MODI Rosenfeld

Modi Rosenfeld (; born Mordechi Rosenfeld), known professionally as Modi (stylized as MODI) is an Israeli-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his Jewish humor and has become a mainstay among Orthodox audiences.

Early years Rosenfeld was born in Tel Aviv and moved to Woodmere, New York, with his family when he was seven years old. His parents spoke only Hebrew at home and the family spent their summers in Israel.

Career Modi is an established headliner at comedy clubs across the United States and is a regular fixture on the comedy scene in both New York and Los Angeles. His home club is the Comedy Cellar. Modi has performed for Orthodox, Reform and other non-Orthodox audiences internationally. He performed at the launch party of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon in Houston before takeoff. He has also performed for special Shabbat dinners for the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Rosenfeld has contributed to US Weekly as a member of the fashion police. He was a semi-finalist on the fourth season of Last Comic Standing.

Rosenfeld cites Don Rickles, Jackie Mason, George Carlin, and Louis CK as his comedic inspirations.

Rosenfeld is the co-founder and producer of the Chosen Comedy Festival, along with comedians Elon Gold and Dani Zoldan. The festival premiered in Coney Island in summer 2022. In 2024, he was inducted into Anu – Museum of the Jewish People's Hall of Fame for Jewish Humor.

He is the host of his own podcast called And Here's Modi. He has also been a guest on the podcasts Unorthodox, WTF with Marc Maron and Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake for the BBC. Rosenfeld has coined the term "Moshiach energy" to describe his performance style.

He is dyslexic and has been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.

Filmography Year Film/Show Role Notes 1997 Friday Night Modi TV series; episode: "Sunset Beach - Behind the Scenes" 2002 The Sopranos Etan TV series; episode: "Mergers and Acquisitions" 2003 Connecting Dots Tom 2004 Waiting for Woody Allen MendelShort film Der Kosh Rabbi Our Italian Husband Pasquale 2006 Ira & Abby Marvin the Limo Driver Agent Emes 5: Agent Emes and the Happy Chanukah Rocky Rabinowitz Video 2007 Stand Up Avi A Perfect Holiday Father in Line 2008 One, Two, Many Jermaine 2009 CSI: NY David Klein TV series; episode: "Yahrzeit" 2010 Horrorween Shlomo 2014–2015 Deadbeat Menachem Mendel 5 episodes 2017 Madam Secretary Oded Dahan TV series; episode: "The Essentials" 2019 Crashing Himself TV series; episode: "The Temple Gig"

Video games Year Game Role Notes 2008 Grand Theft Auto IVIssac Roth2009 Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned Archive footage Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony