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Hollywood, Florida, USA
Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor, singer and comedian. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise and originating the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work in The Book of Mormon, he co-won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Gad was also nominated for…
Known for
- Oh, the Places You'll Go! — Boy (voice)2028
- Frozen III — Olaf (voice)2027
- Spaceballs: The New One2027
- Untitled Ocean's Prequel2027
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 — Chuck (voice)2026
- Couples Weekend — Mitch2026
- Orangutan — Self - Narrator (voice)2026
- Nevatars — Trace2026
- Breaking Bear — Alistari (voice)2026
- Wonder Man — Josh Gad2026
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Key facts
- Born
- Joshua Ilan Gad , ( 1981-02-23 ) February 23, 1981 (age 45) , Hollywood, Florida , U.S.
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor singer comedian
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Ida Darvish ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- National Institute of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Annie Award
- Notable work
- Beauty and the Beast
- Image
- 41st Annie Awards, Josh Gad (crop).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- nickname
- Josh
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- date of birth
- 1981-02-23
- social media followers
- 307000
- Commons category
- Josh Gad
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- birth name
- Joshua Ilan Gad
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- time period
- 21st century
- writing language
- English language
- notable role
- Olaf
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Encyclopedic overview
Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor, singer and comedian . He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise and originating the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.
For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work in The Book of Mormon, he co-won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Gad was also nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josh Gad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.