Joshua Michael Peck was born on 10 November 1986 in Manhattan, New York City USA, to his Jewish mother and a father he has never met. He is best known as an actor and voice actor, although he’s also a fairly successful comedian.
So how rich is Josh Peck? Sources estimate Josh’s current net worth to have reached $2.5 million, most of his wealth having been accumulated from his career as a film and television actor.
Josh Peck Net Worth $2.5 Million
Josh Peck is one of the actors who began his career as a Nickelodeon channel child actor. He firstly appeared in the television comedy film “Snow Day” in 2000. During the same year, he appeared in the Nickelodeon TV shows “All That”, “The Amanda Show” and “Double Dare 2000”. Interestingly enough, he was noticed and received an offer to work for Nickelodeon because of his stand-up comedy number which he did at “Caroline’s Comedy Club” when he was only 13 years old. During his teenage years, Josh continued to work for Nickelodeon television, appearing in numerous TV shows. The one show that brought him more attention than others was the popular teenage sit-com “Drake & Josh”, in which Josh played the role of the main characters, Josh Nickols. The show was a success, receiving many awards between the years 2005 and 2010. For his work in this show, Josh received a 2008 UK Kid’s Choice Award in the nomination of “Favorite Male TV Star”. He also guest-starred in other popular Nickelodeon shows – “iCarly” and “Victorious” – and in 2014 appeared in an episode of the award-winning situational comedy “The Big Bang Theory”, so laying the base of his net worth.
At the very beginning of his film career, Josh Peck appeared in a couple of Nickelodeon television films. However, since 2001, he has been appearing in feature films as an actor and voice actor. In 2004, Josh appeared in the award-winning independent film “Mean Creak”, and has been a voice actor for the character Eddie in all three of “The Ice Age” animated movies, which has also undoubtedly contributed to his net worth.
Even though many of the child actors who start their careers on children’s television channels tend to either stay in television or quit acting when they become adults, Josh Peck is definitely not one of them. As an adult actor, Josh began concentrating mostly on feature films, and has only made brief appearances in television shows. In 2015, Josh appeared in two movies – the comedy “The Wedding Ringer” and the comedy drama “Danny Collins”. Josh will appear as the main character Charles Bukowski in a biographical film about the famous writer entitled “Bukowski”, all of which should also have an influence on his career and net worth.
In his personal life, Josh has ben married to Paige O’Brien since June 2017, and they currently live in Los Angeles. During his teenage years, Josh lost a lot of weight which attracted public attention. The actor stated that he began living a healthier lifestyle, and being someone that children might look up to, he felt a responsibility to set a good example.
Independent Spirit Special Distinction Award (2005), 2008 UK Kids' Choice Awards (2008)
Nominations
Behind the Voice Actors Award (2014, 2013), Teen Choice Awards (2015), 2008 Kids' Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards (2016)
Movies
Gnome Alone (2017), Ingenue-ish (2017), The Labyrinth (2017), Danny Collins (2015), The Wedding Ringer (2015), Mean Creek (2004), Red Dawn (2012), The Wackness (2008)
TV Shows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2013-2017), Drake & Josh (2004-2007), Grandfathered (2015-2016), Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (video game, 2006), The Powerpuff Girls (2003), The Amanda Show (2000-2002)
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It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.
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"Peck" is Josh's mother's surname. The family name had originally been "Peckerman". Josh's maternal grandparents, Jack Peckerman and Mae Weinberger, were both from Jewish families from Eastern Europe (Poland and Russia).
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Lost a considerable amount of weight thanks to karate, yoga, lots of salads and just plain adolescence. He has shed 40 pounds since Mean Creek wrapped last year and is working hard to drop another 40. [June 2005]
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His mother just moved back to New York a week and a half ago. So now he's learning to cope on his own. [March 2006]
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Filming the remake of Red Dawn [September 2009]
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He was the beat boxer on Drake Bell's song Circles.
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Was ranked #19 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
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Used to spend time making hip hop beats and studio work with upcoming artists.
He and his mother shared small one-bedroom apartments in New York City.
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He is very close with his mother.
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He never knew his father.
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Has had asthma since childhood.
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As a child, he would watch cartoons and sitcoms on TV and started to emulate them.
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For the first fourteen years of his life, he lived in New York City with his mother.
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He used to drive an '87 Mercedes.
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His influences are Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby and his favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.
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Was born in Hell's Kitchen. A neighborhood of New York City that includes the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River.
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Used to play ice hockey in his spare time.
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Performed in musical theater with the New York-based children's theater TADA.
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Had a pet fish named Beefy.
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He plays the piano.
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Has been doing stand-up comedy since the age of 8.
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Got his start by performing stand-up comedy at Caroline's Comedy Club for the Audrey Hepburn foundation.
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