| Jeff Ross | |
| Született | 1965. szeptember 13. (61 éves) Springfield Township |
| Állampolgársága | amerikai |
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Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (Springfield Township, 1965. szeptember 13. –) amerikai stand-up komikus, színész. Stílusa és a különféle ún. roast eseményeken való részvétele miatt a "Roastmaster General" becenevet kapta. A Chicago Tribune 2009-ben "az új évezred Don Rickles-ének" nevezte. Első filmje, a 2006-os Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie megnyerte a legjobb filmnek járó díjat a Comedia-filmfesztiválon.
Newarkban nevelkedett. Második osztályos korában családja Union Townshipbe költözött, később innen is elköltöztek, Springfield Townshipbe. Itt járt iskolába. Zsidó származású. Van egy nővére, Robyn. Mikor 14 éves volt, anyja leukémia következtében elhunyt. Amikor Ross 19 éves volt, apja is elhunyt.
Ross a Bostoni Egyetemen tanult. 1987-ben diplomázott.
Elmondása szerint a kemény gyermekkora miatt fejlődött ki benne a sértő humor (insult comedy), amelyet védekezésre használt.
Több televíziós sorozatban és filmben is szerepelt.
Comedian who earned the title "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy and Comedy Central celebrity roasts, Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz) turns 53...
{{cite news}}: More than one of |accessdate= és |access-date= specified (súgó)...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.
When Mr. Ross, who had become known as the Roastmaster General because of his performances on Comedy Central's celebrity events...
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}}: More than one of |accessdate= és |access-date= specified (súgó)Ross is the current New York Friars' Club Roastmaster General and a regular on the Comedy Central Roasts.
{{cite news}}: More than one of |accessdate= és |access-date= specified (súgó)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.
{{cite magazine}}: More than one of |accessdate= és |access-date= specified (súgó)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...
It wasn't until I reached Jonathan Dayton Regional High School in Springfield that I discovered the great power of the put-down.
Veteran roaster Jeff Ross..repeatedly told the audience of his Jewish roots, noting, "I love my people and you are my people..."
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."
After losing both parents while in his teens, the New Jersey native studied communications at Boston University...
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.'