Prince Abdi was born on 21 July 1989 and is a British stand-up comedian and actor.
21 Facts About Prince Abdi
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Prince Abdi was thereafter brought up in Brixton, London where he attended Walworth Secondary School.
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Prince Abdi had football trials with Millwall FC and Dulwich Hamlet FC However, he abandoned the sport at the age of 15 after incurring a severe knee injury.
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In 2007, Prince Abdi graduated from Thames Valley University, University of West London with a BA in Media.
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In 2008, Prince Abdi was reportedly the only Somali comedian working in Britain.
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Prince Abdi has since performed at some of the more established comedy clubs on the United Kingdom circuit, including Hackney Empire, Edinburgh Festival, Trafalgar Square, Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret, Belfast Empire, Up-The-Creek, Headliners, The Broadway Theatre, Hounslow Theatre, The Glee Club, Alexander Palace, Rise Festival and Jive Cape Town Funny Festival.
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Besides the UK, Prince Abdi has done stand-up shows in Canada, the United States, Holland, Northern Ireland, Kenya and Turkey.
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Prince Abdi has performed alongside other comedians, including Jack Whitehall, Dave Chappelle, Stephen K Amos and Reginald D Hunter.
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Additionally, Prince Abdi has done various tours with other Muslim comedians.
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Prince Abdi then performed at the monthly Laughter Factory comedy tour, which started at Heroes in Abu Dhabi's Crowne Plaza before heading to Dubai and Doha.
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In June 2015, Prince Abdi made a short film My First Fast as part of the British Muslim Comedy series, five short films by Muslim comedians commissioned by the BBC and released on BBC iPlayer.
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Prince Abdi used flashbacks and period details to recall his childhood trials of his first fast at the age of seven.
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Prince Abdi continues to perform stand-up comedy throughout Britain and internationally.
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Prince Abdi is currently on tour around the London area whilst writing new and original comedy pieces on-the-go.
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Prince Abdi has written and starred in his own television sketch for the BBC, Comedy Central and ITV, as well as comedy and drama features.
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Prince Abdi has performed on Comedy Central's The World Stands Up, BBC Three's Laughter Shock and ITV's FHM Stand Up Hero and ITV's Show Me The Funny.
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Prince Abdi's acting credits include Part 10 of Diary of a Bad Man and Laughing Stock.
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In July 2011, Prince Abdi appeared on the ITV reality programme Show Me The Funny.
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In 2009, Prince Abdi won the Your Comedy Star competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Prince Abdi was nominated "Best Newcomer" in the Black Entertainment Comedy Awards, and came third in the Revels Chortle Student Comedy Awards.
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In 2011, Prince Abdi came joint second in The Barbican Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition.