Josh Wolf (born 1969) is an

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, and

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. He has written for a number of sitcoms, including ''

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'' and '' Cuts''. He is best known for his regular appearances on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show ''

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''. Wolf hosted the ''Josh Wolf Show'' in 2015. Wolf has 3 children.

Career

He was introduced comedy at the age of sixteen, doing an entire set about his parents'

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. Having moved to

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, he became a spokesperson for

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and interviewed

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for an internal film for

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. He moved once more to Los Angeles, and was spotted while doing a one-man show at the HBO Workspace. He signed a two-year deal with

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to develop his own television show, but it was never broadcast. He instead concentrated on writing for sitcoms such as

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's ''All of Us'' and ''Cuts''. Wolf was a regular on the round table of E!'s late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately''. He appears as one of the comedians on the "Comedians of Chelsea Lately" stand-up tour, and has previously appeared as the warm-up act for

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. He also appeared as a finalist on the fourth season of

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's ''

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'' in the "Last Comic Downloaded" segment, he was beaten by

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. In 2012, he worked on an untitled project for

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, starring himself as a single father. It was to be a semi-autobiographical show, being based in part on Wolf's experiences as a single dad. He has also sold a book to

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. Wolf has sold a script to

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based on the true story of a traveling youth baseball team which was used as a cover for the robberies committed by its coach. On July 20, 2012, he began hosting a weekly podcast with fellow ''Chelsea Lately'' regular

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called ''Josh and Ross''. That same year, Discovery Channel hired Wolf to host ''Shark After Dark''. In September 2013, Wolf began hosting his own podcast on the Toad Hop Network called ''Off the Rails with Josh Wolf''. As of 2015, Wolf hosted a podcast with Sarah Colonna called ''Off the Rails with Josh Wolf and Sarah Colonna''. On June 11, 2015, ''The Josh Wolf Show'', a late-night talk show which he hosts, debuted on CMT.

Personal life

Wolf is

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. He grew up in

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. He is married to movie actor Bethany Ashton Wolf since 2004 and has three children from a previous relationship. His cousin is former ''Party of Five'' actor

Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. In television, he is known for his roles as Bailey Salinger in ''Party of Five'' (1994–2000), as Jeremy Kates in '' The Nine'' (2006–2007), as Donnie Ryan in ''Perception'' (2013– ...

. On an episode of ''The Church of What's Happening Now'' with

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, Wolf detailed a true story about a food truck–style business he once ran called PB&J'S. He was ordered to shut down after an inspector found Wolf and his children making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on an apartment floor. Wolf is an alumnus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas but loves the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Filmography

References

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