Josh Point Wolf (born October 19, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has written for a number of sitcoms, including ''
All of Us
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'' and ''
Cuts''. He is best known for his regular appearances on the round table of
E!'s late-night talk show ''
Chelsea Lately
''Chelsea Lately'' is an American late night comedy talk show created by Brody Stevens and hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler which was broadcast on E! The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and was produced by Handler's production company, Border ...
''.
Career
He was introduced to comedy at the age of sixteen, doing an entire set about his parents'
gas. Having moved to
Seattle
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, he became a spokesperson for
Nintendo
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Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards ...
and interviewed
Bill Gates
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for an internal film for
Microsoft
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.
He moved once more to Los Angeles, and was spotted while doing a one-man show at the
HBO Workspace. He signed a two-year deal with
ABC to develop his own television show, but it was never broadcast.
He instead concentrated on writing for sitcoms such as
UPN's ''All of Us'' and ''Cuts''.
Wolf is a regular on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately''. He appears as one of the comedians on the "Comedians of Chelsea Lately" stand-up tour, and has previously appeared as the warm-up act for
Chelsea Handler herself.
He also appeared as a finalist on the
fourth season of
NBC
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's ''
Last Comic Standing
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'' in the "Last Comic Downloaded" segment, he was beaten by
Theo Von
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. He is currently working on an untitled project for
Fox, starring himself as a single father.
It is a semi-autobiographical show, being based in part on Wolf's experiences as a single dad.
[ He has also sold a book to ]Grand Central Publishing
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. Wolf has sold a script to Adam Sandler
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's Happy Madison Productions based on the true story of a traveling youth baseball team which was used as a cover for the robberies committed by its coach. On July 20, 2012, he began hosting a weekly podcast with fellow ''Chelsea Lately'' regular Ross Mathews called "Josh and Ross." That same year, Discovery Channel hired Josh for "Shark After Dark," which received great ratings. Josh was put on live television hosting a show about sharks. In September 2013, Wolf began hosting his own podcast on the Toad Hop Network called "Off the Rails with Josh Wolf". Josh now hosts a podcast with Sarah Colonna called "Off the Rails with Josh Wolf and Sarah Colonna."
On June 11, 2015, ''The Josh Wolf Show'', a late-night talk show which he hosts, debuted on CMT.
Personal life
Wolf is married to film director Bethany Ashton Wolf
Bethany Ashton Wolf is an American film director and screenwriter.
Wolf is the writer and director of ''Forever My Girl'' (2018), and was one of the writers of ''Don's Plum'', a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire which has been ...
. His cousin is former ''Party of Five'' actor Scott Wolf
Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series '' Party of Five'' as Bailey Salinger, as Jake Hartman in '' Everwood'', as Chad Decker in '' V'' and as Carson Drew in ''Nancy Drew'' ...
.
On an episode of ''The Church of What's Happening Now'' with Joey Diaz, Josh detailed a true story about a food truck–style business he once ran called PB&J'S.
He was ordered to shut down after an inspector found Josh and his children making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on an apartment floor. Josh Wolf is an alumnus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Filmography
References
External links
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1974 births
American podcasters
American stand-up comedians
American television talk show hosts
Jewish American comedians
Late night television talk show hosts
Living people
People from Boston
Trinity University (Texas) alumni
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American Jews