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Joshua Grannell

Acting Born Jan 7, 1974 Maryland, USA 24 credits

Biography

Peaches Christ (stage name for Joshua Grannell; born January 7, 1974) is an American underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor. Peaches currently resides in San Francisco, where her Backlash Production Company and Midnight Mass movie series are based. Grannell studied film at Penn State University, where his senior thesis film Jizzmopper: A Love Story, about a janitor at an adult video store, won the audience award at the annual Penn State Student Film Festival. Grannell developed the Peaches Christ character during the production of this film.

Her Midnight Mass road show Short Film Retrospective has been on tour, appearing in Seattle, Berkeley, New York City, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland.

On September 7, 2007, the San Francisco de Young Museum hosted a "Decade of Peaches Christ Retrospective" called Cattychism featuring artistic contributions inspired by Peaches. The event included ten years of costume design by long-time collaborator Tria Connell and ten years of graphic design by artist Chris Hatfield.

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Known for

After Midnight

as Self
Film

Milk

as Peaches Christ
Film

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

as Drag Queen

Frequent co-stars

Leonardo DiCaprio 2 shared titles
Sean Penn 2 shared titles
Chase Infiniti 2 shared titles
Benicio del Toro 2 shared titles
Regina Hall 2 shared titles
Teyana Taylor 2 shared titles
Paul Grimstad 2 shared titles
Dijon 2 shared titles
Alana Haim 2 shared titles
Shayna McHayle 2 shared titles

Career timeline

Lady Champagne
TURA!
After MidnightDoc of ChuckyThere's a Zombie Outside
Drag Me to Dinner
Burlington ParanormalThe Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
You Don't Nomi
Tales of the Uncanny
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Camp Wannakiki
Mansfield 66/67
The Boulet Brothers' DragulaA Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
I Am Divine
All About EvilAstro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Milk
Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack StorySpin the Bottle
Grindhouse
Season of the Troll

Full filmography

  • After Midnight (2024) as Self
  • The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (2016) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Milk (2008) as Peaches Christ
  • Camp Wannakiki (2018) as Self - Video Message
  • Drag Me to Dinner (2023) as Self - Drag Queen
  • I Am Divine (2014) as Self
  • Lady Champagne (2026)
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) as Drag Queen
  • Burlington Paranormal (2022)
  • The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans (2022) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Mansfield 66/67 (2017) as Self - Underground Drag Performer
  • You Don't Nomi (2021) as Himself
  • Doc of Chucky (2024) as Self
  • All About Evil (2010) as Peaches Christ
  • Tales of the Uncanny (2020) as Self
  • Grindhouse (2003) as Richard Hunter
  • There's a Zombie Outside (2024) as Horror Host
  • Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) as Self
  • Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2005) as Self
  • TURA! (2025) as Self
  • Season of the Troll (2001) as Peaches Christ
  • A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016) as Peaches Christ
  • Spin the Bottle (2005) as Peaches Christ
  • Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned (2010) as Deadly Drag Queen