Josh Thomson

Josh Thomson

CountryNew Zealand New Zealand
GenderMale
Birthday
BiographyJosh Thomson (born 1981 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor and comedian of Tongan heritage. He is best known for his work as a comedian on 7 Days, Taskmaster New Zealand, Have You Been Paying Attention NZ, Patriot Brains, and as a host on The Project NZ.

As an actor he is best known as Bob, the assistant of Lia Maivia, in Young Rock, Satan in Wellington Paranormal and Pigsy in the Netflix series The New Legends of Monkey.

He has frequently collaborated with production house thedownlowconcept starring as the lead in their movie Gary of the Pacific. He starred in and directed his own father in the award-winning web series Subject:Dad.

In 2021, Thomson appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains. Thomson won series 3 of Taskmaster NZ.

In 2023, Thomson appeared on an episode of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

In 2024, he was cast as Martin Katavake for the Australian adaptation of The Office.

Biography from the Wikipedia article Josh Thomson (actor). Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

7 Days
Running

7 Days

as Josh Thomson
The Office
To Be Determined

The Office

as Martin Katavake
Good Grief
Ended

Good Grief

as Dean
INSiDE
Ended

INSiDE

as Adrian
The New Legends of Monkey
Ended

The New Legends of Monkey

as Pigsy
The Project
Ended

The Project

as Co-Host

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