Josh Mostel

Joshua Elias "Josh" Mostel (born December 21, 1946) is an American actor who is best known for his roles in Jesus Crist Superstar and two Adam Sandler films, Billy Madison and Big Daddy.
==Life and Career==
Mostel was born in New York City, New York, the son of Kathryn Celia, an actress, dancer, and writer, and comic actor Zero Mostel. His brother Tobias is a painter, ceramic artist and professor of art, teaching in Florida.
Mostel started his career as a boy soprano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He graduated from Brandeis University. When a student at Brandeis, he once pushed a couch into a pond and set it afire, taking bets as to whether the couch would burn or drown first. His broadway debut was in 1971 with Unlikely Heroes. In 1979, Mostel briefly starred in the television version of the film Animal House, Delta House, as "Blotto" Blutarsky, the brother of the character Bluto (played by John Belushi in the original film). He has since appeared in many films and Broadway productions.
Mostel now lives in New York, with a summer home on Monhegan, Maine.
==Filmography==
Year	Title 	Role
1971	Going Home 	Mr. Bonelli
1972	The King of Marvin Gardens 	Frank
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar 	Herod Antipas
1974	Harry and Tonto 	Norman Coombes
1976	The Money 	Wheel of Fortune Operator
1976	Deadly Hero 	Victor
1981	Dead Ringer 	Russell
1982	Fighting Back 	Duster
1982	Sophie's Choice 	Morris Fink
1983	Star 80 	Private Detective
1984	The Brother from Another Planet 	Casio Vendor
1984	Windy City 	Sol
1985	Almost You 	David
1985	Compromising Positions 	Dicky Dunck
1985	Stoogemania 	Howard F. Howard
1986	The Money Pit 	Jack Schnittman
1987	Radio Days 	Abe
1987	Matewan 	Mayor Cabell Testerman
1987	Wall Street 	Ollie
1989	Animal Behaviour 	Mel Gorsky
1991	City Slickers 	Barry Shalowitz
1991	Naked Tango 	Bertoni the Jeweller
1991	Little Man Tate 	Physics Professor
1991	City of Hope 	Mad Anthony
1992	Nervous Tricks 	Saul Warshow
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer 	Chess Club Regular
1994	The Chase 	Officer Figus
1994	Auf Wiedersehen Amerika 	Abe
1994	City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Barry Shalowitz
1995	The Maddening 	Chicky Ross
1995	Billy Madison 	Principal Max Anderson
1995	The Basketball Diaries 	Counterman
1995	Let It Be Me 	Jordan
1998	Great Expectations 	Jerry Ragno
1998	Rounders 	Zagosh
1999	The Out-of-Towners 	Dr. Faber
1999	Big Daddy 	Arthur Brooks
2001	Knockaround Guys 	Mac McCreadle
2008	State of Play 	Pete
===Broadway Productions===
Title 	Dates of Productions
Unlikely Heroes 	October 26, 1971- November 13, 1971
An American Millionaire 	April 20, 1974- May 5, 1974
A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander 	September 21, 1976- October 30, 1976
A Texas Trilogy: The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia	September 22, 1976- October 31, 1976
Threepenny Opera 	November 5, 1989- December 31, 1989
My Favourite Year 	December 10, 1992- January 10, 1993
The Flowering Peach 	March 20, 1994- April 24, 1994
Getting Away with Murder 	March 17, 1996- March 31, 1996
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