Amir Blumenfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Amir Blumenfeld

Israeli American comedian

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1983

Place of Birth: Afula, Northern District, Israel

Profession: actor, writer, comedian, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Amir Blumenfeld

  • Amir Shmuel Blumenfeld (; Hebrew: ???? ????? ?????????; born January 18, 1983) is an Israeli-American comedian, actor, writer, television host, and member of the American comedy duo, Jake and Amir.
  • Born in Israel, he moved to Los Angeles when he was two, and was hired by the New York City-based CollegeHumor in 2005.
  • As well as contributing to its books and articles, he has written and starred in original videos for the comedy website—appearing in series such as Hardly Working and Very Mary-Kate—and was a cast member on its short-lived MTV program The CollegeHumor Show. Amir first came to national prominence in 2004 when he was a semi-finalist during Yahoo's inaugural national IM Live contest, losing to the eventual champions.
  • Now, he is best known for appearing in the web series Jake and Amir with Jake Hurwitz, in which he plays an annoying and exaggerated version of himself.
  • Originally made by Hurwitz and Blumenfeld in their spare time, the series was then produced by CollegeHumor.
  • Blumenfeld's acting in the series gained him a Webby Award for Best Individual Performance in 2010.The Prank War series, which depicts Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell as they play a series of escalating practical jokes on each other, became popular and led to the two appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2009.
  • MTV later hired Seidell and Blumenfeld to host Pranked, a clip show featuring prank videos from the Internet.
  • Long after these events, the original series was revealed to have been staged.
  • Outside of CollegeHumor, Blumenfeld has appeared in the short film The Old Man and the Seymour, the television series Louie and I Just Want My Pants Back, and the 2011 film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.
  • He also wrote for ESPN The Magazine and Mental Floss.

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