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Josh Wolf (comedian)
American comedian (born 1969) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Josh Wolf (born 1969)[2] is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has written for a number of sitcoms, including All of Us and Cuts. He is best known for his regular appearances on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. Wolf hosted the Josh Wolf Show in 2015.
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Early life and education
Wolf is Jewish. He grew up in Massachusetts.[3] He is an alumnus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.[4]
Career
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He was introduced comedy at the age of sixteen, doing an entire set about his parents' gas. Having moved to Seattle, he became a spokesperson for Nintendo and interviewed Bill Gates for an internal film for Microsoft.[5] He moved once more to Los Angeles and was spotted while doing a one-man show at the HBO Workspace. He signed a two-year deal with ABC to develop his own television show, but it was never broadcast.[6] He instead concentrated on writing for sitcoms such as UPN's All of Us and Cuts.[5]
Wolf was a regular on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.[7] He appears as one of the comedians on the "Comedians of Chelsea Lately" stand-up tour,[8] and has previously appeared as the warm-up act for Chelsea Handler.[citation needed]
He also appeared as a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in the "Last Comic Downloaded" segment, he was beaten by Theo Von.[9] In 2012, he worked on an untitled project for Fox, starring himself as a single father.[10] It was to be a semi-autobiographical show, being based in part on Wolf's experiences as a single dad.[11] He has also sold a book to Grand Central Publishing.[6] Wolf has sold a script to Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions based on the true story of a traveling youth baseball team which was used as a cover for the robberies committed by its coach.[12] On July 20, 2012, he began hosting a weekly podcast with fellow Chelsea Lately regular Ross Mathews called Josh and Ross.[13] That same year, Discovery Channel hired Wolf to host Shark After Dark.[14] In September 2013, Wolf began hosting his own podcast on the Toad Hop Network called Off the Rails with Josh Wolf.[15] As of 2015, Wolf hosted a podcast with Sarah Colonna called Off the Rails with Josh Wolf and Sarah Colonna.[16]
On June 11, 2015, The Josh Wolf Show, a late-night talk show which he hosts, debuted on CMT.[17]
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Personal life
He has been married to director and writer Bethany Ashton Wolf since 2004 and has three children from a previous relationship.[11][18] His cousin is former Party of Five actor Scott Wolf.[19]
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