Josh Thomson

Josh Thomson is a Timaru born idiot from sturdy South Island and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has a useless Bachelor of Arts somewhere at his parents house Josh arrived in Auckland to do stand up comedy and appeared in a couple of Pulp Comedys but took up acting because actors get lunch and most of the time they dont have to pay for it Hes graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several TV series that no one watched such as Terry Teo Hounds Coverband the voice of the tubby ginger kid in Barefoot Bandits and in his first feature film lead role as Gary in Gary of the Pacific Josh continues to work as an actor MC and comedian when he is not doing his new job appearing as an idiot on the daily news show The Project Hes toured with NZs best comedians from 7 Days doing stand up and the 7 DaysLive show the length of the country In demand for his MC skills hes hosted the NZ Film Awards the 48 Hour Film awards various corporate events and even guest spots at the NZ Music awards He still loves working behind the scenes as a director writer editor and whatever else he can do to pay for the new floor in the laundry since he broke the last one when he tried to fix it himself