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Jeff Ross (Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz) was born on 13 September, 1965 in Springfield Township, NJ, is an American stand-up comedian. Discover Jeff Ross's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz
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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 13 September 1965
Birthday 13 September
Birthplace Springfield Township, NJ
Nationality United States

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1965

Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

He is best known as 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.

1987

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.

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.

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."

1989

Ross began performing stand-up in 1989 after attending a comedy class.

1994

He appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv in 1994.

1995

By 1995 he was performing at iconic New York clubs like the Comedy Cellar and Stand Up NY.

That same year he was invited by the New York Friars Club to participate in a roast of actor Steven Seagal.

Ross became a regular at the Friars Club roasts and was given the title of "Roastmaster General".

1998

The Friars Club's first televised event was the roast of Drew Carey that was broadcast on Comedy Central in 1998.

1999

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.

2000

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.

2003

In 2003 Comedy Central began producing their own celebrity roasts.

Ross first traveled to Iraq in 2003 as part of a comedy tour hosted by Drew Carey.

2005

Ross has been a roaster at all Comedy Central roasts since the 2005 roast of Pamela Anderson.

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.

2006

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.

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.

He is Jewish and has a younger sister named Robyn.

His mother Marsha died from leukemia when he was 14 years old.

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.

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.

In 2006 the film was shown on Showtime and also screened at that year's South by Southwest Film Festival.

2009

In 2009 the Chicago Tribune called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles."

Ross published his first book, I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges, in 2009.

The book recounts his journey to becoming Roastmaster General and includes tips on writing roast jokes and how to put on a roast.

2012

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.

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 has taken part in several USO tours and has performed stand-up comedy at US Military bases in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq.

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.

2015

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.

The following year he released Jeff Ross Roasts Cops where he performed for members of the Boston Police Department.

2016

Ross and comedian Brian Moses launched Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on Comedy Central in 2016.

2017

In 2017 the USO made Ross the Ambassador of Veterans Outreach for the Artists & Athletes Alliance.