Jeff Mirza
| Jeff Mirza | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jeffery Mirza |
| Born |
3 February 1964 East London, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, Film |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Character comedy |
| Subject(s) | Islamic humour, Stereotypes |
| Website | www |
Jeffrey Mirza (born 3 February 1964) is an English stand-up comedian and actor of Pakistani descent.
Mirza was born and brought up in East End of London, England to Pakistani parents.
At the age of 14, Mirza had his first stint at comedy when he told anecdotes about his summer holidays for assembly at his Ilford Comprehensive School. After graduating from the University of London with a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, he formed two groups: "The Men from ChaCha" and a dance parody of the Chippendales called "The Chappattidales".
In 1993, Mirza won the Hackney Empire East West Quest and he went solo into stand-up and since then has not looked back. He has written pieces for magazines and is well known on the London comedy circuit. In 1995, he was a finalist in the BBC Open Mic Award for The Stand up Show at the Edinburgh festival. Since that initial success he gave up his job as a structural engineer and began work as a full-time stand-up comedian. In the Asian comedy field he has worked with and for the 'One Nation. ..lnnit!' Team based at Watermans in Brentford and has also played all the major comedy clubs and is a regular at Jongleurs Comedy Clubs.
In 2003, he performed his show Walking With Muslims at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has played the circuit in London including Jongleurs and The Comedy Store. He has performed all over the world, and is the first British comedian ever to perform stand up comedy to sell out shows in Saudi Arabia. He is regularly involved with interfaith dialogue between different communities and often called in to lighten-up and moderate contentious debates between multi-faith conservatives.
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