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| Birth name | Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz |
| Born | September 13, 1965 Springfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Genres | Roast comedian, satire |
| Subject(s) | Jewish culture, pop culture, self-deprecation |
| Influences | Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Cheech and Chong, The Blues Brothers[1] |
| Notable works and roles | Comedy Central Roasts Buddy in Where My Dogs At? |
Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz; September 13, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, insult comic, actor, director and author.
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Ross was born and raised in Springfield, New Jersey.[2] He attended Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield. He is Jewish, as mentioned in his 2008 Comedy Central stand-up special, Jeffrey Ross: No Offense. He is a graduate of Boston University's College of Communication. In a 2008 interview for the student-run BUTV10 program Full Circle, Ross mentioned that during his college years he was the director at BU's WTBU and worked at the local NPR affiliate. His mother died from leukemia when he was 14 years old. His father died 5 years later when Ross was 19 years old.[3]
In 1996, he was in the movie Celtic Pride.
Ross is the current New York Friars' Club Roastmaster General, and was a roaster for the last nine Comedy Central Roasts: Pamela Anderson in 2005, William Shatner in 2006, Flavor Flav in 2007, Bob Saget in 2008, Larry the Cable Guy in 2009, Joan Rivers in 2009, David Hasselhoff in 2010, and Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen in 2011. He has also written for, performed in and/or produced several other celebrity roasts, including those for Hugh Hefner, Rob Reiner, Jerry Stiller, Drew Carey, Emmitt Smith, Carson Daly, Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, Gene Simmons, and David Hasselhoff. In addition to his roasts, his stand up has been featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.[4]
He is the author of a book released September 15, 2009, titled I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges. It recounts his rise to stardom and, includes tips on writing roast jokes and has ideas on how to put on a roast.
In addition to Ross' dramatic turn on CBS's CSI, he has appeared on HBO's Six Feet Under, Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program, and Showtime's Weeds. He has also appeared as a regular cast member in Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out on MTV. In film, he has appeared in Stuck on You and The Aristocrats. He also provided the voice for the beagle Buddy in the MTV2 Sic'emation animated satire program that he created, Where My Dogs At?. He appeared in the third tournament of Celebrity Poker, but lost in his first match.
Ross' 2005 directorial debut, Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie received the Best Feature Film Award at the Montreal Comedy Festival. The documentary is about Ross' life changing experience entertaining U.S. troops stationed around Iraq. It features fellow comedians/comic actors Drew Carey, Blake Clark and Kathy Kinney.
Ross competed on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with Edyta Śliwińska. During rehearsal of their first dance, Ross was accidentally poked in the eye by Śliwińska, suffering a scratched cornea. Against doctor's advice, Ross continued the competition. They were the first couple to be eliminated.
An animated version of Jeff Ross appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold in the opening to "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth" voiced by Ross himself. He distracted Joker and the other villains at Joker's celebrity roast in order for Batman to escape being literally roasted alive. When Joker tries to escape, Jeff gets in the way and stops Joker in his tracks. He suggests that he could be a full-time crime-fighter, but Batman advises he should just stick to comedy.
On October 19th, he visited the protesters of the Occupy movement in L.A to support their cause[5].
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| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1A | Cha-Cha-Cha – "Play That Funky Music" | 4 | 4 | 4 | Eliminated |
| 1B | Quickstep – "I Get a Kick out of You" | n/a | n/a | n/a | Not scored: performed as encore for elimination show |
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