Joshua Funk is a multi-talented artist based in Los Angeles. He is an Emmy-nominated composer, actor, and director. He is widely recognized for his work as a Second City alumni where he won multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards for directing in Chicago. In the television industry, Joshua has had a successful career as an improv director and actor. He worked for the first five seasons of MTV's "Wild n' Out" and has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including "Air," "Kong: Skull Island," "The Informant!", "Detroiters," "Key & Peele," "I Love You America," "Reno 911", and many more. You can find his acting reel here. Joshua has also been a director and actor for Jim Belushi and The Board of Comedy for over a decade. They have performed live comedy shows around the world. Recently, Joshua directed and produced the third season of Discovery's "Growing Belushi." As a composer for television, Joshua started his career on Comedy Central's "Key & Peele," where he earned an Emmy nomination for the musical parody, "Les Mis." He then moved into the world of animation at Warner Brothers, composing music for "Wabbit," "New Looney Tunes," and "Scooby Doo." He has worked with artists like Snoop Dogg, Axl Rose, and Weird Al Yankovich. Joshua is married to actress Nyima Funk, and they have two children, Ziza and Moze.
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Biography from IMDb.
- March 15, 1974 (52)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor, composer and writer, also producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Joshua Funk's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
Roles they play
- Mentoras GOPAL in Come Simi (2015)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Joshua Funk's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Joshua Funk's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Pookie & Peanut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Air(2023)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Growing Belushi(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Spare Room(2018)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Kong: Skull Island(2017)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
I Love You, America(2017)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Teachers(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Come Simi(2015)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
New Looney Tunes(2015)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
All Stars(2014)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Sassy Gay Friend! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Informant!(2009)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Gary: Under Crisis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Reno 911! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Garage: A Rock Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Career shape
Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2014Screen debut· All-Stars
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Who does Joshua Funk work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joshua Funk's MovieCove titles; Larry Joe Campbell shares the most, 2.
- Larry Joe CampbellShared titles: Growing Belushi (2020), Key and Peele (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Larry Joe Campbell
