Omid Djalili Biography

Omid Djalili is a British stand-up comedian born in Chelsea London to Iranian parents. He attended Holland Park School and then the University of Ulster in Coleraine Northern Ireland studying English and Theatre studies. The first significant success of his stand-up comedy career was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995 with Short Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son followed by The Arab and the Jew in 1996. He has performed in numerous countries including Australia Ireland Sweden Belgium Canada and the United States where he had his own HBO Special and did 22 episodes of the NBC sitcom Whoopi with Whoopi Goldberg. He did his part for Comic Relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and also in 2005 he appeared on the British TV show Top Gear as a celebrity driver. The same year he broke Edinburgh Festival box office records with over 16500 ticket sales. In 2006 Sky Television picked him to be the face of their Saturday night film premieres and he also announced a new tour of the UK called No Agenda from January 2007 until March 2007 covering 23 different dates.

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