Ahmed Ahmed
| Ahmed Ahmed أحمد أحمد |
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Ahmed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
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June 27, 1970 Helwan, Egypt |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, satire |
| Subject(s) | Racism/Race relations, Islamophobia, Muslim-Americans, Arab culture |
Ahmed Ahmed (Arabic: أحمد أحمد, IPA: [ˈæħmæd]; born June 27, 1970) is an Egyptian-born American actor and comedian.
Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the United States when he was one month old and he grew up in Riverside, California.
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 would later joke about his part in Executive Decision in his standup routine for the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. 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, as well as 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.
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