- Ahmed Ahmed
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name = Ahmed Ahmed
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birth_date = birth date and age|1970|6|27
birth_place =Helwan ,Egypt
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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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emmyawards =Ahmed Ahmed ( _ar. أحمد أحمد; born
June 27 ,1970 ) is anEgyptian American actor andcomedian .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 " onComedy Central , andMTV 's "Punk'd " withAshton Kutcher . He has also appeared onCNN , "The View ", andNational 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 thePBS television documentary "America at a Crossroads " series in "STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age", an episode aboutMuslim 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 annualRichard Pryor Award for ethnic comedy at theEdinburgh Festival inScotland in the summer of 2004. Ahmed is currently with theAxis of Evil Comedy Tour .Personal life
Ahmed was born in
Helwan ,Egypt . His family came to theUnited 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 , andVince 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) .... CameramanSelf
*"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
*amg name|2:453461
* [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]
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