13 Facts About Alex Edelman

Alex Edelman was born on March 20,1989 and is an American stand-up comedian.

Alex Edelman was named Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his show Millennial.

Alex Edelman has toured three shows since 2014: Millennial, Everything Handed to You, and Just for Us.

Alex Edelman has two brothers, Austin, and Israeli Olympian Adam Edelman.

Alex Edelman attended and graduated from Maimonides School in Brookline, a modern Orthodox Jewish day school.

Alex Edelman first performed in the UK in 2012 while studying abroad.

Alex Edelman's show Millennial won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the first American to do so since Arj Barker won in 1997.

Alex Edelman's 2018 show, Just For Us, was nominated for the Best Show award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Alex Edelman has appeared in the UK on television shows such as The John Bishop Show, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Live from the BBC, Roast Battle, and contributed several anecdotes about his experiences as a comedian to the 2015 book Off the Mic, by Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur.

Alex Edelman has done a BBC Radio 4 comedy series called Alex Edelman's Peer Group.

Alex Edelman was the head writer for Saturday Night Seder, a virtual celebrity Passover seder held during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alex Edelman trained rabbis to infuse humor into the High Holiday services as part of the Jewish communal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alex Edelman had an on-again, off-again relationship with Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan.