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Azhar Usman (Azhar Muhammad Usman) was born on 23 December, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American comedian and actor. Discover Azhar Usman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

Popular As Azhar Muhammad Usman
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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 23 December 1975
Birthday 23 December
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1970

In the 1970s, Usman's veterinarian father Zia Usman (a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University ) and school-teacher mother Atiya Usman left Bihar, India, and emigrated to the United States.

1975

Azhar Muhammad Usman (born December 23, 1975) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer of Indian descent.

He is a former lecturer, community activist and lawyer and has been referred to as the "Ayatollah of Comedy" and "Bin Laughin".

He is best known as one third of comedy trio Allah Made Me Funny.

1993

In 1993, Usman graduated from Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois.

1996

In 1996, he graduated with a BA degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in 1999 a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School.

He co-founded an Internet startup, then practiced law, and then started performing stand-up comedy.

He chose not to practice law after graduating from law school.

Instead he did a dot-com start-up.

He turned down six-figure salary offers to pay himself $35,000 working for his own dot com.

He then folded the dot-com business and started practicing law briefly as a solo practitioner, whilst doing stand up as a hobby.

Since 1996, Usman had a friend who was an amateur comic and he would take him to a comedy club in Minneapolis.

2000

This inspired him to write an act in 2000.

2001

Usman started performing stand-up comedy in early 2001, a few months before September 11, initially as a hobby.

2004

However, in 2004, he had enough bookings to make a run at it.

In early 2004, Usman stopped practicing law full-time.

He has performed in many major cities in the U.S. as well as in over 20 countries on five continents.

In May 2004, Usman along with Preacher Moss and Azeem Muhammad (later replaced by Mohammed Amer in 2006) launched a comedy tour titled Allah Made Me Funny.

2008

He also co-wrote and produced a feature-length documentary/concert film based on the live tour, which was theatrically exhibited at Landmark Theatres in over a dozen top US markets in 2008.

The film was directed by award-winning documentarian Andrea Kalin and funded by the Unity Productions Foundation.

Allah Made Me Funny toured 30 U.S. cities during its first year, and also in Canada, Europe, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Middle East.

He has performed in 23 countries on five different continents.

Usman and his comedy have been covered by over 100 major world media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN Headline News, and a whole episode of ABC Nightline.

He has played original sketch comedy characters for MTV Networks, E4, and he was the creator and star of his own short-lived, semi-scripted, alternative web comedy show Tinku's World.

He performed at Global Peace and Unity Event in the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London.

He also appeared in the independent film Mooz-lum.

He has shared the stage with comedians including Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Russell Peters, Todd Barry and Mitch Hedberg.

In 2008, CNN aired an hour-long special, entitled America's Funniest Muslim, on its Turkish affiliate, which included both performance clips and an extended Q&A session with Usman.

In November 2008, he toured India, debuting at the American Center in New Delhi.

Usman and Matt Sunbulli founded a production company called 9 Saints.

(now defunct).

In 2008, Usman produced a short film, The Boundary (directed by Julius Onah), which was selected as a finalist by the HBO Short Film Competition, and aired on that network several times.

2011

Usman also appeared in the critically acclaimed, independent feature film Mooz-lum (directed by Qasim "Q" Basir) in 2011, starring opposite Roger Guenveur Smith, Evan Ross, Nia Long, and film legend Danny Glover.

He also appeared in several documentaries as himself, including It's My Country Too: Muslim Americans (directed by Ruhi Hamid for BBC), Me and the Mosque (directed by Zarqa Nawaz for CBC), and STANDUP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age (directed by Glenn Baker for PBS).

2013

In June 2013, Usman featured on an interfaith special, What's So Funny About Religion?, alongside Lewis Black and Mohammed Amer, which was broadcast on the CBS Television Network.

2017

In February 2017, Usman appeared in the recurring role of Kkyman Candahar in the Amazon original series Patriot, created, written, and directed by Chicago screenwriter and producer Steven Conrad.

He returned the following year to reprise his role in the second season of the show.

2020

In December 2020, Marvel Studios announced that Usman had joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, agreeing to play Najaf on the cast of the studio's Ms. Marvel original streaming series for Disney+.

Usman was born in Chicago, Illinois, to immigrant Indian Muslim parents.

As a child, his family lived in the predominately Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie.