Modi Rosenfeld

Modi Rosenfeld (born April 29, 1970, in Tel Aviv, Israel as Mordechi Rosenfeld), known professionally as Modi[1] (stylized as MODI) is a stand-up comedian and actor.[2]

Modi Rosenfeld
Born
Mordechi Rosenfeld

(1970-04-29) April 29, 1970
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationStand-up comedian, actor, cantor

Early years

Modi was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and moved to Woodmere, New York, with his family when he was seven years old.[1] He graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1988 and Boston University in 1992, majoring in psychology and minoring in voice.

Modi studied cantorial music at Yeshiva University's Belz School of Music and is a cantor, or hazzan, at the Community Synagogue on 6th Street in Manhattan.[1] He was a Wall Street international banker for Merrill Lynch before entering comedy.[1][3]

Career

Modi is an established headliner at comedy clubs and colleges across the United States and is a regular fixture on the comedy scene in both New York and Los Angeles.[4] His home club is the Comedy Cellar. Modi's background and ability to adapt to a variety of audiences has allowed him to create a niche within the Jewish community, performing for Reform and Orthodox audiences around the world.[5] He performed at the launch party of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon in Houston before takeoff.[1]

Modi has contributed to US Weekly as a member of the fashion police[6][7] and was also semi-finalist on the fourth season of Last Comic Standing.[8]

Modi claims Don Rickles, Jackie Mason, George Carlin and Louis CK as inspirations for his comedy.[4]

Filmography
Year Film/Show Role Notes
1997 Friday Night Modi TV series; episode: "Sunset Beach - Behind the Scenes"
2002 The Sopranos Etan TV series; episode: "Mergers and Acquisitions"
2003 Connecting Dots Tom
2004 Waiting for Woody Allen Mendel Short film
Der Kosh Rabbi
Our Italian Husband Pasquale
2006 Ira & Abby Marvin the Limo Driver
Agent Emes 5: Agent Emes and the Happy Chanukah Rocky Ranbinowitz Video
2007 Stand Up Avi
A Perfect Holiday Father in Line
2008 One, Two, Many Jermaine
2009 CSI: NY David Klein TV series; episode: "Yahrzeit"
2010 Horrorween Shlomo
2014–2015 Deadbeat Menachem Mendel 5 episodes
2017 Madam Secretary Oded Dahan TV series; episode: "The Essentials"
2019 Crashing Himself TV series; episode: "The Temple Gig"

Video games
Year Game Role Notes
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Issac Roth
2009 Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned Archive footage
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

See also

References
  1. Comedy is Calling, Jewlarious.com
  2. Modi Rosenfeld at IMDb
  3. Backstage Show me the Funny: Making Money in Stand-up Comedy Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, May 21, 1999
  4. Baltimore Jewish Times Something to Laugh About, March 27, 2014
  5. Laugh Factory.com
  6. US Weekly Fashion police Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2001
  7. US Weekly Fashion police Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2003
  8. Hollywood Reporter Lynch part of the family for CBS Pilot, September 26, 2006
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.