Josh Gad, Zachary Quinto & More Set for Next Week's CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!

By: May. 09, 2015
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Josh Gad (Book of Mormon, Frozen), Zachary Quinto (The Glass Menagerie) and Debra Messing (Outside (Mullingar) are among the stars who will test their knowledge on next week's CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!. Other A-listers who will compete for their favorite charities include Aaron Rodger, Kevin O'Leary, Ginger Zee, Mo Rocca, Mark Kelly , Neil Flynn, Wendy McLendon-Covey, Cynthia Rowley, Vince Gilligan, Penn Gilette, Bellamy Young, and John Berman.

The all-star tournament will air Monday, May 11th - Friday May 15th. Click here to find out where and when to watch JEOPARDY! in your market.

About JEOPARDY!:

JEOPARDY!, America's Favorite Quiz Show® and its host, Alex Trebek, are celebrating their 31st season. The top-ranked quiz show, with 25 million viewers each week, JEOPARDY! holds the Guinness World Records® title for the most Emmy® Awards won by a TV game show (32 Emmys), including the 2015 Emmy® for Outstanding Game Show. In 2014, JEOPARDY! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for Quiz and Audience Participation; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

About Josh Gad:

Josh Gad can currently be seen in the new FX show "The Comedians", alongside Billy Crystal. The 13-episode single camera comedy debuted in April.

Gad will also next be seen in Sony's "Pixels" where he'll star alongside Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage. The film is set to release on July 24, 2015. He most recently starred opposite Kevin Hart in the comedy "The Wedding Ringer" and in the Zach Braff indie project "Wish I Was Here," which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. He also starred as the loveable sidekick 'Olaf' in Disney's award-nominated animated film "Frozen."

Gad will soon begin production on the live-action Disney film "Beauty and the Beast" in the role of Le Fou, Gaston's side-kick. The film is set to release on March 17, 2017. He will also lend his voice to Sony's "Angry Birds," an animated film adaptation of the popular game, and has signed on to star in the Warner Brothers movie "Gilligan's Island." Gad will also write the script with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez.

Additional film credits include the Steve Job's biopic "Jobs;" "Thanks for Sharing" with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins; Shawn Levy's "The Internship," opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson; Ed Zwick's "Love & Other Drugs," with Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Hank Azaria; Shawn Levy's "The Rocker," alongside Rainn Wilson; "21," opposite Kate Bosworth, Lawrence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey; and "Crossing Over," with Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. Other voice credits include "Ice Age: Continental Drift," alongside Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez and John Leguizamo.

Gad served as an executive producer, co-creator and star on NBC's family comedy "1600 Penn." He has also lent his voice to 'Woodie' on MTV's animated series "Good Vibes" and played the title role on BBC Worldwide's "Gigi: Almost American." He has guest-starred on hit series such as "New Girl" and "Modern Family."

Gad took Broadway by storm starring as Elder Cunningham in the Tony Award-winning comedy musical "Book of Mormon." Gad was nominated for Tony, Drama League and Astaire awards, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award. He made his Broadway debut in a Tony-winning production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."



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