Josh Robert Thompson
| Josh Robert Thompson | |
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Josh Robert Thompson in 2011
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| Born |
March 11, 1975 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Known for |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Howard Stern Show |
| Website | www |
Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American voice actor, actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, providing the voice of robot skeleton Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on Family Guy and The Howard Stern Show. He appeared in a lead role in the 2014 romantic comedy Nowhere Girl.
Thompson is known for his celebrity impressions, including Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, and Matthew McConaughey.
Thompson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, "raised by classic television." He would watch as actors became different characters and began to mimic them. At age eight, his grandmother bought him a Fisher-Price tape recorder that he used to create radio-style "shows", voicing the host and the guests. The following year, he performed on stage in Peter Pan at the Cleveland Play House.
During his junior year at Padua Franciscan High School, Thompson delivered one line for the school's production of Oklahoma! and walked off to laughter and applause. "Then someone backstage said, ‘They're clapping for you. They love you.' After that, I was hooked." Thompson and some of his classmates got a video camera and began making feature-length and short films, and television-style shows. He graduated from Padua in 1993.
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