Josh Perry

Josh Perry

History

Josh left his home in Louisiana and moved to California to pursue his passion for acting. One of the hurdles Josh has had to jump... over and over again... is the fact that he has Down Syndrome. Regardless of any disability, Josh has never let anything stop his desire to act. Josh has 23 film credits and has been on Tv and the Big Screen. Josh landed a supporting role in the film American Cowslip, starring alongside Hollywood heavyweights like Val Kilmer, Rip Torn, Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, and the legendary Cloris Leachman. Josh can be seen in Looper with Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Bruce Willis, which hit theatre screens in 2012. He worked on the film Coffee Town by writer/director Brad Copeland and producer Ricky Van Veen, also starring Josh Groban and Glenn Howerton. In one of his most recent films. The Christ Slayer, he is second billed and had over 80 pages of dialogue. His last film which screened in 2020 is Lost Heart. He plays the endearing part of Chip, who is a Bigfoot hunter and brother to the lead Hannah Sweet, Nashville Superstar. In October, 2021 he will be shooting in Algona, Iowa in a World War II Movie. Recently Josh narrated "Prayers and Wishes". A story about the ups and downs of a Down Syndrome man falling in love and getting married.

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Josh Perry

Movies

Bigfoot, UFOs and Jesus
Chip Howard
A lifetime ago in a sleepy Michigan lake town, Hannah Howard (Melissa Anschutz) experienced something otherworldly. For years the event was pushed to the corners of her mind, seemingly forgotten until a trip home starts unlocking her past memories. Can her advice-giving, hippy-mother (Victoria Jackson) or the small town preacher (Don Most) or her newly discovered, bigfoot-hunting brother (Josh 'Ponceman' Perry) help her make sense of it all? To add to the growing mystery, the strange events have started again upon Hannah's return. Strange lights appearing in the sky over a place locals call the Devil's Crossroads.
Lost Heart
Chip Howard
Hannah, a burnt out, mega-music star, returns to her small Northern Michigan hometown of Lost Heart, for her estranged father's funeral. There she will confront the ghosts of her past and perhaps find her peace and balance once again.
The Christ Slayer
Albus
Takes place at the Passover and the days that follow the crucifixion. A mix of scripture and Christian legend woven to try and create a more complete picture. It follows Longinus as the Roman soldier who put the spear to Jesus on the cross.
Supercon
Future Force Guy
A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter and an overbearing former TV icon.
My Father, Die
Lori
Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis is out of prison, he gets his chance. But Asher's target also happens to be his father.
Coffee Town
Toby
Will is a 30-something website manager who uses local café, Coffee Town, as his office. When the owners of the shop discuss plans to convert Coffee Town into a bar, Will enlists the help of his two best friends Chad and Gino to save his freeloading existence. In order to thwart the plans of Coffee Town's owners, the trio stages a robbery to create the illusion of an unsafe neighborhood not suitable for the proposed venue. Also standing in their way is Sam, a disgruntled barista with delusions of grandeur and Will's heartache over unrequited love for Becca.
Looper
Farm Vagrant
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Terri
Marcus Bloom (as Josh 'The Ponceman' Perry)
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Pastor Shepherd
Dewey
The tale of a down-on-his-luck freeze-dried-pet-salesman and his journey to become the first-ever-cyber-evangelist.
Wunderkammer
Son
An aging woman and her son struggle to coexist in a house that shelters a spectacular menagerie of birds.