A television and social media star is coming to 黑料科. Actor and comedian Josh Peck will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center. The event, hosted by the student-run Blue Devil Productions, is sold out. A crowd of close to 700 is expected.
Peck starred from 2004 to 2007 in the Nickelodeon show 鈥淒rake and Josh,鈥 about two stepbrothers, one cool and one socially challenged. He has channeled that fame into success on the Internet and elsewhere, including appearances in the movies 鈥淩ed Dawn鈥 and 鈥淭ake the 10鈥 and as a stand-up comedian.
Peck, 32, who grew up in New York and lives in Los Angeles, recently was ranked No. 6 in the Top Actors Chart, which compiles information from social media sites. He moved into the top 10 after a reunion with 鈥淒rake and Josh鈥 co-star Amanda Cosgrove. He has more than two million subscribers on his YouTube channel, 2.4 million Twitter followers and 5.3 million Instagram followers.
Peck has been doing stand-up comedy since age eight. 鈥淗e delivers candid and funny insight into 鈥榤aking it鈥 as a child star and beyond,鈥 according to Blue Devil Productions, a student-run events and entertainment group that is hosting the show.
Peck called his 鈥淒rake and Josh鈥 fans a cult following, but one that he鈥檚 proud of. 鈥淚鈥檒l have kids come up to me and be like, 鈥楧ude, you鈥檙e my childhood!鈥 and I鈥檒l be like, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e 28!鈥欌 he said in the Daily Orange at Syracuse University, where he performed recently.
