Jeff Ross

What fascinates me about Jeff Ross is how he turned cruelty into craft. Insult comedy is a tightrope: lean too hard and you are just a bully, pull back and the joke dies. Ross, the self-styled Roastmaster General, walks that line with a precision that feels almost surgical, yet there is unmistakable affection underneath every barb. A Boston University graduate from New Jersey choosing this brutal, unguarded art form says something about his nerve. Decades in, he keeps sharpening a skill most comics avoid entirely. I admire performers who specialize so fiercely, and Ross owns his lane completely.

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Name (English)

Jeff Ross

Name (Japanese)

ジェフリー・ロス

Reading

じぇふりー・ろす

Born

September 13, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Springfield Township, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / television presenter / stand-up comedian / comedian / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

High school

Jonathan Dayton High School

University

Boston University

• Official sitehttps://www.RoastmasterGeneral.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealjeffreyross/
• Xhttps://x.com/realjeffreyross
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Ross
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12858627

Tags

• New Jersey
• screenwriter
• television presenter
• stand-up comedian

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.