Josiah Norris

Joz Norris, born Josiah Norris in 1989, is a British alternative comedian, comic actor, and screenwriter. He started writing and performing comedy while studying English Literature at the University of East Anglia, alongside fellow comics and writers John Kearns, Jon Brittain, and Pat Cahill. He has performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2012, presenting his first full hour show in 2013, and in 2017 he was included in the Guardian's Comedy Picks of the Fringe.

His 2019 show Joz Norris is Dead: Long Live Mr Fruit Salad won the Comedians' Choice Award at the Fringe and transferred to the Soho Theatre, where its initial run was extended due to popular demand; the show was also featured in the Guardian's list of the Ten Best Jokes of the Fringe. Norris is a frequent collaborator with Weirdos Comedy Club and has performed regularly with the collectives Comedians' Cinema Club and The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society. In 2015 he won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy at the Los Angeles Webseries Festival for his performance in the webseries The Backbenchers, and in 2017 his own webseries The Girl Whisperer earned him nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Writing.

On radio, Norris has worked on BBC Radio 4 productions including Joz And Roxy Are Useless Millennials (2020), Joz Norris: A Small Talk on Small Talk (2021), and The Dream Factory (2022). In 2016 he appeared alongside Bob Slayer on an episode of ITV's courtroom reality show Judge Rinder to resolve a dispute over an unpaid fee after a performance at a metal festival.