"Funniest Comedian ELI ROTH vs BARRY ROTHBART"
ELI ROTH
Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, editor, writer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, first coming to prominence for directing the films Cabin Fever (2003) and Hostel (2005). Roth continued to work in the horror genre, directing the films Hostel: Part II (2007) and The Green Inferno (2013). He also expanded into other genres, directing the erotic thriller film Knock Knock (2015) and the action film Death Wish (2018), a remake of the 1974 original. Also in 2018, he directed the fantasy horror film The House with a Clock in Its Walls, his first PG-rated film and his highest domestic grosser to date. As an actor, Roth starred as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), for which he received a Critic's Choice Movie Award and a SAG Award. He also starred in the horror film Death Proof (2007) and the disaster film Aftershock (2012). Many journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and controversially bloody horror films. In 2013, Roth received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror at the Stanley Film Festival.
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BARRY ROTHBART
Barry Rothbart (born May 25, 1983) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He currently splits his time between Los Angeles and New York City. He was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2013. He played the role of Peter Deblasio in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street , played Kevin on ABC's Downward Dog and currently appears on Showtime's Kidding. Rothbart started out in commercials and found some early success there. In 2011, Rothbart made his stand up television debut on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 2013, he was named one of the "Top Ten Comics to Watch" by Variety magazine. In 2012, Rothbart landed a role on the revival of Punk'd but was fired after four episodes as a result of his management team leaking he had landed the role. In 2013 he landed the role of Peter Deblasio in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street. In June 2014, a show he wrote, 300 Sunnyside, was picked up by Comedy Central to air on their fall schedule of that year. Later that year, he released an album, Streets of Fire, on AST Records. He later played Kevin in the new ABC comedy Downward Dog.