Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

December 21, 1946 · 79 years old

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 Mad…

Known For

25 titles
1
Big Daddy

Big Daddy

1999 · 1h 33m · Movie

A lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.

6.5
2
Rounders

Rounders

1998 · 2h 1m · Movie

A law student and his pal gamble for high stakes.

7.3
3
State of Play

State of Play

2009 · 2h 7m · Movie

An investigative journalist probes the murder of a Congressman's mistress.

7.1
4
Billy Madison

Billy Madison

1995 · 1h 29m · Movie

In order to inherit his fed-up father Brian's hotel empire, immature and lazy Billy Madison must repeat grades one through twelve all over again. The further Billy progresses, the harder his hated rival Eric Gordon tries to stop him.

6.4
5
City Slickers

City Slickers

1991 · 1h 53m · Movie

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.

6.8
6
The Money Pit

The Money Pit

1986 · 1h 31m · Movie

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.

6.4
7
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1998 · 1h 51m · Movie

Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.

6.8
8
Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

1982 · 2h 30m · Movie

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

7.5
9
Radio Days

Radio Days

1987 · 1h 28m · Movie

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

7.4
10
The Chase

The Chase

1994 · 1h 34m · Movie

Escaped convict Jack Hammond takes a woman hostage and sets off for the Mexican border with the police hot on his tail.

5.9
11
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994 · 1h 56m · Movie

One year after their first adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and they set out to discover its secrets.

5.6
12
Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

A single mother raises a child prodigy on her own, struggling to give him every opportunity he needs to express his gift.

6.6
13
The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1999 · 1h 30m · Movie

The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark as they are vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.

5.5
14
Matewan

Matewan

1987 · 2h 15m · Movie

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West Virginia, brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

7.9
15
Star 80

Star 80

1983 · 1h 43m · Movie

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.

6.8
16
Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

1974 · 1h 55m · Movie

When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.

7.3
17
The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972 · 1h 43m · Movie

A daydreamer convinces his radio personality brother to help fund one of his get-rich-quick schemes.

6.5
18
City of Hope

City of Hope

1991 · 2h 9m · Movie

An intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.

7.2
19
Growing Up and Other Lies

Growing Up and Other Lies

2014 · 1h 30m · Movie

After struggling for years as an artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure togethe...

4.7
20
Naked Tango

Naked Tango

1990 · 1h 30m · Movie

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

5.9
21
The Congressman

The Congressman

2016 · 1h 38m · Movie

A determined Congressman, unswayed by political betrayal, a vicious media attack and a recent divorce, strives to maintain his dignity and protect a small fishing village from commercial corruption.

6.3
22
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 · 1h 37m · Movie

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" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were ev...

7.6
23
Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting

1989 · 1h 14m · Movie

Celebrity confessions about their first sexual experiences.

6.0
24
Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero

1975 · 1h 42m · Movie

When disturbed New York City (NYPD) cop Lacy rescues Sally, a beautiful cellist, from deranged crook Rabbit by shooting Rabbit in cold blood, he sets off a spark of publicity that brands him the city's hero.

5.8
25
Bad Shabbos

Bad Shabbos

2025 · 1h 24m · Movie

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

8.7