Ahmed Ahmed

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name = Ahmed Ahmed

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medium = Stand-up
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genre = Observational comedy, Satire
subject = Racism/Race relations, Islamophobia, Muslim-Americans
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Ahmed Ahmed ( _ar. أحمد أحمد; born June 27, 1970) is an Egyptian American actor and comedian.

Career

Ahmed Ahmed moved to Hollywood when he was 19 years old to pursue a career as an actor and stand-up comedian, and he has been working there ever since.

He has appeared in several films and television shows such as "Executive Decision", "Swingers", "Tracey Takes On", "Roseanne", "JAG", "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" on Comedy Central, and MTV's "Punk'd" with Ashton Kutcher. He has also appeared on CNN, "The View", and National Public Radio and was featured on the front page of "The Wall Street Journal" in December 2001 and featured in "Newsweek". He was featured in the PBS television documentary "America at a Crossroads" series in "STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age", an episode about Muslim American comedians.

Ahmed Ahmed is a regular performer at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and tours all across the US and Europe. He was the winner of the first annual Richard Pryor Award for ethnic comedy at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland in the summer of 2004. Ahmed is currently with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.

Personal life

Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family came to the United States when he was one month old and he grew up in Riverside, California. Ahmed says his role models include his parents, Muhammad Ali, Mitzi Shore, and Vince Vaughn. [ [http://www.theculturalconnect.com/magazines/mideast/2007-04-02/pro# "Cultural Connect" magazine] ]

Filmography

Actor

*"Iron Man" (2008)....Ahmed
*"The Onion Movie" (2008) .... Ahmed
*"Knight Fever" (2008) (in production)
*"You Don't Mess with the Zohan" (2008)....Ahmed
*"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" (2005) .... Escort
*"JAG" .... Jalal Sharif (1 episode, 2005)
*"All In" (2005/I) .... Amir
*"Girlfriends" (1 episode, 2001) - Bad Timing (2001)
*"Roseanne" .... Hakeem (1 episode, 1996) - Roseambo (1996) .... Hakeem
*"Swingers" (1996) .... Party Mystery Guy
*"Executive Decision" (1996) .... Terrorist
*"Steel Sharks" (1996) .... Lt. Noussavi
*Virtuosity (1995) .... Cameraman

Self

*"America at a Crossroads": "STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age" (2008) .... Himself
*"The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" (2007) (V) .... Himself
*"I Am Ahmed Ahmed" (2006) (TV)
*"" (2006) .... Himself
*"Last Call with Carson Daly" ..... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
*"National Lampoon Live: The International Show" (2004) (TV) .... Himself
*"Punk'd" (2003) TV Series .... Field Agent (unknown episodes, 2003)
*"Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
*"The View" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2001)

References

External links

*imdb name | id=0014135 | name=Ahmed Ahmed
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* [http://www.ahmed-ahmed.com/index.html Ahmed Ahmed Official Website]
*myspace|ahmedcomedy|Ahmed Ahmed
* [http://www.ahmed-ahmed.com/time.html "Time" magazine article about Ahmed Ahmed and his comedy act]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/edinburgh2004/news/2004/08/26/13940.shtml BBC article on Ahmed Ahmed as winner of Richard Pryor award]
* [http://www.theculturalconnect.com/magazines/mideast/2007-04-02/pro Ahmed Ahmed featured in the Cultural Connect]