Acting

Joshua Grannell

Born January 7, 1974 · Maryland, USA (age 52)

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 vid…

Known For

Milk

MovieHistoryDrama

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl · 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

MovieDramaRomance

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

Lady Champagne

Lady Champagne · 2026

MovieComedyAdventure

Champagne is one of San Francisco’s most notorious dancers. When she’s framed for her recent hubby’s death, she must outwit sinister businesswomen, incompetent detectives and sadistic prison guards. Starring a host of famous San Fran faces, Lady Champagne is the perfect queer counterpart to comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun.

Burlington Paranormal

Burlington Paranormal · 2022

Burlington Paranormal

MovieHorrorComedy

Introducing a team of paranormal investigators in a Mississippi River town led by a woman who has the ability to punch ghosts with her right fist. The team consists of a drag queen psychic (the Bay area's iconic Peaches Christ), a non-binary tech noise musician (Ellie Desautels from NBC's Rise), a silent video artist camera operator and a brand new intern (comedian Johnny Pemberton of Superstore and 21 Jump Street).

All About Evil

All About Evil · 2010

MovieHorrorComedy

A mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer — and a legion of rabid gore fans — when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real…

There's a Zombie Outside

There's a Zombie Outside · 2024

There's a Zombie Outside

A man whose identity is intertwined with cult cinema finds that he is having problems distinguishing fact from fiction and believes he's seeing a monster from his movies for real.

Bloody Gays

Bloody Gays · 2004

A collection of 6 queer horror film shorts.

Spin the Bottle

Spin the Bottle · 2005

Spin the Bottle

A drag-umentary exposing life behind the scenes at San Francisco's infamous summer midnight movie series, Midnight Mass, headed up by drag célèbre, Peaches Christ.

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Milk

MovieHistoryDrama

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

Peaches Christ

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl · 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

MovieDramaRomance

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

Drag Queen

Lady Champagne

Lady Champagne · 2026

MovieComedyAdventure

Champagne is one of San Francisco’s most notorious dancers. When she’s framed for her recent hubby’s death, she must outwit sinister businesswomen, incompetent detectives and sadistic prison guards. Starring a host of famous San Fran faces, Lady Champagne is the perfect queer counterpart to comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun.

Burlington Paranormal

Burlington Paranormal · 2022

Burlington Paranormal

MovieHorrorComedy

Introducing a team of paranormal investigators in a Mississippi River town led by a woman who has the ability to punch ghosts with her right fist. The team consists of a drag queen psychic (the Bay area's iconic Peaches Christ), a non-binary tech noise musician (Ellie Desautels from NBC's Rise), a silent video artist camera operator and a brand new intern (comedian Johnny Pemberton of Superstore and 21 Jump Street).

All About Evil

All About Evil · 2010

MovieHorrorComedy

A mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer — and a legion of rabid gore fans — when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real…

Director

There's a Zombie Outside

There's a Zombie Outside · 2024

There's a Zombie Outside

A man whose identity is intertwined with cult cinema finds that he is having problems distinguishing fact from fiction and believes he's seeing a monster from his movies for real.

Horror Host

Bloody Gays

Bloody Gays · 2004

A collection of 6 queer horror film shorts.

Director

Spin the Bottle

Spin the Bottle · 2005

Spin the Bottle

A drag-umentary exposing life behind the scenes at San Francisco's infamous summer midnight movie series, Midnight Mass, headed up by drag célèbre, Peaches Christ.

Writer

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story · 2016

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

A Wig and a Prayer chronicles the story of Peaches Christ, the legendary San Francisco drag queen, from her early beginnings in raucous variety shows to the lauded success of her Midnight Mass pre-movie experience.

Peaches Christ

Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned

Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned · 2010

Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

An ultra-secret government weapons project is headed up by a mad scientist's grand-daughter. Her mission: recreate the demented killing machines known as Astro Zombies. It doesn't take long before the deadly mutant clones escape from Area 51 and all hell breaks loose! Elite teams of Men In Black attempt extreme damage control measures, while government officials, master criminals, and the famed Doll Squad spring into action -- creating a mess of epic proportions!

Deadly Drag Queen