Joshua Ilan Gad was born on the 23rd February 1981, in Hollywood, Florida, USA, and is an actor, singer and comedian. Gal is well known for the roles landed in television series “Californication” (2011), “Modern Family” (2011), “New Girl” (2012 – 2015) as well as feature films “21” (2008), “Love & Other Drugs” (2010), “Wish I Was Here” (2014). He is also known for voicing-over, for example the actor voiced Louis in “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012) and Olaf in “Frozen” (2013). Josh Gad has been accumulating his net worth being active in the entertainment industry since 2002.
How rich is the actor? It has been estimated that the overall size of Josh Gad’s net worth equals $2 million, as of early 2016, accumulated from his acting career now spanning 14 years.
Josh Gad Net Worth $2 Million
To begin with, the father of Gad was a Jewish refugee from Afghanistan, and his mother is of Ashkenazi-Jewish descent, so Josh was raised in a Jewish household, but he is not religious. In 1999, he left the school attached in Nova Southeastern University, and subsequently in 2003 Josh graduated from Carnegie Mellon College, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama. Although Gad debuted on the big screen in 2002 in the film “Mary and Joe” written and directed by John R. Hamilton, and which the start of building his net worth, his second role wasn’t landed until 2005 in the television series “Emergency Room”, and he has only really been acting regularly since 2007. It was then that he landed a role in the romantic comedy film “Watching the Detectives” written and directed by Paul Soter. From 2007 to 2008 he played the role of Ryan Church in the series “Back to You”, after which Josh continued with a supporting role in the film “21”, followed by a starring role in “The Rocker” directed by Peter Cattaneo. After appearances in “American Dad!” (2008) and in two episodes of “Numb3rs” (2008 – 2009) Josh went on to star in the horror comedy series “Woke Up Dead” (2009) under the direction of Tim O’Donnell. His net worth was rising steadily.
The following year he was seen in the erotic romantic comedy drama film “Love and Other Drugs” (2010). and also began working as a correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (2009 – 2011). Between 2010 and 2011, Gad made guest appearances in many popular television series, such as “Californication”, “Modern Family” and “The Daily Show” which have also added significant sums to the total size of Josh Gad’s net worth. He also voiced a character in the series’ “Ice Age 4 – Continental Drift” (2012) and “Frozen” (2013). After an appearance in the Fox series “New Girl” (2013 – 2015), he starred as Steve Wozniak in the biopic about Steve Jobs entitled “Jobs”, directed by Ashton Kutcher. Afterwards, he starred in the feature films “Wish I Was Here” (2014), “Pixels” (2015) and “The Wedding Ringer” (2015).
Talking about his last appearances on television, Gad starred in “The Comedians” (2015) and made episodic appearances in “Sesame Street” (2015), “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (2015), “Phineas and Ferb” (2015). Currently, he is working on voicing “The Angry Birds Movie” (2016) and stars in romantic fantasy musical film “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) directed by Bill Condon. His net worth continues to grow!
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he has been married to Ida Darvish since 2008, and they have two daughters.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical
Movies
“Californication” (2011), “Modern Family” (2011), “New Girl” (2012 – 2015), “21” (2008), “Love & Other Drugs” (2010), “Wish I Was Here” (2014), “The Comedians” (2015), “Sesame Street” (2015), “Phineas and Ferb” (2015), “The Angry Birds Movie” (2016)
TV Shows
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (2015)
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[on abandoning a boyhood dream of becoming a performer and emulating actors like Robin Williams] I was about three years out of college and I called my mom up and said, 'I don't think I want to do this anymore'. She started crying. I said, 'I'm going to go to law school'. I thought she was going to celebrate that she wouldn't have to worry about me anymore. But she was really disappointed. And I said, 'Why are you disappointed?' She said, 'Because you've been dreaming about this for fifteen years , but you are only allowing yourself to live out your dream for three years, and I think that is unfair to yourself'. It was very startling to hear her say that.
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His father was born in Afghanistan, to an Afghan Jewish family. His mother, who is originally from New York, is of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
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