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My Take
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.
Overview
Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer. He is nicknamed 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Springfield Township, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / television presenter / stand-up comedian / comedian / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Jonathan Dayton High School
- University
- Boston University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.