Ze Frank

Ze Frank
Frank at the 2010 Streamy Awards
Born	Hosea Jan Frank (1972-03-31) March 31, 1972 (age 44) Guilderland, New York, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known for	nerdcore comedy
Notable work	the show, a show
Spouse(s)	Jody Brandt (2003-present)
Website	ZeFrank.com

Ze Frank (/ˈzeɪ/; born Hosea Jan Frank on March 31, 1972) is an American online performance artist, composer, humorist and public speaker based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently the president of BuzzFeed Entertainment Group.

Frank was born to German-American parents and raised in a suburb of Albany, New York. He has a sister, who is a painter, as was indicated in the show.

He was educated at Montessori school, known for its constructivist teaching methods, and graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience from Brown University in 1995. At the university, he played guitar and sang lead vocals for a funk/jam band called Dowdy Smack, along with Blues Traveler bassist Tad Kinchla, until its dissolution in 1998. In 2003 he married his longtime girlfriend Jody Brandt whom he met at Brown University. Jody is a licensed psychologist. At the end of 2008, Frank and his wife moved from Brooklyn Heights, NYC, to Westwood, Los Angeles, CA.