FEATURE FILM
2016 Pork Pie 'Fats'Four Knights Film, Dir. Matt Murphy
Chief Gary Ltd, Dirs. Jarrod Holt, Nigel McCulloch & Ryan Hutchings
No 8 Films, Dir. Craig Newland
2010 My Wedding & Other Secrets, 'Neil'
South Pacific Pictures, Dir. Roseanne Liang
2006The Devil Dared Me To, 'Chip Butler'
Elevenmedia, Dir. Chris Stapp
02-03Dating Blind, 'Bob'
Dir. Till Noever
TELEVISION
Mediaworks TV Ltd
2016 Terry Teo, 'Det. McMurray'
Semi-Professional Pictures, Dir. Gerard Johnstone
2016 7 Days, 'Comic Panelist' (recurring)
MediaWorks TV Ltd
2015 7 Days, 'Comic Panelist' (recurring)
MediaWorks TV Ltd
South Pacific Pictures, Various directors
2013 Coverband, 'Marcus'
The Downlowconcept, Dir. Jonathan Brough
Augusto Ltd. Various directors
2012 7 Days, 'Comic Panelist'
TVWorks Ltd
2011 Hounds, 'Lance'
The Downlowconcept, Various directors
2010 Trails of Napier, 'Jason'
Great Southern TV, Dir. Jonathan Brough
2010Feedback, 'Policeman / Chainsaw Maniac'
Great Southern Television, Dir. Chris Heath
2009A Night at the Classic, 'Himself' (comedian)
Two Heads Ltd, Dir. Josh Thomson
08-09Jono's New Show, 'Various'
C4 TV, Dir. Josh Thomson
2009Pulp Sport, 'Isi Aslipi'
Shonky Productions
2007Paradise, 'John' (core cast)
Gibson Group, Various directors
2006Orange Roughies, 'Teina Banbury'
Screenworks, Dir. Chris Bailey
2004Havoc, 'Iranian Banbury'
Screenworks, Dir. Chris Bailey
03-04The Last Laugh, 'Various / Presenter'
Cream TV
02-03Pulp Comedy: series VI - VII, 'Himself' (comedian)
Dir. Mandy Toogood
2006Kiwifruit, 'Shane the Straight Guy'
Cream TV
WEB SERIES
2016 The Critic & the Pig, 'The Pig' (co-host)
The Downlow Concept
2016 Subject: Dad, 'himself'
thedownlowconcept, Dir. Josh Thomson
2016 The Boardroom, 'himself'
TVNZ, Dir. Kiel McNaughton
THEATRE
2014There's a Bluebird Inside My Heart but I Tell it to Shut Up
Playfight Productions/Basement Theatre, Dir. Jessica Joy Wood
2009 Bollocks, 'Mr Happy'
The Cult, Dir. Daniel Cowley
2007Ladies Night, 'Graham'
Red TV Studios, Dir. Tim Tsiklauri
2001Macbeth, 'Macbeth'
University of Otago, Dir. Richard Huber
2001The Rimers of Eldritch, 'Skelly'
University of Otago, Dir. Hilary Halba
2001Fucking Atriedes, 'Duke'
University of Otago
2000Coyote Ugly, 'Dowd Pewsy'
University of Otago, Dir. Amber Todd
2000Bringing it All Back Home, 'Miss Horne'
University of Otago
2000Lola: High on George, 'Mr Brown'
University of Otago, Dir. Natasha Wakefield
2000Albert Names Edward, 'Edward'
University of Otago, Dir. Robin Hall
1998Sweeney Todd, 'Sweeney Todd'
Timaru Dramatic Society, Dir. Carol Angland
SHORT FILM
2010Only Son, 'Sydney Manson' (lead)The Downlow Concept / 48 Hour Film Festival
2008Water As Metaphor, 'Lead'
Red Bull Reel Life Short Film Competition
2006Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story, 'Tim Porch' (lead)
The Down Low Concept / 48 Hour Film Festival
2002Guaranteed Cumshot, 'Armed Offender Squad Sergeant / Gang Member'
Dir. Mike Peters
2001The Shoot-mes, 'The Shooter'
Dir. Josh Thomson
2001Draft, 'John Draft'
Dir. Josh Thomson
AWARDS
2010 Winner Best Short Film, 'Only Son'Qantas Film & Television Awards
2010 Winner Best Screenplay for a Short Film, 'Only Son'
Qantas Film & Television Awards
2010 Nominated Best Actor in a Short Film, 'Only Son'
Qantas Film & Television Awards
2010Grand National Champion for 'Only Son'
48 Hour Film Festival
2010Auckland City Regional Winner for 'Only Son'
48 Hour Film Festival
2010Best Script for 'Only Son'
48 Hour Film Festival
2009Best Entertainment Show for 'Jonos New Show'
Qantas Media Awards
2008National Winner for 'Water As A Metaphor'
Red Bull Reel Life Film Competition
2006Grand National Champion for 'Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story'
48 Hour Film Festival
2006Best Script for 'Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story'
48 Hour Film Festival
2006Best Actor for 'Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story'
Richmond Road Film Festival
TELEVISION COMMERCIALS
NZ
Australia
NZ
07-11Cash Converters
NZ
VOICE WORK
Mukpuddy Animation Ltd
2008Power Rangers: Jungle Fury, 'Bai Lai'
Ranger Productions, Various directors
Other work includes weekly narration for children's TV show 'Sticky TV' & various voice overs for television commercials.
TRAINING
02-09Meisner Technique
with Michael Saccente
2002BA in Theatre Studies, Film & Media Studies
University of Otago
Biography
Josh Thomson is a Timaru born idiot from sturdy South Island, NZ, and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock. He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has a useless Bachelor of Arts somewhere at his parent's house.
Josh arrived in Auckland, NZ, to do stand up comedy and appeared in a couple of episodes of "Pulp Comedy", but took up acting because actors get lunch, and most of the time they don't have to pay for it.
He's graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several TV series that no one watched such as "Terry Teo", "Hounds", "Coverband", the voice of the tubby ginger kid in "Barefoot Bandits" and is also one of the leads in the Netflix series “The New Legends Of Monkey”.
His feature film work includes the lead role of ‘Gary' in "Gary of the Pacific” as well as naturally captivating cameos in “Baby, Done”, “Guns Akimbo”, Pork Pie” and “My Wedding And Other Secrets”.
Josh continues to work as an actor, MC and comedian when he is not doing his latest job, appearing as an idiot on the daily news show "The Project NZ". He's toured with NZ's best comedians from the panel show “7 Days” both doing stand up and the “7Days: Live" show the length of the New Zealand. Ton satisfy demand for his MC skills he's hosted the NZ Film Awards, the 48Hour Film awards, various corporate events and even guest spots at the NZ Music awards.
He still loves working behind the scenes as a director, writer, editor and whatever else he can do to pay for the new floor in the laundry since he broke the last one when he tried to fix it himself.
Testimonials
Josh was superb! We have had amazing feedback and his presence really set the tone for the whole event which was a big successJosie 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.Gemma Angus, BP Oil New Zealand
Skills
- Actor
- Comedian
- Host
- Improvisor
- Live Performance Host
- Panelist
- Writer
Skills
- Archery
- Artist
- Bowls
- Comedian (Stand-Up)
- Cricket
- Indoor Cricket
- Director
- Full Licence
- Fire Breathing
- Fishing
- Golf
- MC
- Bass Guitar
- Clarinet
- Drums
- Guitar
- Saxophone
- Presenter
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Singer
- Stage Combat Training
- Theatre Sports
- Voice Artist
- Writer