Gil Ozeri is an American comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his work writing for ''
Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', ''
Big Mouth'', and ''
Happy Endings''.
Career
Ozeri started his comedy career with the
Upright Citizens Brigade
The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Adam McKay, ...
in New York, and has continued to collaborate with many fellow UCB actors, including
Ben Schwartz,
Jon Daly
Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show''. In 2013 he starred as H ...
, and
Adam Pally
Adam Saul Pally (born March 18, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Max Blum in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'' and as Dr. Peter Prentice in '' The Mindy Project''. He also starr ...
. In addition to his television writing, he has gained attention for making short, surreal videos released via
Snapchat. He has also garnered attention for stunts involving watching marathons of the entirety of the television shows ''
Two and a Half Men
''Two and a Half Men'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015. Originally starring Charlie Sheen in the lead role alongside Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones, the ...
'' and
''Entourage''.
In April 2019, he was announced as a main cast member in an NBC pilot, ''Friends-in-Law''.
Ozeri appeared on ''
The George Lucas Talk Show
''The George Lucas Talk Show'' is an improvised talk show in New York City hosted by comedian Connor Ratliff, who appears as George Lucas, the creator of '' Star Wars'', and he interviews real guests as themselves in a panel format. He is join ...
'' charity fundraiser, ''The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along.''
Personal life
Ozeri is
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
. In 2017, Ozeri tweeted that his mother's father was a
Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...
survivor and refugee, and that his father's parents were
Yemeni Jews
Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the ...
who, in 1948,
were airlifted and taken in by Israel.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
Living people
American Jews
American people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
American television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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