Josh Ostrovsky Bio

Josh Ostrovsky is an American social media personality, businessman, vintner, and writer. He is more popularly known by his social media moniker ‘The Fat Jew’. A Manhattan native, he was a moderately active child actor and appeared in several television commercials. As he wanted to continue being an actor as an adult as well, he took performance art classes in college. In 2004, he founded the comedic hip-hop band Team Facelift with three others. The group carved a niche for itself with its bizarre theatrics and antics. They released one album and five mixtapes before their break-up in 2012. Ostrovsky set up his Instagram account in 2009 and initially the response was nothing beyond lukewarm. However, it all changed in June 2013 when his video about teaching homeless people soul cycle classes on parked Citi Bikes went viral. After witnessing a meteoric rise to fame, these days he has over 10 million followers on Instagram, the social media platform he primarily uses as the medium for his comedy.