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Josh Meyers (actor)

American actor and comedian (born 1976)

Summary

American actor and comedian (born 1976)

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image	Josh Meyers at Boom Chicago's 25th anniversary at Carre (cropped).jpg
caption	Josh Meyers in 2018
birth_name	Josh Dylan Meyers
birth_date
occupation	Actor, comedian
known_for	That '70s Show, Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers
years_active	2001–present
relatives	Seth Meyers (brother)
spouse

the American actor and comedian

Josh Dylan Meyers ( ; born January 8, 1976) is an American actor and comedian, known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy series MADtv and playing Randy Pearson in the eighth and final season of That '70s Show. He is the younger brother of Seth Meyers who was a writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live and later Late Night host.

Early life, family and education

Meyers was born on January 8, 1976, the younger of two sons of Hilary Claire Meyers (née Olson), a French teacher, and Laurence Meyers Jr., who worked in finance. Meyers's paternal grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish, and his other ancestry is Czech–Austrian, Croatian (from his paternal grandmother), Swedish, English, and German.

Meyers grew up primarily in Bedford, New Hampshire, and attended Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Career

''MADtv''

Meyers officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2002, as a featured performer for the eighth season. He would fill in the spot of the Spishak Spokesperson that David Herman and Pat Kilbane previously owned. Meyers was also known for his celebrity impersonations, including Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, various members of 'N Sync (particularly Justin Timberlake), rapper Eminem, and actor Owen Wilson.

Meyers's appearances on MADtv on Fox aired directly opposite his brother Seth's appearances on Saturday Night Live on NBC, making Josh Meyers the only MADtv cast member to have a family member (blood-related or otherwise) be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. This was referenced on a season 28 episode of Saturday Night Live in which Seth appears on Weekend Update to talk to his father and tells him to turn off MADtv and pay attention to him.

Other work

When Topher Grace left That '70s Show at the end of the show's seventh season, Meyers was chosen as a replacement, starring as Randy Pearson during the eighth and final season. In 2006, Meyers made an appearance in the feature film Date Movie, where he plays Napoleon Dynamite and Owen Wilson's character from Wedding Crashers.

Meyers has a supporting role in the 2008 film College Road Trip, and appeared alongside Pee-wee Herman in the 2010 stage show revival of **.

Meyers also does a satirical impersonation of Gavin Newsom as "Gov Gav" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Down	ESU cop #5
2002	Snapshots	Hooligan in red light district
2005	**	Bar jerk	Short film
2006	Date Movie	Napoleon Dynamite/Owen Wilson look-alike
2007	Wrangling Coach Rankin	Josh	Short film
2008	College Road Trip	Stuart
2009	Brüno	Kookus
2010	How to Make Love to a Woman	Andy Conners
2013	Straight A's	Jason
Inventing Adam	Adam
**	Jimmy T	Short film
Cafe Attitude		Short film
2014	Going to America	Andy
2016	Pee-wee's Big Holiday	Sylvester
2017	It's Gawd!	Tawd
2018	The Oath	Jason Feldman
2023	The Anne Frank Gift Shop	Diedrick	Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2004	MADtv	Various	47 episodes
2003	Half & Half	Big Fat Slim Jim	2 episodes
2004	Life as We Know It	Sam Conner	Episode: "Family Hard-ships"
2005–2006	That '70s Show	Randy Pearson	Main cast (season 8); 21 episodes
2006	Lovespring International	Cal	Episode: "The Portrait and the Painter"
2011	**	Fireman Phineas, Various voices	Television film
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Dr. Carl Rosen	Episode: "The Gynecologist"
Breaking In	Abe Frohman	Episode: "Who's the Boss"
2013	Newsreaders	Andrew Clatter	Episode: "Unborn Again"
**	Adam	Episode: "Pretty Man"
Behind the Candelabra	Liberace's attorney	Television film
2014	A to Z	Chad	Episode: "F Is for Fight, Fight, Fight!"
2014–2017	Red Oaks	Barry	Main cast
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Frankenboyfriend	Episode: "Teacup"
The McCarthys	Jason	Episode: "Cutting the Cord"
2016	Angie Tribeca	Ned & Ted Doppleganger	Episode: "You've Got Blackmail"
2022	Quantum Leap	Percival “Uncle Percy“ Gray	Episode: "O Ye of Little Faith"
2023	History of the World, Part II	General Philip Sheridan	2 Episodes
2025	A Man on the Inside	Dr. Fentavious Garbanzo-Bean	Episode: "Family Weekend"
FBI	Simon Ford	Episode: "Wolf Pack"

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Floored and Lifted	Matthew	Episode: "Matthew"
My Long Distance Relationship	Professor Barnes	Television film
2010	Pee-wee Gets an iPad!	Clocky/Conky (voice)	Funny or Die short
2011	Workshop	Apartment leasing agent	Episode: "Sparkle White Gum"
2012	Dark Prophet	Agent Noah Parish	Episode: "Pilot"
2013–2015	**	Perfect Man / Thug #3 (voice)	28 episodes
2014	Charles, Your Hangover	Rickey, the apprentice	Episode: "The Apprentice"
2016	Kings of Con	Kent O'Grady	Episode: "Bellevue, WA"

References

“Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers.” Episode JUDD APATOW Chased Robert Conrad Down on Hilton Head Island, 2024.
Dodd, Sophie. (June 6, 2024). "Who Is Seth Meyers' Brother? All About Actor and Podcast Co-Host Josh Meyers". [[People (magazine).
(July 5, 1970). "Miss Hilary Olson marries Mr. Meyers". Boston Globe.
(July 17, 2013). "Jewz in the Newz". [[The American Israelite]].
"Watch Late Night: Seth Meyers "Seth's Story: Seth's Jewish Enough" Highlight". NBC.com.
Nate Bloom. "Seth Meyers Gets Engaged". InterfaithFamily.com.
(January 30, 2014). "Who Remembers That Seth Meyers' Little Brother Replaced Eric and Kelso on ''That '70s Show''?".
"Josh Meyers {{!}} Actor, Writer, Producer".
(2 October 2025). "Seth Meyers' brother, Josh Meyers, kills it (again) with his Gavin Newsom impersonation on Jimmy Kimmel".

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