Dan Ahdoot

Dan Ahdoot
Dan Ahdoot performing on the Orange Carpet at Cornell College.
Birth name	Dan Kamyar Ahdoot
Born	Great Neck, New York, United States
Nationality	Jewish Iranian American
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University

Dan Ahdoot is a stand-up comedian who primarily performs in New York City. He is well known for being a contestant in NBC's reality TV show Last Comic Standing and for performing on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. He now stars on the Seeso series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.

Dan is a part Afghan, part Iranian Jew from Great Neck, New York. "I grew up in Great Neck, N.Y., which is actually a hotbed of Iranian Jewry, so I didn't really know that I was very different until I went to college." He completed pre-med studies at Johns Hopkins University but did not continue to medical school. He studied cinematography at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Moving to New York City, Ahdoot helped found an improv comedy troupe, wrote freelance for Crank Yankers, and opened for such headlining comedians as Lewis Black, Jay Mohr, and Dave Chappelle. Ahdoot has made many guest appearances, including ABC's 20/20 and Jim Breuer's Sirius Satellite Radio program. On January 10, 2011, Ahdoot appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.