Vince Offer

Vince Offer is an Israeli-born American infomercial pitchman, screenwriter and director known for selling the ShamWow! towel and the Slap Chop.

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Born: 25 April 1964, Beersheba
Occupation: screenwriter, film director, businessperson, director

Vince Offer was born in 1964 in Beersheba

Offer was born Offer Vince Shlomi in Beersheba, Israel, in 1964. His family moved to the United States when he was a child, and a single mother raised him in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He left high school and moved to Los Angeles.

He took the name Vince Offer in 1986 and began appearing on public access television. In 1996 he directed and appeared in The Underground Comedy Movie, which got negative reviews and led to several lawsuits. After going bankrupt, he sold the film through late-night infomercials.

In 2006 he started marketing an absorbent towel he called ShamWow!, and its ad was filmed in 2007. He also sold products such as the Slap Chop and made a 2010 ad for Eminem's Recovery album. In 2013 he released InAPPropriate Comedy, which he wrote and directed.

In 2026 he ran for Congress, seeking the Republican nomination in Texas's 31st district against John Carter, and lost.