Elon Gold

Elon Gold was born to Lynn and Sidney Gold of Goldstar Talent on September 14, 1970. He was raised in the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx in New York. His older brother Steven is involved in the music production industry. He had a younger brother Ari, an openly gay rhythm and blues singer. He attended the Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, New York and the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy in Manhattan.

He first starred in the television series Stacked. He also starred in the short lived sitcom In-Laws. Known for his impressions including those of Jeff Goldblum, Howard Stern and Jay Leno, Gold was also a judge on the celebrity impersonation competition series on ABC, The Next Best Thing. Gold was also in the movie Cheaper by the Dozen as one cameraman from The Oprah Winfrey Show. He had one recurring role on the short lived prime time show by ABC, The Dana Carvey Show in April 1996.

He often writes with his longtime friend and writing partner Ari Schiffer. The two have written multiple pilots together including one that sold to Touchstone Television. Touchstone purchased the script, Wifeless, which is about two straight best friends who get married. He appeared in several television shows, such as The Mentalist in February 2009 and Frasier in March 2004, on the final season of the show.[1][2]

His comedy special of April 2014, Chosen and Taken appeared on Netflix until 15 April 2018, when it was removed from the platform.[3] Gold appeared as himself in January 2019, this being in Season 3 of the series by Home Box Office, Crashing, with Pete Holmes and Modi Rosenfeld.[4]

He is an observant Jew.[5] On Friday, August 22, 2014, he was a victim of an antisemitic incident whilst walking home from one Shabbat dinner in Los Angeles, California.[6] He wrote an op ed about it in The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles a few days later.

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