Josh Mostel
Birthday: 1946-12-21
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: Joshua Elias Mostel (born December 21, 1946) is an American actor with numerous film and Broadway credits. The son of Zero Mostel, he is best known for his supporting roles in films such as Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Harry and Tonto (1974), Sophie's Choice (1982), City Slickers (1991), Billy Madison (1995), and Big Daddy (1999).
Movies
City Slickers
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxi...
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The Brother from Another Planet
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through th...
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The Chase
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he t...
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The Money Pit
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their d...
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Billy Madison
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in th...
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Little Man Tate
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, ...
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Star 80
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes...
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Radio Days
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York ...
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Matewan
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of...
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Great Expectations
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a you...
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Jesus Christ Superstar
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective o...
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Big Daddy
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned ...
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Harry and Tonto
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his ...
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creati...
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The Basketball Diaries
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world...
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Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple....
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Bye Bye America
The mis-adventures of three Polish-Jews on the road to Gdansk is the basis for this German comedy th...
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Fighting Back
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks....
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State of Play
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case inv...
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The King of Marvin Gardens
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer...
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Nervous Ticks
A comedy about a man (Bill Pullman), who is on the run after his mistress (Julie Brown) confesses to...
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Almost You
Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and...
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Deadly Hero
Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from ...
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Beneath the Harvest Sky
During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outla...
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Rounders
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Ru...
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the...
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Thicker Than Blood
Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's scho...
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Windy City
The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer....
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist....
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Dead Ringer
Part fiction, part documentary. Dead Ringer was created as a promotional tie-in to Meat Loaf's album...
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Naked Tango
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she barg...
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Sophie's Choice
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes fr...
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The Out-of-Towners
The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City f...
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Wall Street
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on ...
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Knockaround Guys
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town rule...
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The Congressman
Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand an...
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City of Hope
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most not...
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Heavy Petting
Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comed...
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Animal Behavior
Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machin...
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Compromising Positions
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigat...
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Growing Up and Other Lies
After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returni...
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The Maddening
David and Cassie Osborne have an argument one night. So the next morning after David goes to work, C...
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Stoogemania
The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of his d...
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Going Home
After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole an...
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famo...
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Superstars: The Documentary
In 1971, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers, and dancers to war-torn Isra...
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The Money
A prominent businessman's children become the target of a young, unemployed man, who sees them as hi...
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...And Then It Happened
The film "And Then It Happened" follows two school bus drivers known for their safety records. Durin...
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Dead Layer
A visionary graffiti artist tries to go straight but gets caught up in a terrible crime....
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Bad Shabbos
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat ...
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