Mohammed Mustafa Amer is a Palestinian American stand-up comedian.
29 Facts About Mohammed Amer
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Mohammed Amer is best known for his Netflix comedy special Mo Amer: The Vagabond, and his role as one third of the comedy trio Allah Made Me Funny.
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Mohammed Amer starred for two seasons, alongside comedian Ramy Youssef, in the Hulu sitcom Ramy as Ramy's cousin Mo, who owns a diner.
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Mohammed Amer created and stars in a Netflix TV show called Mo.
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Mohammed Amer is of Palestinian descent, and the youngest of six children.
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Mohammed Amer's father worked as an engineer for the Kuwait Oil Company.
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Mohammed Amer attended a British school in Kuwait where he learned English and spoke it in a British accent.
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Mohammed Amer was placed in an ESL class where he was the only student who spoke English.
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Mohammed Amer attended school at Piney Point Elementary while his older brothers studied overseas.
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In 1995, when Mohammed Amer was 14 years old, his father died.
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At age 14, Mohammed Amer discovered stand-up comedy at a Texas rodeo.
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Mohammed Amer then participated in and had leading roles in high school theatre, and started performing stand-up comedy by impersonating family members and developed it over a few years in the comedy club scene.
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Mohammed Amer performed at Houston's comedy clubs as often as possible to refine his act while working a day job at a flag manufacturing company owned by a family friend.
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In June 1999, Mohammed Amer entered Houston's Funniest Person Contest and made the finals.
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Mohammed Amer has performed tours in over 27 countries on five continents, including Germany, Italy, Sicily, Japan, South Korea, and Bahrain, as well as with other Muslim comedians Preacher Moss and Azhar Usman in the Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour since 2006.
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Mohammed Amer has been interviewed on television and radio, including on NPR, BBC, and CNN.
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Mohammed Amer has appeared on television, starred in an independent films, and has been interviewed by over 100 major world media outlets, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian.
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Mohammed Amer was featured on Al-Bernameg with Bassem Youssef as the only Arab-American comedian to appear on the show.
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Mohammed Amer developed his first solo feature-length documentary-comedy special, working with long-time standup collaborator Azhar Usman, co-produced through their jointly owned production entity, Kalijaga Media LLC On May 3,2015, Mohammed Amer recorded his one-hour special, Legally Homeless, at the Warner Theatre presented by Live Nation Comedy.
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Mohammed Amer became the first Arab-American to star in his own nationally televised one-hour stand-up special.
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Mohammed Amer has co-written an original feature screenplay with award-winning filmmaker Iman Zawahry and longtime stand-up collaborator Azhar Usman.
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In October 2015, Mohammed Amer began touring with and opening for Dave Chappelle regularly across the US.
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In March 2017, Mohammed Amer made his US network television debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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In 2018, Mohammed Amer joined the cast of the Hulu show Ramy, starring Ramy Youssef, where he plays Ramy's cousin Mo, who owns and operates a diner, where many of the show's characters congregate.
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Mohammed Amer filmed his first Netflix comedy special on June 27,2018, at Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
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Mohammed Amer created and stars in a new TV series on Netflix called Mo, released in August 2022.
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The series, is loosely based on Mohammed Amer's experience growing up as a Palestinian refugee.
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In 2009, Mohammed Amer became a US citizen which enabled him to travel to Palestine and Jordan and visit family he had not seen for almost 20 years.
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Mohammed Amer returned to Kuwait and Baghdad for the first time since his family fled.