Jeffrey Ross a.k.a. "The Roastmaster General" is one of the most well respected comics working today. He has had many show-stopping performances at celebrity roasts honoring America's favorite stars such as William Shatner, Hugh Hefner, Donald Trump, Pamela Anderson and Emmet Smith inspired New York Magazine to crown him "The Meanest Man in Comedy".
Last year, Jeff served as a judge on ABC's summer reality series, "The Next Best Thing", and is currently touring the country doing stand-up. Jeff's directorial debut, "Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie" screened at many top festivals including South by Southwest, the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, The Hampton's Film Festival, the G.I. Film Festival, and even won Best Picture at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Jeff's "home movie" captures his life-changing experience entertaining U.S. troops stationed around Iraq during the early days of the U.S. Occupation. The New York Times reviewer declared Jeff, "...if not a hero, than someone who at least did his small part". The New York Post gave the film a perfect four out of four star review and declared it, "...the best documentary to emerge from the Iraq war so far". General Richard Meyers, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, said Jeff's film was... "...funny and poignant -- every American should see it". "Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie" aired on Showtime in honor of Memorial Day and is now available on DVD.
As a comic, Jeff has appeared on dozens of TV shows including David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Carson Daly, The View, The Today Show, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olberman", and "CNN's Glen Beck". Jeff also continues to perform stand up regularly at charity benefits and for U.S. soldiers stationed all over the world.
Jeff recently co-created and starred in MTV's highly irreverent and controversial animated series "Where My Dogs At?" in which he and "30 Rock's" Tracy Morgan play stray dogs wandering around Hollywood making fun of celebrities. Eventually the show pissed off so many people they had to pull the plug. Jeff has also written for the Oscars, the MTV Video Music Awards, and many comedy series including "The Man Show" on Comedy Central.
Jeff has done a number of dramatic turns on such awesome shows as "Weeds", "Six Feet Under" and "C.S.I.". In film, he has appeared in the Farrelley Brothers' "Stuck on You", and the critical sensation, "The Aristocrats".
Jeff is originally from New Jersey. Now he lives in New York and Los Angeles but still vacations in New Jersey because he's addicted to the smell. Jeff graduated with a degree in broadcasting and film and a minor in political science from Boston University. He got his black belt in karate at 10 1/2 years old. He got his black belt in bustin' balls when he joined the legendary New York Friars Club in 1995.
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Watch for Jeff’s hilarious new book, “We Only Roast the Ones We Love: How to bust balls without burning bridges.” Jeff’s new stand-up CD/DVD ’NO OFFENSE: LIVE FROM NEW JERSEY’ now available at amazon.com
Jeff's blistering performances at celebrity roasts honoring mega- stars like Hugh Hefner, Pamela Anderson, Donald Trump, Jerry Stiller, Drew Carey, and Shaquille O'Neal inspired New York Magazine to crown him "The Meanest Man in Comedy" -- and MTV to introduce him as..."A One-Man Verbal Assault Unit".
As a stand-up comic, Jeff has appeared on dozens of TV shows including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, Carson Daly, ABC's The View and HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. Jeff also continues to perform regularly for American men and women in uniform stationed all over the world. As a filmmaker, Jeff's directorial debut, "Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie" nabbed the best feature film award at the Montreal Comedy Festival. The film is a funny and poignant documentary that captures Jeff's life changing experience entertaining U.S. troops stationed around Iraq. In addition to Jeff's recent dramatic turn on the hit CBS show, "C.S.I.", he has appeared on HBO's "Six Feet Under" and Showtime's "Weeds".
In film, he has appeared in the Farrelly Brothers' "Stuck on You", Paul Weitz's upcoming "American Dreamz" and critically acclaimed comedy, "The Aristocrats". Jeff has also written and produced celebrity roasts for Comedy Central and executive-produced and hosted his own highly rated re- imagination of the roasts, "MTV's Bash of Carson Daly", which featured Madonna, Eminem, Fifty Cent, Britney Spears, P. Diddy, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Kid Rock, and Nelly all "bashing" the guest of honor for charity. Jeff has also written for some cool shows including the MTV Video Music Awards for hosts Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock and The 2000 Academy Awards for host Billy Crystal. He's also helped write the first season of "The Man Show" on Comedy Central and consulted on "Who's Line is it Anyway" for ABC. Occasionally Jeff even punches up movies for big shots like The Farrelly Brothers and Dreamworks Animation. Visit: http://www.myspace.com/jeffreyrosslive or http://www.jeffrey-ross.com/html/who.html