Ahmed Ahmed
Actor/ Comedian/ Director/ Producer
- Role
- CEO at Comedian
- Location
- Riverside, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ahmed Ahmed
BIO:Ahmed Ahmed is an Egyptian/American/Muslim who started his acting career at the age of 19. After several years of being typecast as terrorists and cabdrivers he decided to shift into stand-up comedy to have a voice and this is where he made a name for himself. He is an internationally touring comedian and been in the comedy business going on 27 years. He’s also the co-founder of the groundbreaking Axis Of Evil Comedy Tour which aired on Comedy Central and later went on to make history taking that tour all around the Middle East performing for over people. Ahmed has been seen on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, has 2 Showtime comedy specials, Vince Vaughn‘s Wild West Comedy Show, WEEDS, Swingers, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan and Iron Man. He’s been in dozens of news articles and press including The View, CNN, Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, TMZ, NY Times and Post, Newsweek and GQ to name a few. He made his directorial debut with his award winning documentary called Just Like Us which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival and had a life on Netflix, Starz, Showtime and other various streaming platforms. This documentary garnered him an invite to the White House to have dinner with President Barack Obama. Following his documentary he was cast by Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley to star in TBS’s Sullivan and Son which aired for three seasons. Currently Ahmed can be seen in the recent documentary that just came out called TOO SOON on Vice TV.IMDB:https://m.imdb.com/name/nm00•••35/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6WIKI:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ahmed“Just Like Us” movie trailer (my directorial debut)https://youtu.be/tD62anixyakActing reel:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5M5QTb2yEbsThe Scapegoat (award winning film)I play all 4 charactershttps://youtu.be/gl_IQ87V0c4Stand up comedy:“Martin Lawrence - 1st Amendment Stand Up”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQSEXC-HRI“Lewis Black and Friends”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0khcISM2FyM“Gotham Comedy Comedy Magic Club”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86WJ8SMdVBU“Malaysian Convention Center”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pWzcjjWibqoSome 911 callhttps://youtu.be/YXHt8FuPJ60
Experience
CEO
Aug 1994 — Present · US
Education
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles
Bachelor's degree
1993 — 1994
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