Josh Peck

Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian.

He also starred in the Disney+ original series Turner & Hooch, a continuation of the 1989 movie of the same name.

Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002.

He appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show at the age of 10 in 1996.

At the age of 13, he was offered a role on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show and, at his mother's suggestion, accepted the part and moved to Los Angeles to further pursue an acting career.

He has acted in films such as Snow Day (2000), Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), Spun (2002), Drillbit Taylor (2008), What Goes Up (2009), Red Dawn (2012), The Timber (2015), Chronically Metropolitan (2016), and Oppenheimer (2023).

Peck made his film debut in Snow Day (2000), and appeared regularly on The Amanda Show until the end of its run in 2002.

He also starred opposite Alex D. Linz and Zena Grey in the theatrical film, Max Keeble's Big Move, which was released on October 5, 2001.

In 2001, he guest starred in an episode of the NBC drama ER called "Thy Will Be Done".

Peck rose to prominence for his role as Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell's character on Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007, and in its two television films, Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006) and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008).

During this period, Peck appeared in several independent films, including Spun and 2004's Mean Creek, for which he received critical praise.

He was cast as Josh Nichols, opposite Drake Bell's Drake Parker, in another Nickelodeon sitcom, Drake & Josh, which began airing in 2004 and gained Peck recognition among young audiences.

Peck's character, Josh Nichols, was smart, funny, and organized, but was always being tormented along with Drake by Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove), Drake's younger sister.

Both characters sing in a remake of the song "Soul Man" by Sam and Dave.

Peck provided the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age franchise since Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), and voiced Casey Jones in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012–2017).

In 2006, Bell and Peck starred in their own TV movie called Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, and in 2007, they starred in a sequel called Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp.

Josh was nominated for Favorite Television Actor at the 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for his work on Drake & Josh.

Peck also made his debut as a director in the Drake & Josh episode, "Battle of Panthatar".

He also directed his co-star Drake Bell's music video for the theme song to Drake & Josh, "Found a Way".

He has also appeared in the series finale of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door called "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.", and the direct-to-video New Line Cinema film Havoc.

Peck returned to the character of Josh Nichols in 2008 for the television film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.In 2006, Peck appeared in the independent film Special, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and voiced Eddie, one of two possum brothers, in the animated sequel, Ice Age: The Meltdown, which was released on March 31 of that year.

Peck played a high school bully in 2008's Drillbit Taylor, and starred in the films The Wackness (released July 2008), American Primitive, Safety Glass, and reprised his role as Eddie in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

In 2011, Peck had a cameo role on the hit Nickelodeon show Victorious as an audience member for a play Jade wrote.

In 2012, Peck starred in the remake of Red Dawn, and once again reprised his role as Eddie, in Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Peck never met his father, who died in 2013.

Peck is Jewish, as are both his parents.

He grew up in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and attended P.S. 40 and The Professional Performing Arts School.

He had a bar mitzvah ceremony.

He had asthma during his childhood, and often stayed indoors watching old sitcoms.

He was inspired to become involved in stand-up comedy when he was eight years old.

Peck subsequently appeared at [http://www.tadatheater.com/ TADA!

Youth Theater] and performed stand-up comedy at Carolines on Broadway for the Audrey Hepburn foundation.

In 2013, he began voicing Casey Jones in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In 2014, Peck appeared as Danny Norwood in the pilot of The Rebels, one of Amazon Studios' five adult test pilots released on Amazon Video in early 2014.

He also starred with John Stamos in the Fox comedy series Grandfathered (2015–2016).

In 2015, Peck was cast as a lead in the comedy series, Grandfathered, starring alongside John Stamos.

In 2017, Peck started a comedic lifestyle YouTube channel, Shua Vlogs, featuring his wife Paige O'Brien, David Dobrik, and many of the vlogsquad members.

Peck was born in New York City.

He grew up with his mother, Barbara Peck, who is a career coach, and his maternal grandmother.

Peck has never publicly identified his father, who was a married co-worker of his mother, and Peck's birth was the result of an extramarital affair.