Celebrity lifestyles are always a fun topic to talk about and we discover something new about our favorite celebrities every time we read or hear about them.
Their lives are inspiring and full of amazing facts, that we can actually draw lessons from in many cases.
In today’s text, we are going to talk a bit more about a famous American actor Josh Peck.
We will talk about his net worth, his biography, early life and all the fun facts you would like to hear more about.
So, if he is one of your favorite celebrities, here is a great opportunity to find out more about him.
Early Years
Joshua Michael “Josh” Peck was born on November 10, 1986 at Hell’s Kitchen (Manhattan) and is an American actor, comedian, producer, director and singer. He plays Josh Nichols, one of the main characters in the series Drake and Josh.
He spent his entire childhood in one of the biggest cities in the world, and from an early age he knew he wanted to obtain a career in acting or any kind of performing arts. He fell in love with theatre as a young student and from that moment on, his future was pretty much set.
Josh spent his childhood with his single mother who gave all of her attention to her son. His father never married his mother, and he actually never met his father face to face. This left a deep scar in his childhood years, but luckily he had a supportive mother who made up for the missing father.
His mother worked as a career coach and together with his mother, lived his maternal grandmother. The influence of women was very big in his childhood, and he often says he is thankful for such a beautiful influence.
From an early age, he began appearing on shows and was always into acting and performing. Luckily his mother noticed this talent in him and encouraged him to pursue a career in what he loves most, and that is acting.
By his teenage years, he already had a lot of experience in performing, so it was no wonder that he was soon called out by the bigger companies to start acting and taking up more important roles.
He began his professional acting career in 2000, when he was 14, in James Allen Bradley’s independent film “The Newcomers” starring Kate Bosworth. He then appears in the feature film “White Day” by Chris Koch.
Besides Kate Bosworth he played together with Paul Dano, also teenagers, in The Newcomers, an independent American film.
It was first on television that he became known to the public: besides some appearances (in an episode of Emergencies in particular), he obtained a regular place in The Amanda Show, before incarnating Josh, one of the two Drake & Josh series heroes alongside Drake Bell.
As a child, Josh often had problems with his asthma, which caused him to stay inside and watch old TV shows. This made him inspired to become an actor in the first place. He has a Jewish heritage and as a young boy he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Since there isn’t any more information about his early years, we are going to continue to his career starts and talk about his life a bit more.
Career Path
As we already mentioned, Josh began his acting career pretty early on. By his teenage years, he already had plenty of experience and was ready to start acting seriously. On occasion he appeared in the TADA! Theatre and did stand up performances on Broadway for the foundation that was created by Audrey Hepburn.
When he was only 1 years old, he made his first big appearance on the Rosie O’Donnell show and soon after had his first major gig.
The same year, Josh Peck becomes a regular character in the series “The Amanda Show” with Amanda Bynes, in which he meets Drake Bell, his future partner in the hit series “Drake and Josh”.
In 2000, Josh had his first movie role in the movie Snow Day hich was an important event in his career as well.
After playing in an episode of the hugely popular “ER” series in 2001, he participated in the comedy produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Hill’s “The Big Bang of Max Keeble”.
He then starred in several independent films like “Spun” (2002) by Jonas Akerlund, with Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy and Mickey Rourke, and “Mean Creek” (2004) by Aaron Estes Jacob with Rory Culkin. This latest film is presented at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Award of Distinction at the Independent Spirit Awards.
In 2004, Josh is chosen to take the role of Josh Nichols in the series “Drake & Josh”. On the cinema side, he plays in 2006 in the independent film “Special” by Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore, with Michael Rapaport. The same year, he lends his voice to Eddie, one of the brothers opossums, in the animated film “Ice Age 2” by Carlos Saldanha.
In 2008, he appeared on the comedy “Drillbit Taylor, Bodyguard” signed by Steven Brill and Owen Wilson. He then plays one of the main roles in Jonathan Levine’s Wackness, alongside Ben Kingsley. This film, whose story takes place in New York in the summer of 1994, wins the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is presented at the American Deauville Festival.
The following year, Josh Peck gives the voice to Eddie again in “The Ice Age 3: The Dinosaurs Time” which comes out in July 2009. In 2012, Josh plays in the movie ATM, Corey.
Although he had many other roles, it is safe to say that Josh Peck became known to the general public in 2004 when he was chosen to play the role of Josh Nichols in the series “Drake and Josh”.
This American sitcom, which quickly becomes a huge success, recounts the adventures of two half-brothers, Drake (played by Drake Bell) and Josh, forced to learn to live together despite their differences. Thanks to his performance, Josh Peck won the 2008 Kids’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a comedy series.
This series is divided into three TV movies in which the two main actors play their usual role: “Drake and Josh Go Hollywood” (2006), “Drake and Josh: Really Big Shrimp” (2007) and “Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh” (2008). It was during this television series that Josh was astonished
Thanks to the popularity he was taking, he received an invitation to Thy Will Be Done; popular NBC ER series. During this period, Peck appeared in some independent films: Spun and Mean Creek, he was admired for his work.
Hereafter appeared in several film credits of film productions such as The Newcomers, Mean Creek, Havoc, Special, and The Wackness, which he starred alongside Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen and Olivia Thirlby, among others.
He lent his voice to Eddie in the film Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and their corresponding video games. In addition, he also put the voice of Sparks in Aliens in the Attic. Recently, he lent his voice to the character of Casey Jones in the series The Ninja Turtles and had a relevant role in a series of FOX: Grandfathered.
He obtained the role of Josh Nichols, in the Nickelodeon youth comic series. It would be protagonist next to Drake Bell (Drake Parker). The series came to light in 2004. Quickly, it became a widely accepted program in the United States and then in other countries.
Josh’s character was characterized by being uninhibited, fearful and emphatic. Drake and Josh were half-brothers. Both were victims of their sister’s traps and jokes: Megan Parker. The series ended in 2008, but this year is expected to air, under another concept.
His latest project is his podcast called Curious with Josh Peck where he often welcomes celebrities and talks about various subjects that are currently popular. Josh has an estimated net worth of around 9$ million, and the biggest part of it comes from his acting gigs and his podcast.
Josh has been nominated for many awards and has won the Favorite Male TV Star award in 2008 as well as Special Distinction award in 2005. So far, he hasn0t announced any new projects, so we will have to wait and see if he announces something new and exciting for his fans.
Personal life
Josh Peck actor, comedian, director and producer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, United States. It is very popular for its leading role in Drake and Josh. His birth name is Joshua Michael Peck. He never met his biological father.
So his maternal grandmother helped her daughter, Barbara, in her upbringing. Peck was raised in a Jewish family, and had his Bar Mitzvah.
He studied at The Professional Performing Arts School. Sometimes his asthma problem prevented him from studying with continuity, and in the recovery time he spent hours watching old comedy programs on television.
That inspired him to define his future, so he started participating in stand-up comedy since he was eight years old. He made a stand-up at the Caroline’s Comedy Club for the Audrey Hepburn Foundation.
He later won a place in the Amanda show televised by Nickelodeon. His mother gave him all the support, even though they had to get away, because the young man moved to Los Angeles.
He made a debut in the movie Snow Day, and had several appearances in The Amanda show until 2002. He won a leading role in Max Keeble’s Big Move, there he had the privilege of working with Alex D. Linz and Zena Gray. The film was released on October 5, 2001.
At the age of 13, he was offered a role in Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show and, at the suggestion of his mother, accepted the part and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actor. Subsequently, he was selected as Josh Nichols, next to Drake Bell in another Nickelodeon comedy, Drake & Josh, which began airing in 2004 and won Peck’s recognition among the young audience.
In 2012, Peck starred in Red Threat the new version of Red Dawn (1984). A year later, he lent his voice to Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of Nickelodeon. He also acted as Gerald, a lead role in the Grandfathered series, in which he shared credits with John Stamos.
In 2017 he married Paige O’Brien, after the wedding a strong controversy was generated because he did not invite his friend with whom Nickelodeon recorded. So, several statements of his friendly break were released. However, Bell uploaded a photo on his Facebook account, taken in the delivery of the MTV Video Music Awards, both were hugging.
In the cinema, he is best known for his independent films, playing alongside Jason Schwartzman in Spun (2002), Anne Hathaway in Gang Games, and Michael Rapaport in Special (2006).
In 2008, Jonathan Levine gives him the lead role of The Wackness, where he plays Ben Kingsley. They embody respectively a young high school drug dealer and a shrink, both of them lost, who, during a summer, try to find meaning in their lives.
Meanwhile, Josh Peck lends his voice to Eddie, one of two rowdy possums, in the last three installments of the hit animated film The Ice Age. In 2013, along with Chris Hemsworth, he is one of the main characters in the action movie L’Aube Rouge.
Josh and Paige have one child together and the family seems to be functioning great so far. Josh is also active on his social media accounts and often posts photos and videos for his subscribers.
Being such a young actor, he will surely be making a lot more movies and shows in the future, so his net worth will probably be going up as well.
Until he releases something new, his fans can enjoy his entertaining content on his very popular podcast.
Quick summary
Full name: Joshua Michael Peck
Date of birth: November 10th 1986
Birthplace: New York, USA
Age: 33
Profession: Actor, Podcaster
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 65 kg
Net Worth: 9$ million