Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz
(born September 13, 1965), best known as Jeffrey Ross
, is an American stand-up comedian, insult comic, actor and director.
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Comedy career
As a stand-up comic, Ross has appeared on TV shows such as
The Late Show with David Letterman
,
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
,
Jimmy Kimmel Live
,
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
,
Last Call with Carson Daly
,
Last Comic Standing
,
ABC's
The View
, and
HBO's
Real Time with Bill Maher
. In addition to his television credits, he is also a regular on
The Opie and Anthony Show
, and performs regularly for American servicemen and women stationed worldwide, and in support of the
Hurricane Katrina relief effort in
Louisiana and
Mississippi. Along with
Lisa Lampanelli, he is considered one of the last
insult comics.
Ross is also the current
New York Friars' Club "Roastmaster General", and was a roaster for the last six
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, and
Joan Rivers in 2009. 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
Joan Rivers.
TV career
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?
.
Dancing with the Stars
Ross competed on
seventh season of
Dancing with the Stars
. He was partnered with
Edyta Sliwinska. During rehearsal of their first dance, Ross was accidentally poked in the eye by Sliwinska, suffering a scratched cornea. Against doctor's advice, Ross continued the competition. They were the first couple to be eliminated.
Dancing with the Stars Performances
| Week #
| Dance/Song
| Judges' score
| Result
|
| 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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Directing
Ross' 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.
Personal life
Ross was born in
New Jersey.
[1] 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.
References
- ''Jeffrey Ross: No Offense''; Comedy Central; August 22, 2008.