Joshua Ilan Gad (born February , ) is an American actor, comedian, and
singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, playing
Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon,
and LeFou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the
Beast. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his
work in The Book of Mormon, he received a Tony Award nomination for
Best Actor in a Musical.Gad played Skip Gilchrist in the political
sitcom Penn on NBC, and a fictionalized version of himself on FX's
The Comedians, alongside Billy Crystal. His other film roles include
The Rocker, The Internship, , Love & Other Drugs, Jobs, Pixels, The
Wedding Ringer, The Angry Birds Movie and the sequel, A Dog's Purpose
and sequel A Dog's Journey, Marshall, and Agatha Christie's Murder on
the Orient Express. He will star in the upcoming Netflix movie
Super-Normal. He has also appeared in ER, The Daily Show, Modern
Family, New Girl, Bored to Death, and Numbrs. In , he starred in the
HBO comedy series Avenue .Joshua Ilan Gad was born in Hollywood,
Florida, on February , . His mother, Susan, is a real estate agent and
his stepfather is an investment advisor, and he has two older
brothers, a stepbrother and a stepsister. He was raised Jewish as his
father Sam (Shmuel) Gad is a Jewish emigrant from Afghanistan and his
mother, who was born in Germany, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, playing
Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon,
and LeFou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the
Beast. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his
work in The Book of Mormon, he received a Tony Award nomination for
Best Actor in a Musical.Gad played Skip Gilchrist in the political
sitcom Penn on NBC, and a fictionalized version of himself on FX's
The Comedians, alongside Billy Crystal. His other film roles include
The Rocker, The Internship, , Love & Other Drugs, Jobs, Pixels, The
Wedding Ringer, The Angry Birds Movie and the sequel, A Dog's Purpose
and sequel A Dog's Journey, Marshall, and Agatha Christie's Murder on
the Orient Express. He will star in the upcoming Netflix movie
Super-Normal. He has also appeared in ER, The Daily Show, Modern
Family, New Girl, Bored to Death, and Numbrs. In , he starred in the
HBO comedy series Avenue .Joshua Ilan Gad was born in Hollywood,
Florida, on February , . His mother, Susan, is a real estate agent and
his stepfather is an investment advisor, and he has two older
brothers, a stepbrother and a stepsister. He was raised Jewish as his
father Sam (Shmuel) Gad is a Jewish emigrant from Afghanistan and his
mother, who was born in Germany, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
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