Jonathan Lewis Goldstein[ www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn=Jonathan&mn=&ln=Goldstein&dobmm=12&dobdd=04&doby=1964&city=&state=&age=&vw=&Search=&Input=&x=0&y=0] (born December 4, 1964) is an
American actor. He studied at
Northwestern University.
He played the character Walter Nichols in the
Nickelodeon television series
Drake & Josh. He used to sing for The Shakers.
Goldstein waited tables for ten years to help pay the bills between acting gigs. In a bizarre twist of fate, one of Goldstein’s regular customers turned out to be
Drake and Josh producer
Dan Schneider, who did not recognize his favorite waiter on the audition tape. "After he picked me his wife Lisa looked at the tape and said, ‘Hey, isn’t that our waiter Jonathan?’" Goldstein explained.