Jeffrey Ross

About

Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz; September 15, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, insult comic, actor, director and author. His skill doing high-profile celebrity roasts has dubbed him "The Roastmaster General." Jeffrey Ross was born and raised in Springfield, New Jersey.[2] He attended Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield. He is Jewish, as mentioned in his 2008 Comedy Central stand-up special, Jeffrey Ross: No Offense. He is a graduate of Boston University's College of Communication. In a 2008 interview for the student-run BUTV10 program Full Circle, Ross mentioned that during his college years he was the director at BU's WTBU and worked at the local NPR affiliate.[citation needed] His mother died from leukemia when he was 14 years old. His father died 5 years later when Ross was 19 years old.