Biography for
Josh Peck (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 November 1986, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Joshua Michael Peck

Nickname

Pudge Master Flex
Joshman
Snowday

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Trivia

Got his start by performing stand-up comedy at Caroline's Comedy Club for the Audrey Hepburn foundation.

Has been doing stand-up comedy since the age of 8.

He plays the piano.

Had a pet fish named Beefy.

Performed in musical theater with the New York-based children's theater TADA.

Plays ice hockey in his spare time.

Was born in Hell's Kitchen. A neighborhood of New York City that includes the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River.

His influences are Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby and his favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.

He used to drive an '87 Mercedes.

He lived with his mother for the first fourteen years of his life in New York City.

As a child, he was at home all the time in New York and he would watch cartoons and sitcoms on TV and start to emulate them.

Has had asthma since childhood.

He never knew his father.

He is very close with his mother.

He and his mother shared small one-bedroom apartments in New York City.

Best friends with "Drake & Josh" (2004) costar, Drake Bell. They've known each other since 1999 when they were in "The Amanda Show" (1999) together.

Has dog named "Monster.".

Spends time making hip hop beats and studio work with upcoming artists.

Was ranked #19 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).

He was the beat boxer on Drake Bell's song Circles.

Personal Quotes

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

Where Are They Now

(June 2005) Lost a considerable amount of weight thanks to karate, yoga, lots of salads and just plain adolescence. He has shed 40 pounds since Mean Creek wrapped last year and is working hard to drop another 40.

(March 2006) His mother just moved back to New York a week and a half ago. So now he's learning to cope on his own.

(September 2009) Filming the remake of Red Dawn