Background
Max Amini was born in Tucson Arizona, to Iranian parents who immigrated to Arizona.
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He was raised on the West Coast and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles"s school of Theater, Film and Television in 2004.
Career
He is bilingual in English and Persian. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including National Broadcasting Company"s Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central"s Mind of Mencia, and a leading role in the film "How Beer Pong Saved my Life". Max began his stand-up comedy career in 2002 at the Los Angeles Improv.
The show was part of a comedy workshop class final and despite his own inhibitions as the "worst kid in class" by the end of his set the audience was thoroughly enthused with the performance they"d just seen.
Since then he hasn"t stopped. Foreign nine years Max has performed across the globe, expressing his views on family and cultural topics through his spectacular theatrics and energetic humor.
He was chosen as one of the finalists for National Broadcasting Company"s Diversity Showcase in 2009, and he developed a stand-up comedy tour, named "Exotic Imports" featuring second-generation Americans coming from diverse cultural backgrounds. Max performs nightly at comedy clubs in Los Angeles, and you can also catch him in the upcoming Ramin Niami film Shirin in Love.
Primarily a stand-up comedian, Max regularly performs at Comedy Store and Laugh Factory in Los Angeles when not performing shows around the world.
He started a stand-up comedy show, named "Exotic Imports", featuring second-generation Americans coming from diverse cultural backgrounds. He was recently chosen as one of the finalists for National Broadcasting Company"s Diversity Showcase, and finished taping his first special on Showtime on December 12, 2009. In 2012 he was chosen for the Columbia Broadcasting System Diversity Comedy Showcase, a known career launching point for many of the shows alum.
Max currently tours throughout the world doing Comedy shows, recently performing in Canada, the United Kingdom, Emirates, Germany, Australia and throughout the United States.
He’s an actor with numerous film and television credits including National Broadcasting Company’s Heroes, Comedy Central"s Mind of Mencia, and his leading role in the movie How Beer Pong Saved my Life, released in 2010.
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