1. Akmal Saleh is an Egyptian-Australian comedian and actor.
20 Facts About Akmal Saleh
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Akmal Saleh was born in Egypt and arrived in Sydney with his family in 1975 at the age of 10.
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Akmal Saleh has been performing comedy since the early 1990s and his live shows have toured comedy festivals both within Australia and internationally.
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Akmal Saleh has made guest appearances on numerous Australian television series, including Superwog.
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Akmal Abdul Malek Saleh was born in Egypt around 1965.
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Akmal Saleh moved to Sydney in 1975 at the age of 10 with his family.
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Akmal Saleh says that his parents contributed to his sense of humour.
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Akmal Saleh was 14 when his father died of a disease contracted years earlier when swimming in the Nile River.
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Akmal Saleh says that when he discovered comedy it "filled the void that religion left", and his disillusionment with Christianity became a subject of comedy in his stand-up routine from early on.
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Akmal Saleh started a number of university degrees and drove a taxi.
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Akmal Saleh began performing stand-up comedy in 1990, when he decided to take part in an open mic night at the Sydney Comedy Store.
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Akmal Saleh was credited onscreen by his real name; he says he had not bothered to use his stage name because he did not expect that many people would watch an obscure cable television show.
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Akmal Saleh has collaborated with Mir and Eck on the 2002 film You Can't Stop The Murders, which he co-wrote and starred in.
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Akmal Saleh emerged on Australian radio in January 2007, filling in for Merrick and Rosso on Nova for three weeks during the summer before receiving his own drive-time show.
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Akmal Saleh was initially contracted to co-host the show alongside actor Matthew Newton, but Newton was unexpectedly dropped after news emerged that he was facing assault charges involving a former girlfriend and instead Saleh made a solo debut.
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Akmal Saleh co-hosted the drive shift with comedians Cal Wilson and Ed Kavalee.
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Akmal Saleh has appeared on numerous Australian television shows, such as I'm a Celebrity.
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Akmal Saleh is married; his wife, Cate, is a social worker.
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Akmal Saleh has said that they did not intend to have children, a decision he says which is probably influenced by his father's untimely death.
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In 2013, Akmal Saleh became an ambassador for the Top Blokes Foundation.