Josh Gad Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the National Forensics League National Tournament Championship in Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory while in high school
• Went to high school with actor Seth Gabel, and is godfather to Gabel's son with Bryce Dallas Howard
• Was one of the founding members of the Lost Nomads comedy troupe
• Appeared in the 2002 Christian-themed direct-to-video feature Mary and Joe
• Played William Barfee, owner of the magic foot, in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Followed a friend around a news station in Miami to prepare for his role as a news director on Back to You
• Gained fame as Elder Cunningham in the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, although his first instinct had been to turn it down