Josh Epstein

Josh Epstein is a Canadian actor, producer and writer. He is a writer on the reimagining of the film Youngblood^[1][2] and sold a screenplay called Astrid's Deathlist to Paramount Pictures with Lorenzo DiBonaventura producing.^[3] He produced, co-wrote and acted in Adventures in Public School ^[4] starring Judy Greer, Russell Peters, Grace Park and Daniel Doheny which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017.^[5] He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, as cowriter with Kyle Rideout of the film Eadweard;^[6] he also had a supporting role in the film as Thomas Edison.^[7]

Josh Epstein
Epstein in 2018
Nationality	Canadian
Occupations	Actor producer writer

With Rideout, Seneca Aaron and Charles Officer, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 2025 film Youngblood.^[8]

As a stage actor in Canada, his roles have included Michael Darling in a 1988 production of Peter Pan,^[9] Charlie in Marvin's Room,^[10] Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona,^[11] Joey in Pal Joey,^[12] LeFou in Beauty and the Beast,^[13] Leo Bloom in The Producers,^[14] one of the gangster pastry chefs in The Drowsy Chaperone,^[15] Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,^[16] Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,^[17] Barnaby in The Matchmaker^[18], Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost,^[19] and Lensky in Onegin.^[20] He won Jessie Theatre Richardson Awards for his acting as Barfee^[16] and Lensky^[21] and the Ovation Theatre Award for his performance as Leo Bloom in The Producers.^[22] Josh recently won the 2025 Ovation Awards for Best Director, Oliver, and best actor as Leo Frank in Parade.^[23]

He has also appeared in guest roles on the television series The X-Files, Breaker High, So Weird and Package Deal, and as a chorus dancer in the 2007 film Hairspray.

He has also written two one-man plays, Walking Away and Wow, I Didn't Know She Was Jewish.^[24]