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As a Boston University student at the tender age of 19, the
Boston Herald hailed Elon Gold as “a comedy star on the
rise.” Five years later, Comedy Central selected him and three
others (including Dave Chappelle) to be profiled in their Pipeline series of future comedy stars. Today, his star continues to
rise as Gold has established himself as one of the top comedians
in the country.
Growing
up in the Bronx, a big fan of comedy, Gold has emerged into
a naturally gifted stand-up comic, sketch performer, actor,
and writer. Having discovered at a very young age that he had
an uncanny ability to do impressions, Gold went from mimicking
teachers to mastering truly unique voices like Charles Grodin
and Howard Stern. In fact, Gold got to do Howard on Howard Stem’s
show and Grodin on Charles Grodin’s show. At 17, Gold began
his stand-up career and, one year later, Gold’s impression-infused
routine led to his first television appearance on MTV’s Half-Hour
Comedy Hour where he appeared alongside Chris Rock, Ray
Romano and Drew Carey. By the time he was an undergraduate student
at Boston University-- where he graduated cum laude with a B.A.
in Economics-- Gold was splitting his time between his studies
and touring comedy clubs and colleges across North America.
In 1993, Gold was invited to perform at the world-renowned Just
For Laughs Montreal International Comedy Festival, where he
appeared in a Showtime Network special hosted by the late John
Candy. This Montreal appearance, along with his work on the
MTV sketch series Comikaze, led to Gold’s first television
series on the ABC sketch show She TV which was hailed
by Time Magazine as one of the year’s Top Ten Shows.
His success in the comedy world provided the perfect segue to
his career as an actor. His credits include playing Mary Richards’
boss (‘the new Lou Grant”) on the highly-rated Mary & Rhoda movie of the week on ABC, a regular performer and writer on
Dana Carvey’s ABC sketch comedy series, star of the short-lived
WB series You’re the One and host of the Cable Ace Award-winning
Nickelodeon series Inside Eddie Johnson. Gold’s career
has taken a couple of dramatic turns with performances in the
independent features Restaurant and Origin of the
Species where he starred alongside Amanda Peet.
In 2000, Gold combined his stand-up, writing and acting skills
to develop and star in the Columbia TriStar pilot Good as
Gold. Along with his co-creator and co-writer Ira Ungerleider
(Friends), Gold assembled an all-star cast including
Mary Tyler Moore as his mom, Elliot Gould as his father and
Jonathan Silverman as his brother. Although the pilot did not
become a network series, Gold learned the value of mining his
real life for comedic inspiration.
With
that lesson learned, Gold took another one of his life experiences--
he and his wife living with his in-laws-- and pitched a series
idea that soon found a home at Paramount and NBC. With Frasier star Kelsey Grammer executive producing, Frasier executive producer Mark Reisman writing and executive producing,
acclaimed feature film star Dennis Farina starring as his father-in-law,
and multiple Emmy Award-winning actress Jean Smart starring
as his mother-in-law, once again Gold has mined comedy gold
from his miserable existence. In Laws was only on NBC
for a season, but he's already taking another stab at a successful
sitcom with a pilot script he wrote, that is currentlly in development
for next year.
As
he gets set to make his third appearance on The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno, Gold is currently performing at corporate
events and comedy clubs across the country doing what he does
best ... makin' em laugh! Currently, Gold splits his time between
New York and Los Angeles, and between the Friar’s Club and time
with his wife Sacha and son Brandon. . .and, of course, his
in-laws.
Recent Highlights:
I Love the 70's (VH1)
I Love the 80's (VH1)
Guest Host Talk Soup (Comedy Central)
In Laws (NBC)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien(NBC)
Rosie O'Donnell Show
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