18 Facts About Maz Jobrani

Maziyar Jobrani, better known as Maz Jobrani, is an American comedian and actor who was part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group.

Maz Jobrani's filmography includes roles in The Interpreter, Friday After Next, Dragonfly, and Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero.

Maz Jobrani appeared as a regular character on the 2017 CBS sitcom Superior Donuts.

Maz Jobrani had been an advisory board member of the National Iranian American Council.

Maz Jobrani was raised in Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay area.

Maz Jobrani attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, and was inducted into the Redwood distinguished alumni class of 2017.

Maz Jobrani was enrolled in a PhD program at University of California, Los Angeles when he decided to pursue his childhood dream of acting and performing comedy.

Maz Jobrani has since made appearances on shows like The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Talkshow with Spike Feresten, Whitney, and regularly performs at top comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store.

Maz Jobrani made appearances in 13 Going on 30 and Bug.

Maz Jobrani has toured with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.

Maz Jobrani provided the voice of Ahmed Farahnakian in the audiobook version of World War Z Jobrani has written a movie with a friend called Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero.

Maz Jobrani makes occasional appearances on NPR's news quiz show Wait Wait.

Maz Jobrani appeared on episode 118, October 28,2010, of WTF with Marc Maron.

Maz Jobrani played Jafar in the 2015 musical fantasy television film Descendants.

In 2015, Maz Jobrani released a memoir entitled I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV.

Maz Jobrani's jokes focus on race and the misunderstanding of Middle Easterners in America.

Maz Jobrani had been a board member of the National Iranian American Council.

Mr Maz Jobrani has two younger brothers and an older sister.