Josh Zuckerman
{{short description|American actor (born 1985)}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Josh Zuckerman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|04|01}}
| birth_place = Stanford, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = Princeton University
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1999–present
| known_for = Sex Drive
| spouse = {{marriage|Andrea Bowen|2024}}
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Joshua Ryan Zuckerman (born April 1, 1985) is an American actor.{{cite web|title=Josh Zuckerman|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/362486/Josh-Zuckerman/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907050710/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/362486/Josh-Zuckerman/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-07 | first= Nathan| last= Southern |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2008}}{{cite web|title=I Was a Teenage Faust (review)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/289353/I-Was-a-Teenage-Faust/overview |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831162500/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/289353/I-Was-a-Teenage-Faust/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-31 | first= Matthew |last= Tobey |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times| year= 2010 }} 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.
Early life
Zuckerman was born and raised in Stanford, California 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.{{Cite web |last=Crier |first=Christian Mignot-Special to the Town |date=2002-08-28 |title=LAYT alum plays young Dr. Evil in 'Austin Powers' movie |url=https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/layt-alum-plays-young-dr-evil-in-austin-powers-movie/article_20944439-23b8-5c26-bcc0-1f260d3f50ec.html |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Los Altos Town Crier |language=en}} 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|date=August 2013}} He is of Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.juf.org/celebrities/celebrity.aspx?id=73739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817031031/http://juf.org/celebrities/celebrity.aspx?id=73739|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2016|title = JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Josh Zuckerman}}
He attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} 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|date=October 2015}} 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|date=August 2013}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Josh Zuckerman {{!}} Actor, Writer, Director |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958430/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Megan |title=90210 Scoop: Max Returns -- But There's a Twist! |url=https://tvline.com/2012/04/16/90210-season-4-josh-zuckerman-returns/ |website=TVLine |access-date=June 16, 2022 |date=April 16, 2012}}
Personal life
As of August 29, 2024, Zuckerman is married to his former Desperate Housewives co-star Andrea Bowen.{{Cite web |title=Andrea Bowen and Josh Zuckerman's Wedding Website |url=https://www.zola.com/wedding/zuckbow |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.zola.com |language=en}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2000
| Timothie | |
| 2000
| The View from the Swing | Ben | Credited as Joshua Zuckerman |
| 2001
| The Myersons | Murphy Myerson | |
| 2002
| Lather. Rinse. Repeat | Timmy (little boy) | Short |
| 2002
| Young Dr. Evil | |
| 2004
| Brian Valco | |
| 2005
| Josh Horowitz | |
| 2005
| Feast | Hot Wheels | |
| 2006
| Decker | |
| 2007
| Student | |
| 2008
| Ian Lafferty | |
| 2009
| Ceremonies of the Horsemen | Zerach | Short |
| 2010
| Ivan's House | | Short |
| 2011
| 2ND Take | Ethan | |
| 2014
| |
| 2014
| Acid Girls | Sebastian | |
| 2018
| Killing Diaz | Cam/Kira | |
| 2019
| Made Public | Dave | |
| 2019
| Jason | |
| 2020
| Variant | Thomas | |
| 2020
| The Bellmen | Josh | |
| 2020
| Brian | |
| 2023
| |
| 2024
| Rudy | Voice role |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2000
| Get Real | Young Andy | Episode: "The Distance" |
| 2000
| Toby Porter | Episodes: "Sneaky Feelings" and "Cat-in-Hat" |
| 2000
| Geppetto | Featured | |
| 2000
| Eric Feinstein | Episode: "The Tutor" |
| 2000
| | Episode: "Mammal-O's" |
| 2001
| Bette | Tim | Episode: "The Invisible Mom" |
| 2001
| Adam Fickman | Episode: "Battle of the Bahamas" |
| 2001
| Boy #1 – Billy Fernandez | Episode: "Isaac and Ishmael" |
| 2001
| Timmy | Episode: "Cathy's Taffy" |
| 2001
| Jeremy Clark | Episode: "Four Eyes" |
| 2001
| Danny Wrigley | TV movie |
| 2001
| Rob Bird | Episode: "Beating the Bounds" |
| 2002
| James 'Swirly' Kilik | Episodes: "Oh, Mama!" and "A Little Dad'll Do Ya" |
| 2002
| Brendan Willy | TV movie |
| 2005
| House | Keen Student | Episode: "Three Stories" |
| 2006
| Standoff | Cary Steckler | Episode: "Peer Group" |
| 2007
| Ben Murphy | Episode: "Maternal Instinct" |
| 2007
| Leo Donwell | Episodes: "Internal Affairs", "Broken Home" and "Bloodline" |
| 2007
| Michael Scanlon | Episode: "Trial of the Century" |
| 2008–2009
| Kyle XY | Mark Cullin | 13 episodes |
| 2009–2010
| Eddie Orlofsky | 12 episodes |
| 2010–2013
| 90210 | Max Miller | 33 episodes |
| 2011
| Jimmy Lincon | Episode: "Lingerie Football" |
| 2011
| Josh Taylor | Episode: "Wings" |
| 2012
| Rodney Cain | Episode: "Ain't Love (50) Grand?" |
| 2014
| Betas | Lance Roe | Episode: "This Is It" |
| 2015
| Nate Marlowe | Lead role |
| 2016
| Marty | Episode: "The Military Miniaturization" |
| 2016
| Rosewood | Cody Tucker | Episode: "Boatspy & Booty" |
| 2017
| There's... Johnny! | Justin | Episode: "Take Me to Church" |
| 2017
| Ride Overshare | Michael | Episode: "Natalie" |
| 2018
| Marvin Nickels | Episodes: "Sacrament of the Ancestors" and "The Sacrificial Dance" |
| 2020–2022
| Pony | Voice role |
| 2022
| Miniseries, main role |
| 2023
| Mr. Martin | Recurring |
| 2023
| Paul | Episodes: "The Watchful Heart" and "Beautiful Mosaics" |
| 2024
| Bill Storch | Episodes: "Get By With A Little Help From My Friends" |
| 2024
| S.W.A.T. | Cameron | Episodes: "Good for Nothing" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|958430}}
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:People from Stanford, California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors