"Funniest Comedian JONATHAN ROSS vs LONNY ROSS"

Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, film critic, actor and comedian. Best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross during the 2000s, Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 and acted as a film critic and presenter of the Film programme. After leaving the BBC, Ross then began hosting a new chat show on ITV, The Jonathan Ross Show. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over and being a regular presenter of the British Comedy Awards. Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the Film programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three BAFTA awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences. Ross has been married to the author, journalist and broadcaster Jane Goldman since 1988; they have three children. Ross and Goldman have together established the television production company Hotsauce TV. Ross is known as an avid fan and collector of comic books and memorabilia, and has written his own comic books, Turf and America's Got Powers. Ross is known for his distinctive voice, flamboyant style of dress, light-hearted banter and his characteristic difficulty in pronouncing the letter 'R'.

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Lonny Ross (born 1978) is an American comedy actor and writer. Ross was born in Wantagh, New York. He attended and graduated from Wantagh High School in 1996. As part of the ensemble on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, he received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work as Josh Girard. He appeared in 37 episodes between 2006 and 2009. Lonny also appeared on the Cartoon Network live action series Level Up as Max Ross, the eccentric billionaire video-game designer. Lonny participated in a Level Up cast panel discussion at Comic-Con. He has also appeared in the films Good Luck Chuck, The Rocker and College Road Trip. He has written a comedy pilot for the Independent Film Channel, and a web series for Comedy Central.

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