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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Dan Dreiberg, from ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'', is [[Ambiguously Jewish]], but according to [[Word of God]] is actually a lapsed Calvinist. Nonetheless, the fact he behaves a lot like a [[Nice Jewish Boy]] is almost certainly partially responsible for the widespread [[Fanon]] that he's a Jew.
* Ted Kord, the [[Blue Beetle]], who employs a distinctly Yiddish turn of phrase for the whole time he's being written by Len Wein and displays elements of this trope.
* Billy / "Wiccan" in ''[[Young Avengers]]'', although he wasn't confirmed to be Jewish for some time.
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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 Withwith a Heart of Gold]] in the other half. This is most apparent in ''[[Eight Crazy Nights (Animation)|Eight Crazy Nights]]'', wherein he ''[[Used to Be Aa Sweet Kid|used]]'' [[Used to Be Aa 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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* Rabin in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Star Trek Expanded Universe|novel]] ''Vulcan's Forge''.
* 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 (Literature)|Portnoys Complaint]]''.
* Simon from the ''[[Mortal Instruments]]'' trilogy.
 
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Dr. James Wilson. Sensitive, caring, has an excellent bedside manner, and retains his composure without being the least bit cold when dealing with dying cancer patients. Even when he does bad things (like rat his best friend out to the police), it's almost always motivated by good intentions (getting said best friend off drugs). His biggest character flaw may be that he's ''too'' selfless. And his mother can talk about, "My son, the doctor..."
* Charlie Eppes, from ''[[Numb3rs]]'', though he is non-observant.
* Largely wanted by [[The Nanny|Nanny Fine]] in the early seasons.
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* Howard on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' when he's not a complete pervert (which isn't that often).
* Brian Krakow on My So-Called Life.
* David "Gordo" Gordon on ''[[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]]''.
* 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 Remake]]''.
** George is Jewish, too. Maybe a little less nice, though.
* It isn't often mentioned in ''[[The Wonder Years]]'', but Kevin's best friend Paul Pfeiffer is Jewish: one episode featured his bar mitzvah. A [[Adorkable|geeky]] [[Nice Guy]], he fits the trope.
* Matt Parkman, from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', is Jewish according to [[Word of God]].
* 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]]''.
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* Logan Lerman.
* Chaim Weisman.
* [[The Daily Show (TV)|Jon Stewart.]]
* Abba Eban.
* Jake Gyllenhaal (mother is Jewish).
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* [[Andrew Garfield]].
* Jesse Eisenberg
* [[Barry Manilow (Music)|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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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Tommy Pickels from ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]''. It's even invoked in ''[[All Grown Up (Animation)|All Grown Up]]''.
* [[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'s partner Ron Stoppable.
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|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]].
* T.J. Detweiler from ''[[Recess (Animation)|Recess]]'', though he's more [[Ambiguously Jewish]] from the events of the [[Christmas Episode]].
 
== Other ==
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