Ahmed Ahmed (Arabic: أحمد أحمد), (IPA: [ˈæħmæd ˈæħmæd]) is an Egyptian-American actor and comedian.^[1]

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Ahmed Ahmed
أحمد أحمد
Ahmed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Helwan, Egypt
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	1989–present
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up
Genres	Observational comedy satire
Subject(s)	Racism/Race relations Islamophobia Muslim-Americans Arab culture Egyptian culture

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Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the US when he was one month old.^[2] He was raised 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.

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 annual Richard Pryor Award for ethnic comedy at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland in the summer of 2004. Ahmed was a member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. He was also a notable guest for Axis of Justice which is a rock and heavy metal concert which fights for social justice.

He had a regular role in the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son.

In 2019, Ahmed received media attention after an audience member called 911 in response to his stand-up set.^[3]

Ahmed says his role models include his parents, Muhammad Ali, Mitzi Shore, and friend Vince Vaughn.^[4]

Following 9/11, and through 2004, Ahmed Ahmed and the comedian Rabbi Bob Alper toured the United States with their avant-grade show "One Arab, One Jew, One Stage" about interfaith harmony and essential human dignity.^[5]