Josh Dylan Meyers ( ; born January 8, 1976) is an American actor and comedian, known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy series MADtv and playing Randy Pearson in the eighth and final season of That '70s Show. He is the younger brother of Seth Meyers who was a writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live and currently hosts Late Night.
Early life, family and education Meyers was born on January 8, 1976, the younger of two sons of Hilary Claire Meyers (née Olson), a French teacher, and Laurence Meyers Jr., who worked in finance. Meyers's paternal grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish, and his other ancestry is Czech–Austrian, Croatian (from his paternal grandmother), Swedish, English, and German.
Meyers grew up primarily in Bedford, New Hampshire, and attended Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Career
MADtv Meyers officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2002, as a featured performer for the eighth season. He would fill in the spot of the Spishak Spokesperson that David Herman and Pat Kilbane previously owned. Meyers was also known for his celebrity impersonations, including Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, various members of 'N Sync (particularly Justin Timberlake), rapper Eminem, and actor Owen Wilson.
Meyers's appearances on MADtv on Fox aired directly opposite his brother Seth's appearances on Saturday Night Live on NBC, making Josh Meyers the only MADtv cast member to have a family member (blood-related or otherwise) be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. 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.
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.
Meyers has a supporting role in the 2008 film College Road Trip, and appeared alongside Pee-wee Herman in the 2010 stage show revival of .
Meyers also does a recurring satirical impersonation of Gavin Newsom as "Gov Gav" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Down ESU cop #5 2002 Snapshots Hooligan in red light district 2005 Bar jerk Short film 2006 Date Movie Napoleon Dynamite/Owen Wilson look-alike 2007 Wrangling Coach Rankin Josh Short film 2008 College Road Trip Stuart 2009 Brüno Kookus 2010 How to Make Love to a Woman Andy Conners2013 Straight A's Jason Inventing Adam Adam Jimmy T Short film Cafe Attitude Short film 2014 Going to America Andy 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Sylvester2017It's Gawd!Tawd 2018 The OathJason Feldman2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopDiedrickShort film
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2002–2004 MADtv Various 47 episodes 2003 Half & Half Big Fat Slim Jim 2 episodes 2004 Life as We Know It Sam Conner Episode: "Family Hard-ships" 2005–2006 That '70s Show Randy Pearson Main cast (season 8); 21 episodes 2006 Lovespring International Cal Episode: "The Portrait and the Painter" 2011 Fireman Phineas, Various voices Television film2012 Are You There, Chelsea? Dr. Carl Rosen Episode: "The Gynecologist" Breaking In Abe Frohman Episode: "Who's the Boss"2013 Newsreaders Andrew Clatter Episode: "Unborn Again" Adam Episode: "Pretty Man" Behind the Candelabra Liberace's attorney Television film 2014 A to ZChadEpisode: "F Is for Fight, Fight, Fight!" 2014–2017 Red Oaks Barry Main cast2015 Man Seeking WomanFrankenboyfriendEpisode: "Teacup" The McCarthysJasonEpisode: "Cutting the Cord" 2016 Angie TribecaNed & Ted DopplegangerEpisode: "You've Got Blackmail" 2022 Quantum Leap Percival “Uncle Percy“ Gray Episode: "O Ye of Little Faith" 2023 History of the World, Part II General Philip Sheridan 2 Episodes 2025 A Man on the Inside Dr. Fentavious Garbanzo-Bean Episode: "Family Weekend" FBI Simon Ford Episode: "Wolf Pack"
+ Web Year Title Role Notes2009 Floored and Lifted Matthew Episode: "Matthew" My Long Distance Relationship Professor Barnes Television film 2010 Pee-wee Gets an iPad! Clocky/Conky (voice) Funny or Die short 2011 Workshop Apartment leasing agent Episode: "Sparkle White Gum" 2012 Dark Prophet Agent Noah Parish Episode: "Pilot" 2013–2015 Perfect Man / Thug #3 (voice) 28 episodes 2014 Charles, Your Hangover Rickey, the apprentice Episode: "The Apprentice" 2016 Kings of Con Kent O'Grady Episode: "Bellevue, WA"
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