Josh Meyers

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Joshua Dylan Meyers (born January 8, 1976) is an American actor, known for being a cast member of the American sketch comedy "MADtv" and playing Randy Pearson in the eighth and final season of "That '70s Show".

Biography

Early life

Meyers, one of two children, was raised in Bedford, New Hampshire, the son of Hilary, a French teacher, and Larry Meyers, a BNP Paribas Supply Chain Finance executive. Meyers attended Manchester West High School and excelled in the Shakespeare for Production class at St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program in Concord, N.H. during the summer of 1993. In a path similar to his brother Seth, he later attended Northwestern University. In high school, Josh became President of the Student Council by have the entire student body chant "We Have Gas" in his election speech. However, he proved to be a very good leader. After college, Meyers worked with Boom Chicago, along with future "MADtv" cast members Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz and Nicole Parker, in Amsterdam and he starred on MTV Holland.

MADtv

Meyers officially joined the cast of "MADtv" in 2002, as a feature performer, for the eighth season. He would fill in the spot of the Spishak Spokesperson that David Herman and Pat Kilbane previously owned. But Meyers was famous for some of his celebrity impersonations, including Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, rapper Eminem, and actor/writer Owen Wilson.

Meyers's appearances on "MADtv" on FOX aired directly opposite his brother Seth's appearances on "Saturday Night Live" on NBC. This was noted on a season 28 episode of "Saturday Night Live", where Seth appears on "Weekend Update" to talk to his dad and tells his dad to turn off "MADtv" (where his brother was hired at the time).

Characters

* Billy Wright
* Brian ("Sean the Floor Leader")
* Geert
* James ("Transvestite Andra")
* Spishak Spokesperson
* Storm ("Abercrombie & Fitch")

Impressions

* Adam LaVorgna
* Andrew Ridgeley
* Ashton Kutcher
* Brad Pitt
* Carson Kressley
* Chris Robinson
* Chuck Woolery
* Damien Fahey
* Daniel Smith
* Elvis Presley
* Eminem
* Gene Hackman
* Gerhard Schröder
* James Getzlaff
* JC Chasez
* Jeffrey Dahmer
* Jim Carrey
* Jim Turner
* John Tesh
* Johnny Depp (as his "Pirates of the Caribbean" character, Captain Jack Sparrow)
* Jon Heder
* Jude Law
* Justin Timberlake
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Kevin Coleman
* Kid Rock
* Matt Lauer
* Matthew McConaughey
* Nicholas Cage
* Owen Wilson
* Pat Sajak
* Paul Newman
* Ray Bolger
* Richard Nixon
* Samuel Adams
* Seann William Scott
* Stephen Dillane

Other work

In 2004, after two seasons on "MADtv", Meyers was fired from the showFact|date=July 2008. When Topher Grace left "That '70s Show", Meyers was chosen as a replacement, along with Tommy Chong, who was featured more frequently. In 2006, Meyers made an appearance in the feature film "Date Movie", where he played Napoleon Dynamite and Owen Wilson's character from "Wedding Crashers"

Meyers often works with his best friend, Ike Barinholtz. He and Barinholtz have lived with each other in Los Angeles, and in 2002 they both became cast members of "MADtv". Meyers and Barinholtz had a recurring sketch on the show in which the two would attempt to act out a serious dramatic piece, such as a scene from "Hamlet". Invariably Meyers would take it more seriously, with Barinholtz making fun of Meyers' line readings. These sketches nearly always ended with the two fistfighting and rolling around the stage, sometimes bringing the set down around them.

sequence
prev=Pat Kilbane
1997-2000
next= None
list=MADtv's Spishak
Spokesman
2002-2004

External links

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He had a supporting role in College Road Trip, starring Raven Symone and Martin Lawrence.