Who Plays Josiah In The Last Of Us?

August 2024 · 2 minute read

Josiah’s final moments are spent struggling after being felled by Joel, and many viewers are likely to be haunted by the grin that creeps across his face during this scene. Some will also be wondering where they’ve seen actor Nelson Leis before. This is far from Leis’ first time on screen, and looking at his career, one can see that he has popped up in many popular television shows and movies before. Oddly enough, Leis tends to play villainous roles, and he has notably appeared in “Prey,” “Supernatural,” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” 

In the “Predator” prequel “Prey,” Leis plays one of the French trappers who runs afoul of the Predator, and he is credited as a character named Waxed Mustache. In “Sabrina,” Leis is under heavy prosthetics and special effects, and he plays the demon Beelzebub. Likewise, in “Supernatural,” Leis plays an angel known as Esper who has no qualms with killing people to achieve his goals, but he is later defeated. However, he must have made quite the impression while on this show, because he later returned to the series as the demon Abraxas. 

Still, it seems as if Leis enjoys playing these types of roles, and that disturbing final smile from Josiah is sure to stick with people long after this episode airs.

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