Joshua Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American film, television and stage actor who was in the television series Back to You in the role of Ryan Church. The show premiered in September 2007 co-starring Emmy Award-winners Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond and Kelsey Grammer of Frasier and Cheers. The show was cancelled after the first season, which was shortened in the aftermath of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike . Gad has also guest starred in an episode of ER and is working on films li.