A Really Short Bio With An Amazing Piece Of Trivia At The End
Jeff Solomon is an actor/comedian/musician based in New York. He studied acting at Stella Adler, composition at Cornell and improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade. He is a co-founder of Elephant Larry, an award-winning sketch comedy group that has performed in every major US city and created videos for CollegeHumor, YouTube NextLab and Broadway Video's Above Average Network that have accrued over 50 million views. His TV work includes Orange Is The New Black, Deadbeat (directed by Troy Miller, Arrested Development), Person Of Interest, the new ABC series Forever and sketch comedy appearances on VH1, MTV and G4, as well as commercials for American Express, McDonald's, Virgin Mobile, Bing, Wall Street Journal, Google, Comedy Central and ESPN SportsCenter.
When Jeff was five, a pelican in the Montreal Zoo reached over the bars of its cage, stuffed Jeff's entire head in its mouth and tried to yank it off.
Press & Awards
Tesla (off-Broadway)
"Solomon is a character-actor dream, utilizing every entrance and exit and all that lay between, allowing spontaneous reactions to mingle with precise choices." - NYTheatre.com
"Guglielmo Marconi is played with brilliant comic effect by Jeff Solomon." - Worleygig
"Jeff Solomon provided much comic relief to a moving and entertaining off-Broadway production." [4.5/5 stars] - Digital Journal
"Guglielmo Marconi is played magnificently by Jeff Solomon; you could hear the sound of the audience rising to a smile each time [he] struts onto the stage." - David Kent
Elephant Larry
"A hilarious multimedia mix of the deadpan and the maniacal. The sketches call to mind, variously, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall and Second City, yet they don't feel like knockoffs." - New York Times
Village Voice Best Of NYC - Comedy
Time Out New York and Chicago - Critic's Pick
New York Magazine - Critic's Pick, Approval Matrix
ECNY Awards - Best Comedic Short Film, "Minesweeper: The Movie"
Backstage Magazine - Top 10 Comedy Best Bet
LA Comedy Shorts Festival - Official Selection
Livia Scott Sketch Program
"I went back to UCB Chelsea to check out Livia Scott’s Sketch Program and it was great. A stand-out on the show was Jeff Solomon from the sketch comedy troupe Elephant Larry, who’s also been seen on Person of Interest and Orange Is The New Black." -- The Interrobang
The Apple Sisters
New York Innovative Theatre Awards - Outstanding Musical, Best Original Music
Open House
Finalist, LIC One-Act Festival
Jeff Solomon is an actor/comedian/musician based in New York. He studied acting at Stella Adler, composition at Cornell and improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade. He is a co-founder of Elephant Larry, an award-winning sketch comedy group that has performed in every major US city and created videos for CollegeHumor, YouTube NextLab and Broadway Video's Above Average Network that have accrued over 50 million views. His TV work includes Orange Is The New Black, Deadbeat (directed by Troy Miller, Arrested Development), Person Of Interest, the new ABC series Forever and sketch comedy appearances on VH1, MTV and G4, as well as commercials for American Express, McDonald's, Virgin Mobile, Bing, Wall Street Journal, Google, Comedy Central and ESPN SportsCenter.
When Jeff was five, a pelican in the Montreal Zoo reached over the bars of its cage, stuffed Jeff's entire head in its mouth and tried to yank it off.
Press & Awards
Tesla (off-Broadway)
"Solomon is a character-actor dream, utilizing every entrance and exit and all that lay between, allowing spontaneous reactions to mingle with precise choices." - NYTheatre.com
"Guglielmo Marconi is played with brilliant comic effect by Jeff Solomon." - Worleygig
"Jeff Solomon provided much comic relief to a moving and entertaining off-Broadway production." [4.5/5 stars] - Digital Journal
"Guglielmo Marconi is played magnificently by Jeff Solomon; you could hear the sound of the audience rising to a smile each time [he] struts onto the stage." - David Kent
Elephant Larry
"A hilarious multimedia mix of the deadpan and the maniacal. The sketches call to mind, variously, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall and Second City, yet they don't feel like knockoffs." - New York Times
Village Voice Best Of NYC - Comedy
Time Out New York and Chicago - Critic's Pick
New York Magazine - Critic's Pick, Approval Matrix
ECNY Awards - Best Comedic Short Film, "Minesweeper: The Movie"
Backstage Magazine - Top 10 Comedy Best Bet
LA Comedy Shorts Festival - Official Selection
Livia Scott Sketch Program
"I went back to UCB Chelsea to check out Livia Scott’s Sketch Program and it was great. A stand-out on the show was Jeff Solomon from the sketch comedy troupe Elephant Larry, who’s also been seen on Person of Interest and Orange Is The New Black." -- The Interrobang
The Apple Sisters
New York Innovative Theatre Awards - Outstanding Musical, Best Original Music
Open House
Finalist, LIC One-Act Festival
