- Joshua Lee Farmer is an American actor and comedian who hails from the same town as Richard Pryor and has the same feelings about coming from Peoria, IL. His stage credits include Williams Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and COMEDY OF ERRORS where he was discovered by director/actor Garry Marshall and hand-picked to screen test for his last film. After receiving many accolades at Illinois Central College and Harper College, Joshua graduated at the top of his class at The Sanford Meisner Center and is now intensively studying at The Gloria Gifford Conservatory in Hollywood. His film/ TV credits include: CHASING THE TRAIN, ACTING SCHOOL ACADEMY, SIX OF US and GROWING UP HIP HOP.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Constantine Zestos
- Joshua Lee Farmer was born in Peoria , Illinois the same town as the great comedian Richard Pryor .
- Joshua Lee Farmer screen tested for the film director, producer, screenwriter and actor Garry Marshall ( who discovered Robin Williams) for the movie "Mother's Day".
- The Valley Theater Awards , awarded Joshua Lee Farmer and the rest of the GGC players for "Best Ensemble" for William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors directed by Gloria Gifford.
- Joshua Lee Farmer played the character of Thidias ( Caesar's right-hand man , who tries to seduce Cleopatra) in the (RSC) Royal Shakespeare Company's cut of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra directed by Gloria Gifford .
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