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* The Rebbe's son in ''[[A Stranger Among Us]]''.
* Ben Stiller in ''[[Meet the Parents]]''.
* [[Adam Sandler]] tends to play the [[Nice Jewish Boy]] in about half of his movies, and [[Jerkass]] or [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] in the other half. This is most apparent in ''[[Eight Crazy Nights]]'', wherein he ''[[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|used]]'' [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|to be a Nice Jewish Boy]] before becoming a [[Jerkass]].
* The main character in ''[[American Pie]]''. He's a perv, but then [[All Men Are Perverts]], and other than that he's one of the best behaved characters.
* David Levinson of ''[[Independence Day]].'' He's played by [[Jeff Goldblum]].
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* Reuven Malter in ''[[The Chosen]]''. Danny was less so, due to his [[Tin Man|introspective nature]] and his father believed he had temptations toward becoming an [[Insufferable Genius]].
* Sent up brutally in ''[[Portnoy's Complaint|Portnoys Complaint]]''.
* Simon from the ''[[Mortal Instruments]]'' trilogy.
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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* Chase Matthews on Zoey 101.
* Robbie Shapiro on ''[[Victorious]]''. When he's not insulting people through his ventriloquist dummy.
* Hilariously subverted on the UK version of ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'', when Sir Alan Sugar berated one of the contestants for not knowing the difference between Kosher meat and Halal meat after claiming he was a 'good little jewish boy' on his application.
* Josh from ''[[Being Human (USA)]]''.
** George is Jewish, too. Maybe a little less nice, though.
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* On [[Seinfeld]], Jerry's mother can't be persuaded that her son isn't a [[Nice Jewish Boy]], although he very obviously is not.
* Sheldon in ''[[Less Than Kind]]''.
* Sol Star on [[Deadwood]] fits the mold of [[Nice Jewish Boy]] to a tee- which isn't really an asset, considering he lives in a [[The Wild West|Wild West]] town of murderers, thieves, gamblers, and drunks.
* Zachary Ezekiel Rosenblatt Beekerman also known as Zeke from [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] is probably the nicest character on the show. He's so nice, he sometimes blames himself for other people's problems.
* Jeremy on ''[[Sports Night]]''. Dan is less nice, but he's working on it.
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* [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]].
* [[Andrew Garfield]].
* Jesse Eisenberg
* [[Barry Manilow]]
* [http://www.good.is/post/what-women-want James Deen], described as "a guy that you would just hang out with at Hebrew school" and "the most normal guy in porn."
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== [[Theater]] ==
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Motel the tailor]] in ''[[Fiddler
* Mark Cohen in ''[[Rent]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Tommy Pickels from ''[[Rugrats]]''. It's even invoked in ''[[All Grown Up!]]''.
* [[Kim Possible]]'s partner Ron Stoppable.
* ''[[South Park]]'': Kyle Broflovski is probably the best modern version of the stereotype. Even though he can be a bit [[Hot-Blooded]] occasionally, mostly due to [[Jerkass|Cartman]]'s behavior, he can still be pretty nice, especially in later seasons. Unless, of course, something causes his [[Joisey|Inner Jersey]] to manifest. Like [[All Trolls Are Different|Sno]][[Jersey Shore|oki]].
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