:English stand-up comedians
Category:Male actors from Warwickshire
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