Josh Gad

Josh Gad made his film debut in Mary and Joe in 2002 and his television debut in an episode of ER in 2005. That year, he replaced Dan Fogler as William Barfée in the Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. From 2007 to 2008, he starred as Ryan Church in the Fox sitcom Back to You. In 2008, he appeared in the films 21 and The Rocker.

In 2009, Gad became a correspondent for The Daily Show, appearing on the program from 2009 to 2011. He also starred in the short-form horror comedy series Woke Up Dead in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in Love & Other Drugs and provided a voice in Marmaduke. He voiced Mondo in the animated series Good Vibes in 2011 and played Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon from 2011 to 2012. For The Book of Mormon, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as part of the cast.

In 2012, Gad starred in the independent film She Wants Me, co-created, produced and starred in the NBC sitcom 1600 Penn, and voiced Louis in Ice Age: Continental Drift. In 2013, he played Andrew in The Internship, Steve Wozniak in Jobs and voiced Olaf in Frozen. He appeared as the main character's brother in Wish I Was Here in 2014.

Gad starred in The Wedding Ringer and Pixels in 2015 and also starred alongside Billy Crystal in the FX comedy series The Comedians. In 2016, he voiced Chuck in The Angry Birds Movie. In 2017, he voiced Bailey in A Dog's Purpose, played LeFou in the live-action film Beauty and the Beast, appeared in the biographical drama Marshall and played Hector MacQueen in Murder on the Orient Express.

In 2019, Gad starred in the horror comedy Little Monsters and A Dog's Journey, reprising his role as Bailey. He also voiced Olaf in Frozen 2 and reprised the role in the video game Kingdom Hearts III.

In 2020, Gad starred as Matt Spencer in the HBO science fiction comedy series Avenue 5 and created, produced and starred in the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series Central Park. He also starred in Artemis Fowl and played Fezzik in the virtual live script read-through Princess Bride Reunion. During 2020, he launched and hosted the YouTube series Reunited Apart, which featured virtual reunions of casts from films including Back to the Future, The Lord of the Rings, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Wayne's World.

Gad starred in the television series Wolf Like Me from 2022 to 2023. He was also set to co-create, co-write, executive produce and reprise his role as LeFou in a Beauty and the Beast prequel series for Disney+, but the project was postponed indefinitely in 2022. He was announced to star as Nick Szalinski in the film Shrunk.

From September 2023 to January 2024, Gad starred alongside Andrew Rannells in Gutenberg! The Musical! The cast recording was released digitally in May 2024 and physically later that month. In 2024, Gad co-wrote the four-issue comic book miniseries The Writer with Ben and Max Berkowitz, published by Dark Horse Comics. He also announced the picture book PictureFace Lizzy, with Kristen Bell as narrator, and the memoir In Gad We Trust.

In 2025, Gad joined the regional production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl as King Herod and returned for its final performance. He also provided the voice of Paul Moldebrandt in Zootopia 2. Gad is set to make his directorial debut with a biographical film about Chris Farley, with Paul Walter Hauser attached to play Farley. He is also set to star in and produce Spaceballs: The New One alongside Mel Brooks, set to be released in theatres in April 2027.

In 2026, Gad appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Wonder Man.