Jeff Ross#Filmography
{{short description|American stand-up comedian (born 1965)}}
{{redirect|Jeffrey Ross}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name = Jeff Ross
| image = Jeff Ross, Joint Base Andrews, May 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ross in May 2016
| birth_name = Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz
| pseudonym = Roastmaster General
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|13}}
| birth_place =
| medium = Stand-up, television, film
| active = 1989–present
| genre = Observational comedy, insult comedy, black comedy, cringe comedy, satire
| subject = American politics, Jewish culture, popular culture, self-deprecation, sex, current events, religion
| notable_work = Comedy Central Roasts
Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie
The Burn with Jeff Ross
| alma_mater = Boston University (B.S.)
| website = {{URL|https://roastmastergeneral.com/}}
}}
Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965){{cite news |author= |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...}} is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer. Nicknamed the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy, his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New York Friars Club, the Comedy Central Roast television series, and the Netflix historical comedy series Historical Roasts.{{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.}}{{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, 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...}}{{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, 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...}}{{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.}} In 2009 the Chicago Tribune called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles."{{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.}} 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.{{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 |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{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 |location=Decatur, Georgia, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404021843/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/09/comedia-laughing-stock-of-film-festivals.html |url-status=dead }}
Early life
Ross was raised in Newark, New Jersey, until he was in second grade; then his family moved to Union, New Jersey, and later to Springfield, New Jersey, where he attended Jonathan Dayton High School.{{cite news |last=Considine |first=Bob |date=September 29, 2011 |title=Take 5 with Jeffrey Ross |url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2011/09/take_5_with_jeffrey_ross.html|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051415/https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2011/09/take_5_with_jeffrey_ross.html|url-status=live|work=The Star-Ledger |location=Newark, New Jersey, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=I grew up in Newark, Union and Springfield. ... So we lived in Newark until I was in second grade, then we jumped to Union and then to Springfield, where I kind of stayed for a while. I lost my Mom when I was 14 and my Dad when I was 19...}}{{cite book |url= https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Only-Roast-the-Ones-I-Love/Jeffrey-Ross/9781439102794 |title=I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges|date=June 2010 |publisher=Simon & Schuster|page=64 |isbn=9781439102794 |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=It wasn't until I reached Jonathan Dayton Regional High School in Springfield that I discovered the great power of the put-down.}} He is Jewish and has a younger sister named Robyn.{{cite news |last=Wootliff |first=Raoul |date=January 10, 2018 |title=Chris Rock bares soul in roaringly honest Israel debut |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/chris-rock-bares-soul-in-roaringly-honest-israel-debut/ |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=Veteran roaster Jeff Ross..repeatedly told the audience of his Jewish roots, noting, “I love my people and you are my people...” }}{{cite magazine |last=Buckland |first=Jason |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Roastmaster General Jeffrey Ross Stands Up for More than Comedy |url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/jeff-ross-profile |url-status=live |magazine=Playboy |location=Chicago, Illinois, United States |publisher=Playboy Enterprises |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313135521/http://www.playboy.com/articles/jeff-ross-profile |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2019}} His mother Marsha died from leukemia when he was 14 years old.{{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=April 21, 2019 |series=Fresh Air |series-link=Fresh Air |first=Gross |last=Terry |network=NPR |date=September 13, 2016 |time=29:05 |quote=Terry Gross: "So you mention your parents. Your mother died when you were 14. Did she have cancer?" Jeff Ross: "She had leukemia." TG: "Then your father died when you were 19; that was sudden and unexpected." JR: "Yeah, doin' stupid stuff. Drugs." TG: "Oh really?" JR: "He was a single guy starting to make money in the 80s. I was away at college, my sister was a senior in highschool."}} His father died of drug-related causes when Ross was 19 years old and attending college. His father owned and ran Clinton Manor Catering, a business that was started by Ross's great-grandmother.{{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=April 21, 2019 |series=Fresh Air |series-link=Fresh Air |first=Gross |last=Terry |network=NPR |date=September 13, 2016 |time=27:23 |quote=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".}} The business was located in Newark, and later moved to Union.
Ross attended Boston University as a broadcasting and film major with a minor in political science.{{cite news |last=Pemberton |first=Patrick S. |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Roastmaster General: Comedian Jeff Ross on the art of the roast |url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article39498495.html |work=The Tribune |location=San Luis Obispo County, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=After losing both parents while in his teens, the New Jersey native studied communications at Boston University...}}{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Jim |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Jeff Ross: Roastmaster General |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/entertainmentlife/20170731/jeff-ross-roastmaster-general |work=Cape Cod Times |location=Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} He graduated from the Boston University College of Communication in 1987. 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 was an audio engineer.
Career
=Stand-up, writing and roast comedy=
Ross began performing stand-up in 1989 after attending a comedy class.{{cite web |url=http://www.sheckymagazine.com/jeffross.htm |title=The Shecky! Interview - Jeffrey Ross |website=Shecky Magazine |access-date=December 24, 2022}} He appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv in 1994.{{Cite episode | title = Dom Irrera, Bob Dubac, Jeff Ross, and more! |series = A&E's An Evening at the Improv |date= June 28, 1994 |season = 15, episode 26 }} By 1995 he was performing at iconic New York clubs like the Comedy Cellar and Stand Up NY.{{cite magazine |author= |date=August 28, 1995 |title=Comedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA151 |magazine=New York |location=New York City, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} That same year he was invited by the New York Friars Club to participate in a roast of actor Steven Seagal.{{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 |access-date=May 1, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois, United States}}
Ross became a regular at the Friars Club roasts and was given the title of "Roastmaster General".{{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}}{{cite news |last=Bliss |first=Jessica |date=March 13, 2012 |title=Roastmaster General takes aim at Nashville |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/218621839/ |work=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee, United States |page=3A |access-date=May 1, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |quote=The roastmaster designation is a title bestowed upon him by the New York Friar's Club, a private fraternity in New York City made up most of famous comedians.}} The Friars Club's first televised event was the roast of Drew Carey that was broadcast on Comedy Central in 1998.{{cite magazine |last=Love |first=Matthew |date=March 13, 2015 |title=Every Comedy Central Roast, From Worst to Best |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/every-comedy-central-roast-from-worst-to-best-178245/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=New York City, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} Ross credits a particular joke that he made at the expense of attendees Bea Arthur and Sandra Bernhard at the 1999 roast of Jerry Stiller for taking his roasting career to the next level.{{cite news |last=Holtzclaw |first=Mike |date=June 18, 2015 |title=The host with the 'roasts': Comedian Jeff Ross brings merciless style of stand-up to The Norva |url=https://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/dp-fea-jeff-ross-0619-20150618-story.html |work=Daily Press (Virginia) |location=Newport News, Virginia, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019|quote=It was in that role, at a 1999 roast of Jerry Stiller, that Ross got off an unspeakably vulgar zinger that simultaneously nailed both Sandra Bernhard and Bea Arthur (though Ross notes that it was Arthur's wordless "stink-eye" reaction that elevated the joke to comedic genius). To this day, he says, that is the joke that truly took his career to a higher level, the one that people still repeat to him.}} 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.
In 2003 Comedy Central began producing their own celebrity roasts. Ross has been a roaster at all Comedy Central roasts since the 2005 roast of Pamela Anderson. 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.{{cite news |last=Venutolo |first=Anthony |date=August 6, 2012 |title=Did comic Jeffrey Ross go too far at Roseanne's roast? |url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2011/09/take_5_with_jeffrey_ross.html |work=NJ.com |location=Iselin, New Jersey, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}
Ross has participated as a roaster on the following Comedy Central Roasts:
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- Pamela Anderson (2005)
- William Shatner (2006)
- Flavor Flav (2007)
- Bob Saget (2008)
- Larry the Cable Guy (2009)
- Joan Rivers (2009)
- David Hasselhoff (2010)
- Donald Trump (2011)
- Charlie Sheen (2011)
- Roseanne Barr (2012)
- James Franco (2013)
- Justin Bieber (2015)
- Rob Lowe (2016)
- The Border (2017)
- Bruce Willis (2018)
- Alec Baldwin (2019)
{{div col end}}
Ross has also written for, performed in or produced the roasts of the following celebrities:
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- Drew Carey (1998), produced by the New York Friars Club
- Jerry Stiller (1999), produced by the New York Friars Club
- Rob Reiner (2000), produced by the New York Friars Club
- Hugh Hefner (2001), produced by the New York Friars Club
- Carson Daly (2003), produced by MTV
- Gene Simmons (2008), produced by A&E
- Emmitt Smith (2008), produced by Shaquille O'Neal in the second installment of his TV series Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast
- Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic (aka Mike & Mike) (2008), produced by ESPN
- Tom Brady (2024), produced by Netflix{{div col end}}
File:160505-D-DB155-011 Comedian Jeff Ross at Joint Base Andrews in May 2016.jpg 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. Ross first traveled to Iraq in 2003 as part of a comedy tour hosted by Drew Carey.{{cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |date=May 27, 2006 |title=The Iraq Tour: A Comic's Education |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/27/arts/television/27heff.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York City, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} 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. 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. In 2006 the film was shown on Showtime and also screened at that year's South by Southwest Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2006_archive_-_final.pdf |title=SXSW Film Festival 2006 Line Up |author= |website=sxsw.com |publisher=South by Southwest |access-date=May 1, 2019}} In 2017 the USO made Ross the Ambassador of Veterans Outreach for the Artists & Athletes Alliance.{{cite news |last=Seabaugh |first=Julie |date=November 14, 2017 |title=Is Jeff Ross the Most Important Political Comic in Trump's America? |url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/jeff-ross-might-be-the-most-important-political-comic-in-trumps-america-8831009 |work=LA Weekly |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}
Ross published his first book, I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges, in 2009.{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Jeffrey |date=2009 |title=I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Only-Roast-the-Ones-I-Love/Jeffrey-Ross/9781439102794 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781439102794 |author-link=Jeff Ross}} The book recounts his journey to becoming Roastmaster General and includes tips on writing roast jokes and how to put on a roast.
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.{{cite news |last=Moser |first=John J. |date=March 23, 2018 |title=INTERVIEW: Comedian Jeff Ross, at Sands today with Dave Attell, tells how venue gave birth to the tour, talks about roasting career and new podcast |url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-jeff-ross-interview-dave-attell-sands-bethlehem-event-center-20180323-story.html |work=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}
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.{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 31, 2016 |title=Jeff Ross 'Roast Battle,' 'Police Roast' Headed to Comedy Central |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/jeff-ross-roast-battle-police-roast-headed-to-comedy-central-63162/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=New York City, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://theinterrobang.com/comedy-roast-competition-coming-television/ |title=Finally, the Comedy Roast Competition Battle is Coming to Television |author= |date=March 31, 2016 |website=The Interrobang |publisher=Orange Pop Media |access-date=May 1, 2019}} The following year he released Jeff Ross Roasts Cops where he performed for members of the Boston Police Department.
Ross and comedian Brian Moses launched Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on Comedy Central in 2016. 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. Ross also appeared as a battler in final episode of the show's third season in a battle with NBA player Blake Griffin.{{cite press release |author= |date=July 31, 2018 |title=Comedy Central Announces Judges, Battler for Season 3 of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle |url=https://press.cc.com/press-release/2018/07/23/press-jeff-ross-presents-roast-battle-season-3-premieres-tuesday-july-31-at-10-p-m |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801134135/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2018/07/23/press-jeff-ross-presents-roast-battle-season-3-premieres-tuesday-july-31-at-10-p-m |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |location=New York |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=April 30, 2019}}
In 2018 Ross and fellow comedian Dave Attell embarked on their Bumping Mics comedy tour.{{cite web |url=https://theinterrobang.com/dave-attell-jeffrey-ross-two-giants-bumping-mics-tour/ |title=Dave Attell and Jeffrey Ross: Two Giants, Bumping Mics on Tour |author= |date=March 1, 2018 |website=The Interrobang |publisher=Orange Pop Media |access-date=May 1, 2019}} Footage of their tour was also released in a three-part special, Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell, on Netflix,{{cite news |last=Hooper |first=Ben |date=December 7, 2018 |title=Attell and Ross: 'Real hero' of 'Bumping Mics' is 'the punchline' |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2018/12/07/Attell-and-Ross-Real-hero-of-Bumping-Mics-is-the-punchline/8331544123726/ |work=United Press International |location=Boca Raton, Florida, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} the series was filmed during three of their performances at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. Their shows consisted of observational and political humor interspersed with Ross and Attell roasting one another as well as members of the audience.{{cite news |last=Wiener |first=Sophie |date=November 30, 2018 |title=REVIEW: 'Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross and Dave Attell' is crude and mean, yet heartwarming |url=https://dailyfreepress.com/blog/2018/11/30/review-bumping-mics-with-jeff-ross-and-dave-attell-is-crude-and-mean-yet-heartwarming/ |work=The Daily Free Press |location=Boston, Massachusetts, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://theinterrobang.com/bumping-mics-dave-attell-jeff-ross-jfl/ |title=Bumping Mics With Dave Attell and Jeff Ross at JFL |last=Dahms |first=Sara |date=July 27, 2017 |website=The Interrobang |publisher=Orange Pop Media |access-date=May 1, 2019}} 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.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/jeffrey-ross-at-occupy-la_n_1026084.html |title=Jeffrey Ross At Occupy LA: Part Stand Up, Part Soap Box |author= |date=October 21, 2011 |website=The Huffington Post |publisher=AOL |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/jeff-ross-dressed-as-joe-paterno/ |title=Jeff Ross Went To Roseanne's Comedy Central Roast Dressed As Joe Paterno |last=Kurp |first=Josh |date=August 5, 2012 |website=Uproxx |access-date=May 1, 2019}} Some of his other film roles include a security guard in the film Stuck on You (2003) and a wedding band leader in the film Along Came Polly (2004).{{cite news |last=H |first=Tim |date=April 22, 2010 |title=Seven Questions: Jeffrey Ross, Comedian/Author of I Only Roast the Ones I Love |url=https://laist.com/2010/04/22/seven_questions_jeffrey_ross_comedi.php |work=LAist |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505192835/https://laist.com/2010/04/22/seven_questions_jeffrey_ross_comedi.php |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |url-status=dead }} Ross's television acting work includes roles on HBO's Six Feet Under and Crashing, and Showtime's Weeds.{{cite news |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=March 8, 2019 |title='Crashing' canceled after three seasons at HBO |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-crashing-canceled-20190308-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}} He also played a dramatic role on CBS's CSI.
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.{{cite web |url=https://ca.ign.com/articles/2006/06/06/jeffrey-ross-on-where-my-dogs-at |title=Jeffrey Ross on Where My Dogs At? |last=Zoromski |first=Brian |date=June 6, 2006 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |location=San Francisco, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019 }} Ross has also voiced characters on two episodes of the animated series Future-Worm! as well as on an episode of the live-action/animated series Happy!{{cite magazine |last=Flores |first=Terry |date=July 28, 2016 |title=Get to Know Ryan Quincy, Creator of Disney XD's New Series 'Future-Worm' |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/comedy-central-jeff-ross-roast-battle-1201909718/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/realjeffreyross/status/1121181826624581633 |title=@realjeffreyross |date=April 24, 2019 |website=Twitter |access-date=May 1, 2019 |quote=I play Pile Of Twigs and @pattonoswalt plays a unicorn named Happy on tonight’s episode of “Happy”. Watch and enjoy 10pm on @SYFY if you’re a dark fucked up person. #SeeHappy @happysyfy}} He also voiced himself in the 2012 episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth!", attending a literal roast of Batman.{{cite news |last=Strait |first=Patrick |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Jeff Ross talks Batman, losing his virginity, roasting Minnesota |url=http://www.citypages.com/arts/jeff-ross-talks-batman-losing-his-virginity-roasting-minnesota-6587278 |work=City Pages |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |access-date=May 1, 2019 }}
=Other appearances as himself=
Ross appeared in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats about the famous dirty joke of the same name.
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.
Ross appeared in the third tournament of Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2004, but lost in his first match. He was also a competitor on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars that aired in 2008. During rehearsal for their first dance, his dancing partner Edyta Śliwińska accidentally poked Ross in the eye, causing a scratched cornea. Against medical advice, Ross continued the competition, but the couple were the first to be eliminated.
In 2011 Ross visited the protesters of the Occupy movement in Los Angeles to support their cause. He took to the microphone at a stage set-up at Los Angeles City Hall. His talk included roasting Wall Street and the big banks.
In 2019, he appeared on an episode of Crank Yankers as himself.
Personal life
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.{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=July 18, 2014 |title='Roastmaster General' born to insult |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/423299230/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 1, 2019 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |location=Dunwoody, Georgia, United States |page=D4 |via=Newspapers.com |quote=Ross said his ability to insult people goes back to childhood in New Jersey. 'Everyone in my family was good at it. 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. He'd make fun of my braces, my buck teeth. I worked at my parent's catering hall and was the boss' son. He would give me a lot of crap.'}} 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."
In June 2020, an allegation that Ross had engaged in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old when he was 34 was published in the media; his accuser, Jessica Radtke, had also posted these allegations on her Facebook page in 2019.{{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Janice |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Jeff Ross Breaks His Silence About Alleged Relationship With a Minor |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jeff-ross-sexual-relationship-minor-1513126 |magazine=Newsweek |location=New York City, United States |access-date=August 7, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/jeff-ross-jessica-radtke-alleged-sexual-relationship-at-15.html |title='He Liked That I Was Innocent' Jessica Radtke met Jeff Ross at a comedy club at 15. Soon after, she alleges, they began a sexual relationship |last=Wright |first=Megh |date=August 5, 2020 |website=Vulture |publisher=New York |access-date=August 7, 2020}} Ross denied the allegations.{{cite magazine |last=Earl |first=William |date=June 23, 2020 |title=Comedian Jeff Ross Denies Accusation He Had Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jeff-ross-denies-sexual-relationship-underage-girl-1234646254 |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=August 7, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1164275/comedian-jeff-ross-denies-having-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-minor |title=Comedian Jeff Ross Denies Having a Sexual Relationship With a Minor |last=Avila |first=Pamela |date=June 23, 2020 |website=E! Online |publisher=NBCUniversal Television and Streaming |access-date=August 7, 2020}} In November 2020, Ross filed a defamation suit in the New York State Supreme Court, in which multiple named witnesses (including Radtke's father) refuted her allegations; Radtke was accused of extorting Ross for "significant sums of money".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 16, 2020|title=Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz vs. Jessica Radtke, Supreme Court of the State of New York|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/comedian.pdf|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=Courthouse News}} He dropped the case in March 2023.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 12, 2023|title=Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz vs. Jessica Radtke, Supreme Court of the State of New York|url=https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=GjDsHE0oEXCy0yyh0K9wAw==&system=prod|access-date=November 10, 2023|website=The Supreme Court Records On-Line Library}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Car Theft Victim | |
| 1998
| Taxman | Tax Collector | |
| 2000
| Shecky | |
| 2000
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | District Attorney | |
| 2003
| Security Guard | |
| 2003
| Beaze Security Guard | |
| 2004
| Wedding Band Leader | |
| 2006
| Oscar | |
| 2007
| Funny-Looking Bastard | Voice |
| 2008
| Ernie | Direct-to-video |
| 2011
| Douglas Silver | |
| 2015
| Wedding Singer | |
| 2016
| Masturbator | |
| 2016
| | Writer |
| 2017
| Gilbert | Himself | Documentary |
| 2017
| Internet Troll |Voice{{cite web |title=Jeffrey Ross (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jeffrey-Ross/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| 2024
|Rabbi Greenberg | |
| 2024
| Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year |Self |Comedy Special |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1994
| A&E's An Evening at the Improv | Himself | Episode: "Dom Irrera, Bob Dubac, Jeff Ross, and more!" |
| 1996
| Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Jeffrey |
| 1999
| Cosby | Carl | 2 episodes |
| 2000
| Bank Manager | Episode: "True Size" |
| 2002
| Security Guard | Episode: "Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction" |
| 2002
| 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
| Buddy | Voice, 8 episodes |
| 2007
| Himself | Episode: "Ah, Men" |
| 2010
| Himself | Episode: "Joke Overload" |
| 2011
| Insult Comic | Episode: "Big Time Guru" |
| 2011
| Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Himself |
| 2012
| Himself | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2012–2013
| Himself | 12 episodes |
| 2014
| Episode: "Baltimore" |
| 2014
| Himself | Voice, episode: "Clown in the Dumps" |
| 2014
| Himself | Episode: "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties" |
| 2016
| 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 |
| 2016
| Mr. Bleaker | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2017–2018
| Crashing | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019
| Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Hook Foot |
| 2017
| Chief Danny | Voice, episode: "Camp Campawanda" |
| 2017
| Sonny |
| 2017
| Teachers | Fire Marshal Brownstein | Episode: "Toxic Workplace" |
| 2018
|Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell |Himself |3 episodes |
| 2019
| D.C. Doug | 4 episodes |
| 2019
| Happy! | Twigs | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Himself | 6 episodes |
| 2019–2020
| Himself | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2021
| Himself | 1 episode |
| 2021
| The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Voice, episode: "Houseghosts" |
| 2023
| Himself - Contestant | Episode: "Lauren Lapkus, Ego Nwodim and Jeff Ross" |
| 2024
| Himself | Episode: "Animal Speed Roast" |
| 2024
| Jeff | Episode: "Lopez vs the Roast of George Lopez" |
Discography
- No Offense (2008, Shout! Factory) – CD/DVD/Download
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Jeff Ross}}
- {{official website}}
- {{IMDb name|743506|Jeff Ross}}
- [https://archive.today/20100724224142/http://www.comedyhalloffame.com/archives/jeffrey-ross/ Jeff Ross] at Comedy Hall of Fame Archives
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