Jeffrey Dye (born February 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Early life

Dye was born in 1983 in

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and raised in

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. He attended Kentwood High School in Covington. Dye is of Spanish, French-Canadian, German and Jewish descent.

Career

Dye has hosted two series for

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—''Numbnuts'' and ''Money From Strangers'' and also appeared on ''Girl Code''. He was a finalist on the sixth season of the

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series ''

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'', finishing third behind Marcus and winner

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. He then performed in a 50-city tour with the other top competitors. Dye performed at the TBS Comedy Festival in Chicago and '' Comedy Central's Live At Gotham'' before starring in his own half-hour comedy special titled '' Comedy Central Presents Jeff Dye'' in 2010. As of 2011, Dye was a recurring cast member on ABC's show '' Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''. Dye was the host of ''MTV's Club New Year's Eve 2013 Live'' from Time's Square. Dye can be seen as the lead in

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's award-winning music video, ''

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''. Dye was a correspondent for

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's ''Comic-Con All Access 2014''. In January 2015, he supported the Seattle Seahawks for

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's ''Enemy Territory''. Dye was also a recurring celebrity cast member on

's game show '' I Can Do That'' which aired during the summer of 2015. Dye appeared on Ken Reid's ''TV Guidance Counselor'' podcast on September 16, 2015. He was on the 2016 reality show '' Better Late Than Never'' as the tour organizer and suitcase holder for

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and

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while they toured Asia. Also in 2016, Dye was a contestant playing for charity, on season 3, episode 18 of the game show

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. Dye returned to '' Better Late Than Never'' in 2017-2018 alongside Shatner, Bradshaw, Foreman and Winkler as "The Sidekick" while they toured Europe and Morocco. In 2019 Dye appeared in ''The Wedding Year''. In 2020 and 2021 Dye served as a panelist on ''The Masked Singer'' and ''I Can See Your Voice''. Dye has been the host of ''Jeff Dye's Friendship Podcast'' on the

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network since March 29, 2018. In Spring of 2022 Dye began filming his first feature film entitled "Stealing Jokes" from director Mike Young. The film follows three comics who hit the road, turn the tables on shady club owners and pull off a major heist. Dye joined Freddie Prinze Jr.'s professional wrestling based Podcast ''Wrestling with Freddie'' as a co-host.

Personal life

Dye's elder sister, Janice, died in a car accident in

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, on December 3, 2015. Due to undiagnosed dyslexia, Dye did not learn to read until he was 20-years-old. Dye is known for being a

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enthusiast and resides in Los Angeles, California.

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