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

Ozeri started his comedy career with the Upright Citizens Brigade 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 also 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

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

Film


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

Television

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

^ Arthur, Kenneth (2017-09-29). "Inside 'Big Mouth' and the Dark Secrets of Puberty with Nick Kroll". www.vulture.com. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
^ "Why Aren't You Following Gil Ozeri On Snapchat?". Funny Or Die. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "'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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along Part 12 - The Force Awakens". Youtube.
^ "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.
^ @gilozeri (January 28, 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.
^ @gilozeri (January 28, 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.

External links

Gil Ozeri at IMDb

[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 (January 28, 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 (January 28, 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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