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Gil Ozeri

Gil Ozeri is an American comedian, actor, and writer, known for his work writing for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Big Mouth, and Happy Endings.[1][2]

Career

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Ozeri started his comedy career with the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in New York, and has continued to collaborate with many fellow UCB actors, including Ben Schwartz, Jon Daly, and Adam Pally.[3] In addition to his television writing, he has gained attention for making short, surreal videos released via Snapchat.[4][5] He has garnered attention for stunts involving watching marathons of the entirety of the television shows Two and a Half Men and Entourage.[6][7]

In April 2019, he was announced as a main cast member in an NBC pilot, Friends-in-Law.[8]

Ozeri appeared on The George Lucas Talk Show charity fundraiser The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along.[9]

Personal life

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Ozeri is Jewish.[10] In 2017, Ozeri tweeted that his maternal grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and refugee, and that his father's parents were Yemeni Jews who, in 1948, were airlifted and taken in by Israel.[11][12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Slow Learners Dan
2020 Uncorked Richie
2020 Death of a Telemarketer Justin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Various Episode #14.25
2007 Starveillance Corey 3 episodes
2007 Bronx World Travelers Gil #2 2 episodes
2009 CollegeHumor Originals Sayid Episode: "Sayid from Lost Bombs at Stand-Up"
2009–2011 UCB Comedy Originals Len Bycel 3 episodes
2010–2011 The Back Room Various roles 4 episodes
2011 Happy Endings Yoni Episode: "Of Mice & Jazz-Kwon-Do"
2011 NTSF:SD:SUV:: College Kid 3-D Episode: "One Cabeza, Two Cabeza, Three Cabeza... Dead!"
2012 Friday Night Dinner Gary Fisher Television film
2013, 2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Alfie Gaye / Billy Big Mouth Guy 2 episodes
2014 Duty Lonnie Television film
2016, 2018 Another Period Harry Houdini / Waiter 2 episodes
2017 Drive Share Driver Episode: "Balls Deep"
2017 Powerless Zane Episode: "Cold Season"
2017 Animals Chuck Episode: "Roaches"
2017–present Big Mouth Gil, Various roles Voice, 18 episodes
2018 LA to Vegas Dummy Episode: "Overbooked"
2019 American Housewife Man Episode: "Phone Free Day"
2020 BlackAF Danny 7 episodes
2020 Search Party Cop #1 Episode: "The Accused Woman"
2020 Hoops Isaac 8 episodes
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm New Young Larry Episode: "The Mormon Advantage"
2022–2023 Human Resources Gil Voice, 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Arthur, Kenneth (2017-09-29). "Inside 'Big Mouth' and the Dark Secrets of Puberty with Nick Kroll". www.vulture.com. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. ^ "Why Aren't You Following Gil Ozeri On Snapchat?". Funny Or Die. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. ^ Fusco, Jon (2017-09-27). "Embrace Failure to Find Success: Jon Daly & Gil Ozeri on Becoming Comedy Performer-Writers". No Film School. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. ^ Fitz-Gerald, Sean (2016-04-08). "A Closer Look at Gil Ozeri's Very Surreal, Very Funny, Kind of Dangerous Snapchat". www.vulture.com. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  5. ^ Schroeder, Audra (2016-05-31). "Gil Ozeri is trying to fit in (to really small spaces) on Snapchat". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ^ "'Two And A Half Men' In Two And A Half Days: Comedian Gil Ozeri To Watch Entire Series Over Weekend". Huffington Post. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  7. ^ Eakin, Marah (11 June 2015). "Now you can relive the magic of Gil Ozeri's 47 hour Entourage-A-Thon". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  8. ^ Petski, Denise (2019-04-02). "'Friends-In-Law': Michael Urie, Zach Cregger, Vella Lovell & Gil Ozeri To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  9. ^ "The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along Part 12 - The Force Awakens". Youtube.
  10. ^ "The Big Jewcy: Gil Ozeri – Comedian And Writer." Archived 2021-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Fox, Jesse David. Jewcy.com. Published June 2, 2011. Accessed May 28, 2020.
  11. ^ @gilozeri (28 January 2017). "Yesterday, in light of Holocaust Memorial Day, I posted about my maternal grandfather, a Holocaust survivor and refugee taken in by the US" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @gilozeri (28 January 2017). "Now I post about my paternal grandparents, Yemeni Jews. In '48, they were airlifted out of Yemen, taken in by Israel. Yemen now on ban list" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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