Maz Jobrani

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Maz Jobrani

Born	February 26, 1972 (1972-02-26) (age 36) Tehran, Iran
Medium	Stand-up
Nationality	Iranian American
Genres	Observational comedy, Satire
Subject(s)	Racism/Race relations, Islamophobia, Muslim-Americans, Iranian Americans
Website	www.mazjobrani.com

Maziar "Maz" Jobrani (born February 26, 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American comedian who is part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. 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.

1 Career
2 Themes
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Although born in Tehran, 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.^[1] 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. Jobrani is currently with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour including Ahmed Ahmed and Aron Kader.

Jobrani is married and currently resides in California.

[edit] Themes

Maz Jobrani makes jokes about racism, mainly racism against Persians and Arabs, but also makes a lighter note that they are not perfect, stating some of the flaws. His jokes tend to brighten up the stereotypical reputation of middle easterners.