Josh Thomson
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Acting
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Acting Experience
Feature Film
Amazon Dir: Hannah Marks
Be Feisty Production Dir: Renee Webster
Baby Piki Ltd Dir: Curtis Vowell
Supernova films Dir: Jason Lei Howden
Four Knights Film Dir: Matt Murphy
The Downlow Concept Dir: Jarrod Holt, Nigel McCulloch & Ryan Hutchings
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Roseanne Liang
Television
Amazon Prime Dir: Jackie Van Beek, Jessie Griffin & Christiaan Van Vuuren
Apple+ Dir: Tim Van Dammen
Hulu Dir: Roseanne Liang
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Dir: Kiel McNaughton
NZ documentary board Ltd Dir: Jemaine Clement
Universal Television Dir: Various
Dynamic Television Dir: Various
Luminous Beast Dir: Peter Salmon
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Jesse Griffin
See-Saw Films Dir: Peter Andrikidis & Thomas Robins
Semi-Professional Pictures Dir: Gerard Johnstone
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Madeleine Sami
Web Series
Thedownlowconcept Dir: Nigel McCulloch & Miriama McDowell
Northwest Digital
The Downlow Concept Dir: Various
Television Commercials
NZ only
NZ only
NZ only
NZ 6 Months
NZ only
Television Appearances
Mediaworks Dir: Various
The Downlow Concept, TVNZ Dir: Various
Mediaworks Dir: Various
NZ International Comedy Festival, Discovery NZ
NZ International Comedy Festival, Discovery NZ
TVNZ
TVNZ Dir: Various
NZ International Comedy Festival, Discovery NZ
The Downlow Concept Dir: Various
Mediaworks Dir: Various
Voice Work
Kiri and Lou Ltd
Mukpuddy Animation Dir: Ryan Cooper
Ardament Entertainment
Mukpuddy Animation
Mukpuddy Animation
MC / Speaker
Skills
Actor, Comedian, Host, Improvisor, Live Performance Host, Panelist, WriterBiography
Josh Thomson is a Timaru born funny man from sturdy South Island, NZ, and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock. He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has the ubiquitous Bachelor of Arts stashed carefully somewhere.
Josh arrived in Auckland in the early ’00s looking to become a stand up comedian, and ended up nailing the assignment – as well as working behind the scenes as a director, writer and editor he soon was cutting it on stage with the big names in shows such as ‘Pulp Comedy’, ‘The Last Laugh’ and ‘Night at the Classic’. He’s now a recognisable face to most NZers from his regular appearances on popular weekly comedy panel show ‘7 Days’, and the previous weekly news and current affairs talk show ‘The Project’.
He’s graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several local TV series including ‘Wellington Paranormal’, ‘Educators’, and ‘Terry Teo’, and has enjoyed working on various international TV shows including Netflix’s ‘The New Legends Of Monkey’, and NBC’s ‘Young Rock’.
Recently he has been on the big screen alongside some of the great names of Australian comedy, in How to Please a Woman. And many other naturally captivating cameos in Baby, Done, Guns Akimbo, Pork Pie and My Wedding And Other Secrets grace the pages of his CV.
He’s toured with NZ’s best comedians both doing stand up and the “7Days: Live” show across the length of the New Zealand. He’s hosted the NZ Film Awards, the 48Hour Film awards, various corporate events as well as guest spots at the NZ Music awards.
Josh continues to work internationally as an actor, MC and comedian.
Testimonials
We had a great time and Josh was a smash hit with the people attending. I have people stopping me in the street to say how much they enjoyed the event so I think we can tick that off as a job well done. Please pass on our thanks for Josh again for us.
Helen Garner, CEO, Whanganui Chamber of Commerce
Josh was superb! We have had amazing feedback and his presence really set the tone for the whole event which was a big success
Josie Pagani, Council for International Development (CID)
Josh was very funny. Kept things interesting and within the script we had for the day.We would definitely look at engaging Josh again for future events Higgins have. A true professional. Engaged with staff, did his homework on Higgins which was fantastic.Easy to talk to and you can see why people love him.It all went very smooth.
Dwayne Mason, Higgins
Josh was fantastic and everyone loved him. He was a wonderful MC just the right balance of professionalism and humour.