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Amir Shmuel Blumenfeld (; (ヘブライ語:אמיר שמואל בלומנפלד); born January 18, 1983) is an Israeli American comedian, actor, writer and television host. Born in Israel, he moved to Los Angeles when he was two, and was hired by the New York-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''. 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 Originally made by Hurwitz and Blumenfeld in their spare time, the series was then produced by CollegeHumor.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. In 2011, CollegeHumor released ''Jake and Amir: Fired'', a 30-minute special that is the company's first paid content. Episodes of ''Jake and Amir'' average over 500,000 views; by 2012, over 500 had been produced. The pair have also hosted numerous live shows, and started the advice podcast ''If I Were You'' in 2013. In December 2013, it was announced that ''Jake and Amir'' would be adapted into a TBS television comedy with Ed Helms as an executive producer. 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. 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 writes for ''ESPN The Magazine'' and ''Mental Floss''. ==Early life== Blumenfeld was born in Afula, Israel, and moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of two with his parents and two older brothers—his family is Reform Jewish.〔 He has described how he became aware of his humor early on: "I realized I was funny at an early age, I realized I could make people laugh at a later age, and then by college time, I was trying to make jokes in terms of writing". He attended a Jewish kindergarten and elementary school,〔 before going to Milken Community High School, a private Jewish high school. During the summer, he attended computer camp and mathematics camp, but has expressed regret that he did not go to a Jewish summer camp. He then went on to study under the Haas Undergraduate Business Program at the University of California, Berkeley, hoping to get a creative job in advertising or marketing while writing comedy on the side. He graduated, and says he now uses his Bachelor of Science degree "to make somewhat intelligent jokes about finance and accounting, but nothing much beyond that."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amir Blumenfeld」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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