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Josh Meyers : biography

January 8, 1976 –

Meyers’s appearances on MADtv on FOX aired directly opposite his brother Seth’s appearances on Saturday Night Live on NBC. This was referenced on a season 28 episode of Saturday Night Live in which Seth appears on Weekend Update to talk to his father and tells him to turn off MADtv and pay attention to him.

Characters

  • Billy Wright
  • Brian (Sean the Floor Leader)
  • Geert
  • James (Transvestite Andra)
  • The Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz parody sketches)
  • Spishak Spokesperson
  • Storm (Abercrombie & Fitch)

Impressions

  • Adam LaVorgna
  • Andrew Ridgeley
  • Ashton Kutcher
  • Brad Pitt
  • Carson Kressley
  • Chris Robinson
  • Chuck Woolery
  • Damien Fahey
  • Daniel Smith
  • Eminem
  • Gene Hackman
  • Gerhard Schröder
  • JC Chasez
  • Jeffrey Dahmer
  • Jim Carrey
  • Jim Turner
  • John Tesh
  • Jon Heder
  • Jude Law
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Kevin Coleman
  • Kid Rock
  • Matt Lauer
  • Matthew McConaughey
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Owen Wilson
  • Pat Sajak
  • Paul Newman
  • Ray Bolger (as the Scarecrow on The Wizard of Oz)
  • Richard Nixon
  • Samuel Adams
  • Seann William Scott
  • Stephen Dillane
  • Johnny Depp (as Captain Jack Sparrow)

Other work

When Topher Grace left That ’70s Show at the end of the show’s seventh season, Meyers was chosen as a replacement, starring as Randy Pearson during the eighth and final season.

In 2006, Meyers made an appearance in the feature film Date Movie, where he plays Napoleon Dynamite and Owen Wilson’s character from Wedding Crashers.

In 2002, Meyers joined MADtv. He has a supporting role in College Road Trip, and appeared alongside Pee-wee Herman as Fireman Phineas, Clockey, Conky, Randy, and Shamwow in The Pee-wee Herman Show.