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}}'''Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz''' (born September 13, 1965),<ref name="HAARETZ">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 13, 2018 |title=Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: September 13, 2018 - Birthdays |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jewish-insider-s-daily-kickoff-september-13-2018-1.6470421 |work=[[Haaretz]] |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Comedian who earned the title "Roastmaster General" for his [[insult comedy]] and Comedy Central celebrity roasts, Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz) turns 53...}}</ref> known professionally as '''Jeff Ross''', is an American stand-up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is also known as the "'''Roastmaster General'''" for his [[insult comedy]] and his multiple appearances at celebrity [[Roast (comedy)|roasts]] held by the [[New York Friars Club]] and on the ''[[Comedy Central Roast]]'' television series.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite episode |title=Having Thick Skin Is A 'Survival Technique,' Says Comic Jeff Ross |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493688206/having-thick-skin-is-a-survival-technique-says-comic-jeff-ross |access-date=May 1, 2019 |series=Fresh Air |series-link=Fresh Air |first=Gross |last=Terry |network=NPR |date=September 13, 2016 |time=0:30 |quote=...but he's best known for the Comedy Central celebrity roasts; he's one of the producers and has been a roaster on each one since 2005.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |date=July 29, 2016 |title=Insult Comedy as Blood Sport: The Rise of the Roast Battle |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/arts/television/insult-comedy-as-blood-sport-the-rise-of-the-roast-battle.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=When Mr. Ross, who had become known as the Roastmaster General because of his performances on Comedy Central’s celebrity events...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pilot |first=Jessica |date=November 7, 2014 |title=The Roast Battle: ‘Like Fight Club for Comedians,’ Says Jeffrey Ross |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/07/the-roast-battle-like-fight-club-for-comedians-says-jeffrey-ross/ |work=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Today, Jeff Ross is practically a household name. He has been the Roastmaster at the venerable Friars Club, and is part of every Comedy Central Roast...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brownstein |first=Bill |date=July 9, 2011 |title=Just for Laughs 2011: Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross has a serious side |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/just+laughs+2011+roastmaster+jeffrey+ross+serious+side/5073993/story.html |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Ross is the current New York Friars’ Club Roastmaster General and a regular on the Comedy Central Roasts.}}</ref> In 2009 the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called Ross "the new millennium [[Don Rickles]]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Steve |date=October 13, 2009 |title=Mr. Cruel |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-10-13-0910130087-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=Chicago, Illinois, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=He got to this place, as the new millennium Don Rickles, partly thanks to an insult-loving uncle, partly as a result of working in his dad's New Jersey catering business, where a multicultural work crew loved to bust on the boss' son.}}</ref> His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary ''[[Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie]]'', won the prize for Best Film at the [[Comedia (festival)|Comedia film festival]] held at the [[Just for Laughs]] comedy festival in [[Montreal]].<ref name="VARIETY2">{{cite magazine |last=Adalian |first=Josef |date=October 20, 2004 |title=Ross roasts lead to toast from Fox |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/comedy-central-jeff-ross-roast-battle-1201909718/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="PASTEPATRIOT">{{cite magazine |last=Zaino III |first=Nick A. |date=September 28, 2005 |title=Comedia: Laughing Stock of Film Festivals |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/09/comedia-laughing-stock-of-film-festivals.html |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |location=Decatur, Georgia, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
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= '''Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz''' (born September 13, 1965),<ref name="HAARETZ">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 13, 2018 |title=Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: September 13, 2018 - Birthdays |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jewish-insider-s-daily-kickoff-september-13-2018-1.6470421 |work=[[Haaretz]] |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Comedian who earned the title "Roastmaster General" for his [[insult comedy]] and Comedy Central celebrity roasts, Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz) turns 53...}}</ref> known professionally as '''Jeff Ross''', is an American stand-up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is also known as the "'''Roastmaster General'''" for his [[insult comedy]] and his multiple appearances at celebrity [[Roast (comedy)|roasts]] held by the [[New York Friars Club]] and on the ''[[Comedy Central Roast]]'' television series.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite episode |title=Having Thick Skin Is A 'Survival Technique,' Says Comic Jeff Ross |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493688206/having-thick-skin-is-a-survival-technique-says-comic-jeff-ross |access-date=May 1, 2019 |series=Fresh Air |series-link=Fresh Air |first=Gross |last=Terry |network=NPR |date=September 13, 2016 |time=0:30 |quote=...but he's best known for the Comedy Central celebrity roasts; he's one of the producers and has been a roaster on each one since 2005.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |date=July 29, 2016 |title=Insult Comedy as Blood Sport: The Rise of the Roast Battle |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/arts/television/insult-comedy-as-blood-sport-the-rise-of-the-roast-battle.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=When Mr. Ross, who had become known as the Roastmaster General because of his performances on Comedy Central’s celebrity events...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pilot |first=Jessica |date=November 7, 2014 |title=The Roast Battle: ‘Like Fight Club for Comedians,’ Says Jeffrey Ross |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/07/the-roast-battle-like-fight-club-for-comedians-says-jeffrey-ross/ |work=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Today, Jeff Ross is practically a household name. He has been the Roastmaster at the venerable Friars Club, and is part of every Comedy Central Roast...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brownstein |first=Bill |date=July 9, 2011 |title=Just for Laughs 2011: Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross has a serious side |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/just+laughs+2011+roastmaster+jeffrey+ross+serious+side/5073993/story.html |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Ross is the current New York Friars’ Club Roastmaster General and a regular on the Comedy Central Roasts.}}</ref> In 2009 the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called Ross "the new millennium [[Don Rickles]]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Steve |date=October 13, 2009 |title=Mr. Cruel |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-10-13-0910130087-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=Chicago, Illinois, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=He got to this place, as the new millennium Don Rickles, partly thanks to an insult-loving uncle, partly as a result of working in his dad's New Jersey catering business, where a multicultural work crew loved to bust on the boss' son.}}</ref> His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary ''[[Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie]]'', won the prize for Best Film at the [[Comedia (festival)|Comedia film festival]] held at the [[Just for Laughs]] comedy festival in [[Montreal]].<ref name="VARIETY2">{{cite magazine |last=Adalian |first=Josef |date=October 20, 2004 |title=Ross roasts lead to toast from Fox |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/comedy-central-jeff-ross-roast-battle-1201909718/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="PASTEPATRIOT">{{cite magazine |last=Zaino III |first=Nick A. |date=September 28, 2005 |title=Comedia: Laughing Stock of Film Festivals |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/09/comedia-laughing-stock-of-film-festivals.html |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |location=Decatur, Georgia, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> =


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 15:59, 22 June 2020

Jeff Ross
Ross in May 2016
PseudonymRoastmaster General
Birth nameJeffrey Ross Lifschultz
Born (1965-09-13) September 13, 1965 (age 59)
MediumStand-up, television, film, books
Years active1994–present
GenresInsult comedy, observational comedy, black comedy, cringe comedy, satire
Subject(s)Jewish culture, popular culture, self-deprecation, sex, current events, religion
Notable works and rolesComedy Central Roasts
Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie
The Burn with Jeff Ross

Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965),[1] known professionally as Jeff Ross, is an American stand-up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is also known as the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy and his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New York Friars Club and on the Comedy Central Roast television series.[2][3][4][5] In 2009 the Chicago Tribune called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles."[6] His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie, won the prize for Best Film at the Comedia film festival held at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.[7][8]

Early life

Ross was raised in Newark, New Jersey, until he was in second grade; then his family moved to Union, New Jersey[disambiguation needed], and later to Springfield, New Jersey, where he attended Jonathan Dayton High School.[9][10] He is of Jewish heritage and has a younger sister named Robyn.[1][11][12] His mother Marsha died from leukemia when he was 14 years old.[9][12][13] His father died of drug-related causes when Ross was 19 years old—Ross was attending college at the time and his sister was a senior in high school.[9][13] His father owned and ran Clinton Manor Catering, a catering business that was started by Ross's great-grandmother.[14] The business was located in Newark, New Jersey, and later moved to Union, New Jersey.[disambiguation needed][14]

Ross attended Boston University as a broadcasting and film major with a minor in political science.[15] [16] He graduated from the Boston University College of Communication in 1987.[16] Ross also worked as the music director at the university's student-run radio station WTBU in addition to working for the university's public radio station WBUR where he worked as an audio engineer.[16]

Ross credits his tough upbringing in New Jersey for helping him develop his talent for insult comedy, which he says he developed as a defense mechanism.[17][18] Ross stated in an interview with The Atlanta Constitution: "Everyone in my family was good at [roasting]. I had to quickly learn not just to take a joke but to give it back. My uncle Murray was the first to bust my chops. We called him mean Murray."[18]

Career

Stand-up, writing and roast comedy

Ross began performing stand-up in 1994 at open mic nights at the Boston Comedy Club, a now defunct comedy venue in New York City.[19] By 1995 he was also performing at such comedy clubs as the Comedy Cellar and Stand Up NY.[20] That same year he was invited by the New York Friars Club to participate in a roast of actor Steven Seagal.[15][17]

Ross became a regular at the Friars Club roasts and was given the title of "Roastmaster General".[21][22] The Friars Club's first televised event was the roast of Drew Carey that was broadcast on Comedy Central in 1998.[12][23] Ross credits a particular joke that he made at the expense of attendees Bea Arthur and Sandra Bernhardt at the 1999 roast of Jerry Stiller for taking his roasting career to the next level.[24] That same year Jimmy Kimmel hired Ross as a writer on The Man Show and Ross also wrote some of the punchlines for Billy Crystal's monologue at the Oscars in 2000.[12]

In 2003 Comedy Central began producing their own celebrity roasts.[23] Ross has been a roaster at all Comedy Central roasts since the 2005 roast of Pamela Anderson.[2][15] During his Comedy Central Roast appearances Ross became known for dressing-up in edgy and sometimes controversial costumes: He roasted Charlie Sheen dressed as Muammar Gaddafi; he roasted Rob Lowe dressed as Purple Rain-era Prince on an episode that aired five months after the musician's death; he roasted Roseanne Barr dressed as the late football coach Joe Paterno during the height of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal; he also roasted James Franco wearing cornrows and a neck tattoo in reference to Franco's character in the 2012 film Spring Breakers.[12][25]

Ross has participated as a roaster on the following Comedy Central Roasts:

Ross has also written for, performed in and/or produced the roasts of the following celebrities:

Ross at Joint Base Andrews in May 2016

Ross has taken part in several USO tours and has performed stand-up comedy at US Military bases in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq.[12] Ross first traveled to Iraq in 2003 as part of a comedy tour hosted by Drew Carey.[26] In 2005 Ross released the film Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie, which he both produced and directed and which documented his experiences on the Iraq tour.[26] That same year the film won the prize for Best Film at the Comedia film festival, a comedy film festival held annually in Montreal as part of the Just for Laughs comedy festival.[8] In 2006 the film was shown on Showtime and also screened at that year's South by Southwest Film Festival.[26][27] In 2017 the USO made Ross the Ambassador of Veterans Outreach for the Artists & Athletes Alliance.[28]

Ross published his first book, I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges, in 2009.[28][29] The book recounts his journey to becoming Roastmaster General and includes tips on writing roast jokes and how to put on a roast.[28][29]

Ross was the creator and host of the comedy panel show The Burn with Jeff Ross, which aired on Comedy Central for two seasons from 2012 to 2013.[30]

In 2015, Ross starred in the Comedy Central special Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live from Brazos County Jail, where he performed stand-up comedy for male and female convicts in Brazos County, Texas.[31][32] The following year he released Jeff Ross Roasts Cops where he performed for members of the Boston Police Department.[2][28]

Ross and comedian Brian Moses launched Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on Comedy Central in 2016.[31] The show consists of comedians competing in one-on-one roast battles where the winners are decided by Ross and a panel of guest judges.[31][32] Ross also appeared as a battler in final episode of the show's third season in a battle with NBA player Blake Griffin.[33]

In 2018 Ross and fellow comedian Dave Attell embarked on their Bumping Mics comedy tour.[34] Footage of their tour was also released in a three-part special on Netflix.[35] The Bumping Mics comedy special was filmed during three of their performances at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.[35] Their shows consisted of observational and political humor interspersed with Ross and Attell roasting one another as well as members of the audience.[36][37] The comedians also invited audience members onto the stage, some of whom included Bob Saget, Gilbert Gottfried, Michael Che, Amy Schumer, Nikki Glaser and Paul Rudd.[35]

Starting in 2019, Netflix began airing the series Historical Roasts, where Ross hosts fictionalized versions of comedy roasts for figures like Abraham Lincoln and Anne Frank.

Acting and voice work

One of Ross's first acting roles was a small part in the 1996 comedy film Celtic Pride.[38][39] Some of his other film roles include a security guard the film Stuck on You (2003) and a wedding band leader in the film Along Came Polly (2004).[7][40] Ross's television acting work includes roles on HBO's Six Feet Under and Crashing, and Showtime's Weeds.[21][41] He also played a dramatic role on CBS's CSI.[7][21]

Ross was co-creator of the satirical animated program Where My Dogs At? that was broadcast on MTV2 in 2006. The series centers around characters Buddy, a beagle voiced by Ross, and Woof, a bulldog voiced by Tracy Morgan.[42] Ross has also voiced a characters on two episodes of the animated series Future-Worm! as well as on an episode of the live-action/animated series Happy![43][44] An animated version of Jeff Ross (voiced by Ross himself) appears in an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold that aired in 2012.[45] During the episode his character attends a roast of Batman.[45]

Statutory Rape Allegation

In 2019, a woman named Jessi Raymond alleged that Ross engaged with her in a affair that began in 1998, when she was 15 and he was 33. Starting a Facebook page named Iwas15hewas33, she detailed his statutory rapes of her, including one instance when she was asleep. She also alleged he took a myriad of explicit photographs of her with his Polaroid camera, which would be child pornography. Providing extensive evidence of their illicit relationship, in the form of photographs of the two together and tickets for comedy shows he allegedly got for her (she was an under-the-table secretary for a comedy club, and later employed by his manager), her story gained more traction on Twitter in 2020. Perhaps most damning, she shared the transcript of a writing exercise she wrote in 2005, which summarized their relationship, when she had not fully processed the deep trauma and pain caused by Ross.[46]

Other appearances as himself

Ross appeared in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats about the famous dirty joke of the same name.[40]

He was the guest on the debut episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast in 2009 and also appeared on the podcast's 800th episode in 2017.[28]

Ross appeared in the third tournament of Celebrity Poker in 2004, but lost in his first match.[21] He was also a competitor on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars that aired in 2008.[21] During rehearsal for their first dance, his dancing partner Edyta Śliwińska accidentally poked Ross in the eye, causing a scratched cornea.[21] Against medical advice, Ross continued the competition, but the couple were the first to be eliminated.[21]

In 2011 Ross visited the protesters of the Occupy movement in Los Angeles to support their cause.[38] He took to the microphone at a stage set-up at Los Angeles City Hall.[38] His talk included roasting Wall Street and the big banks.[38]

In 2019, he appeared on an episode of ‘’Crank Yankers’’ as himself.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Celtic Pride Car Theft Victim
1998 Taxman Tax Collector
2000 Isn't She Great Shecky
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle District Attorney
2003 National Security Security Guard
2003 Stuck on You Beaze Security Guard
2004 Along Came Polly Wedding Band Leader
2006 American Dreamz Oscar
2007 Farce of the Penguins Funny-Looking Bastard (voice)
2008 One, Two, Many Ernie Direct-to-video
2011 A Novel Romance Douglas Silver
2015 The Wedding Ringer Hal Lane
2016 Flock of Dudes Masturbator
2016 The Comedian Writer
2017 The Emoji Movie Internet Troll (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Jeffrey (voice) Episode: "Blind Date"
1999 Cosby Carl 2 episodes
2000 Shasta McNasty Bank Manager Episode: "True Size"
2002 Greg the Bunny Security Guard Episode: "Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction"
2002 Six Feet Under Shiva Comic Episode: "Back to the Garden"
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dougie Max Episode: "Last Laugh"
2005 Weeds Billy Episode: "Dead in the Nethers"
2006 Where My Dogs At? Buddy (voice) 8 episodes
2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Himself Episode: "Ah, Men"
2010 Childrens Hospital Himself Episode: "Joke Overload"
2011 Big Time Rush Insult Comic Episode: "Big Time Guru"
2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Himself (voice) Episode: "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth!"
2012 Family Guy Himself (voice) 2 episodes
2012–2013 The Burn with Jeff Ross Himself 12 episodes
2014 Drunk History Francis Scott Key Episode: "Baltimore"
2014 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: "Clown in the Dumps"
2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself Episode: "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties"
2016 Grandfathered Marv Episode: "Some Guy I'm Seeing"
2016 Dr. Ken Doug Episode: "Ken Tries Standup"
2016–2018 Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle Himself 19 episodes
2016 Future-Worm! Mr. Bleaker (voice) 2 episodes
2017–2018 Crashing Himself 2 episodes
2017–2019 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Hook Foot 24 episodes
2017 American Dad! Chief Danny (voice) Episode: "Camp Campawanda"
2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Sonny (voice) 2 episodes
2017 Teachers Fire Marshal Brownstein Episode: "Toxic Workplace"
2019 Sneaky Pete D.C. Doug 4 episodes
2019 Happy! Twigs (voice) 2 episodes
2019 Historical Roasts Himself 6 episodes
2019-2020 Crank Yankers Himself (voice) 2 episodes

Discography

References

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  6. ^ Johnson, Steve (October 13, 2009). "Mr. Cruel". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Retrieved May 1, 2019. He got to this place, as the new millennium Don Rickles, partly thanks to an insult-loving uncle, partly as a result of working in his dad's New Jersey catering business, where a multicultural work crew loved to bust on the boss' son.
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  14. ^ a b Terry, Gross (September 13, 2016). "Having Thick Skin Is A 'Survival Technique,' Says Comic Jeff Ross". Fresh Air. Event occurs at 27:23. NPR. Retrieved April 21, 2019. My great grandmother Rose, she started it a long time ago in the 50s...It was in Newark, New Jersey, and then later in Union, New Jersey. It was called Clinton Manor Catering. Judy Bloom wrote about it in her book "Wifey".
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