Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

1946-12-21 New York City, New York, USA 51 Credits

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).

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Bad Shabbos

Bad Shabbos

2025

as Saul

10.0
Acting

An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the...

Dead Layer

Dead Layer

2019

as Moishe

Acting

A visionary graffiti artist tries to go straight but gets caught up in a terrible crime.

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition"...

The Congressman

The Congressman

2016

as Bernie Gimpel

6.2
Acting

Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out a...

Superstars: The Documentary

Superstars: The Documentary

2015

Acting

In 1971, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers, and dancers to war-torn Israel to shoot the film adaptation of the hit rock op...

Growing Up and Other Lies

Growing Up and Other Lies

2014

as Chuck MacArthur

4.1
Acting

After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he p...

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Beneath the Harvest Sky

2013

as Principal

5.9
Acting

During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outlaw father, Clayton. Meanwhile, Dominic works his fi...

State of Play

State of Play

2009

as Pete

6.8
Acting

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Knockaround Guys

Knockaround Guys

2001

as Mac McCreadle

6.0
Acting

Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

Big Daddy

Big Daddy

1999

as Arthur Brooks

6.5
Acting

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1999

as Dr. Faber

5.8
Acting

The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.

Rounders

Rounders

1998

as Zagosh

7.0
Acting

A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood

1998

as Kendall

6.5
Acting

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where mo...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1998

as Jerry Ragno

6.6
Acting

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and t...

The Maddening

The Maddening

1996

as Chicky Ross

4.6
Acting

David and Cassie Osborne have an argument one night. So the next morning after David goes to work, Cassie runs off to her sister's house for a few day...

Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me

1995

as Jordan

5.0
Acting

Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995

as Counterman

7.4
Acting

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Billy Madison

Billy Madison

1995

as Principal Max Anderson

6.2
Acting

Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his fath...

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

as Barry Shalowitz

5.3
Acting

Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...

Bye Bye America

1994

as Abe

3.8
Acting

The mis-adventures of three Polish-Jews on the road to Gdansk is the basis for this German comedy that was filmed in New York, Germany, and Poland. Ge...

The Chase

The Chase

1994

as Officer Figus

5.8
Acting

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. ...

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

1993

4.8
Acting

Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Chess Club Regular

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Nervous Ticks

Nervous Ticks

1992

as Saul Warshow

4.0
Acting

A comedy about a man (Bill Pullman), who is on the run after his mistress (Julie Brown) confesses to her husband (Peter Boyle) that the two of them ha...

City of Hope

City of Hope

1991

as Mad Anthony

6.7
Acting

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

1991

as Physics Professor

6.6
Acting

Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the ...

City Slickers

City Slickers

1991

as Barry Shalowitz

6.4
Acting

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Naked Tango

Naked Tango

1990

as Bertoni the Jeweler

6.6
Acting

When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior

1989

as Mel Gorsky

2.0
Acting

Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. H...

Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting

1989

as Self

5.6
Acting

Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffma...

Wall Street

Wall Street

1987

as Ollie

7.2
Acting

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...

Matewan

Matewan

1987

as Mayor Cabell Testerman

7.4
Acting

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...

Radio Days

Radio Days

1987

as Abe

7.1
Acting

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

1986

as Jack Schnittman

6.5
Acting

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...

Stoogemania

Stoogemania

1985

as Howard F. Howard

2.3
Acting

The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of his dreams, Howard has one problem - an overactive fixa...

Compromising Positions

Compromising Positions

1985

as Dicky Dunck

5.5
Acting

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who ha...

Almost You

Almost You

1985

as David

5.3
Acting

Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an...

The Boy Who Loved Trolls

The Boy Who Loved Trolls

1984

as Wiseman

1.0
Acting

Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.

Windy City

Windy City

1984

as Sol

4.5
Acting

The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

as Casio Vendor

6.6
Acting

An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth p...

Star 80

Star 80

1983

as Private Detective

6.4
Acting

Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the...

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

1982

as Morris Fink

7.3
Acting

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns...

Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1982

as Duster

5.7
Acting

An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.

Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

1981

as Russell

6.0
Acting

Part fiction, part documentary. Dead Ringer was created as a promotional tie-in to Meat Loaf's album of the same name, which was his follow-up to the ...

The Money

The Money

1976

as Wheel-of-Fortune Operator

5.4
Acting

A prominent businessman's children become the target of a young, unemployed man, who sees them as his ticket to wealth.

Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero

1975

as Victor

5.7
Acting

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tend...

Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

1974

as Norman Coombes

7.1
Acting

Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way f...

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

as King Herod

7.1
Acting

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' followin...

The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972

as Frank

5.8
Acting

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality f...

...And Then It Happened

...And Then It Happened

1972

as Wally

Acting

The film "And Then It Happened" follows two school bus drivers known for their safety records. During routine rides, a series of distractions and misb...

Going Home

Going Home

1971

as Bonelli

6.4
Acting

After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside c...