Maziar "Maz" Jobrani
(?????? ?????? born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian-born American comedian who is part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. [1] Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, on radio and in comedy clubs. His filmography includes roles in The Interpreter
, Friday After Next
, and Dragonfly
.
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Biography
Born in
Tehran,
Iran [2], Jobrani's parents moved to
California and he grew up in
Tiburon in the
San Francisco Bay area. He attended
Redwood High School in
Larkspur. Jobrani did not take the conventional route to performing comedy. He studied political science and Italian at
UC Berkeley, where he received a B.A. degree. In fact, Jobrani was enrolled in a Ph.D. program at
UCLA when he decided to pursue his childhood dream of acting and performing comedy.
[3] He has since made appearances on shows like
The Colbert Report
,
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
,
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
,
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
and regularly performs at top comedy clubs (in CA and NY) such as
The Comedy Store. He also made an appearance as a dental patient on an episode of
Still Standing
, as well as appearing shortly in the beginning of the pilot episodes of
Better Off Ted
. Jobrani is currently with the
Axis of Evil Comedy Tour including
Ahmed Ahmed and
Aron Kader.
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Jobrani's jokes focus on racism, mainly against Iranians and Arabs, while also poking fun at his own ethnic group.
Jobrani is married to an Indian-American woman and they currently reside in California.
See also