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Modi Rosenfeld Born Mordechai Rosenfeld
April 29, 1970
Tel Aviv, IsraelOccupation Stand-up comedian, actor Religion Judaism Modi Rosenfeld (born April 29, 1970 in Tel Aviv, Israel), known professionally as Modi (born Mordechai Rosenfeld)[1] is a stand-up comedian, actor, and cantor.[2]
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Biography
Rosenfeld was born in 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. Although he has called Los Angeles home, he owns an apartment in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and currently lives in NYC.
Rosenfeld studied cantorial music at Yeshiva University's Belz School of Music and is a cantor, or chazzan 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]
Rosenfeld is an established headliner at comedy clubs and colleges across America and is a regular fixture on the comedy scene in both New York and Los Angeles.[4] He performed at the launch party of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon in Houston before takeoff.[1] Ramon, the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, died in the fatal last mission of Columbia in 2003.
Rosenfeld has contributed to US Weekly as a member of the fashion police[5][6] and was also semi-finalist on the fourth season of Last Comic Standing.[7]
Filmography
Year Film/Show Role Notes 2002 Sopranos Etan Episode: Mergers & Acquisitions 2004 Waiting for Woody Allen Mendel Short film 2004 Our Italian Husband Pasquale 2006 Stand Up himself 2007 A Perfect Holiday father in line 2009 CSI: NY David Klein Episode: Yahrzeit 2010 Horrorween Shlomo External links
References
- ^ a b c d e Comedy is Calling, Jewlarious.com
- ^ Modi Rosenfeld at IMDb
- ^ Backstage Show me the Funny: Making Money in Stand-up Comedy, May 21, 1999
- ^ Laugh Factory.com
- ^ US Weekly Fashion police, 2001
- ^ US Weekly Fashion police, 2003
- ^ Hollywood Reporter Lynch part of the family for CBS Pilot, September 26, 2006
Categories:- Jewish comedians
- George W. Hewlett High School alumni
- Boston University alumni
- Yeshiva University alumni
- People from Five Towns, New York
- American stand-up comedians
- Hazzans
- 1970 births
- Living people
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