Joshua Keller Katz is an American actor and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where, as a child, he appeared in local radio and television commercials and, later, in local community theater productions. After completing high school, he served in the United States Navy as a Gunner's Mate and later graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in electronic media. After graduating, Katz also played leading roles in several independent film productions, as well as working behind the camera on commercials and television shows. He co-starred as a paramedic on all three seasons of the Disney-ABC show, "Code Black". Katz has also written several feature screenplays, most of which have won recognition in competitions ranging from Beverly Hills to New York.