Hasan Minhaj

Comedian

Hasan Minhaj was born in Davis, California, United States on September 23rd, 1985 and is the Comedian. At the age of 38, Hasan Minhaj biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Hasan
Date of Birth
September 23, 1985
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Davis, California, United States
Age
38 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Networth
$3 Million
Profession
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Television Actor
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Hasan Minhaj Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 38 years old, Hasan Minhaj has this physical status:

Height
182cm
Weight
73kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Hasan Minhaj Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
He was raised in a Muslim family.
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Davis Senior High School, University of California, Davis
Hasan Minhaj Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Beena Patel
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Beena Patel (2015-Present)
Parents
Najme Minhaj, Seema
Siblings
Ayesha Minhaj (Younger Sister) (Attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area)
Hasan Minhaj Career

While in college, he became interested in comedy after seeing Chris Rock's Never Scared, the first stand-up special he watched. He began traveling to San Francisco to perform. In 2008, he won Wild 94.9's "Best Comic Standing" competition, which resulted in his working as an opening act for Katt Williams, Pablo Francisco, and Gabriel Iglesias. He also worked part-time for the website Ning, an experience he used to write comedy. Minhaj lists Kevin Shea, W. Kamau Bell, and Arj Barker as inspirations.

In 2009, Minhaj moved to Los Angeles to perform on NBC's Stand-up for Diversity, on which he was a finalist.

In 2011, he was recurring on the TV sitcom State of Georgia and starred in various roles on the MTV hidden camera show Disaster Date. Through posting on YouTube, he was cast on Failosophy on MTV. In 2013, Minhaj appeared in guest roles on Arrested Development and Getting On. He hosted Stand Up Planet in 2013 and a web series, The Truth with Hasan Minhaj, in 2014. In 2014, he voiced Rabi Ray Rana in the video game Far Cry 4.

On November 19, 2014, Minhaj joined The Daily Show as a correspondent, the last one hired by then-host Jon Stewart. Minhaj was asked to come in for an audition with new material after he sent in a tape of him performing an idea for a Daily Show segment, but he initially panicked as he had no other material prepared. The Friday before Minhaj's audition, Ben Affleck and Bill Maher got into a heated exchange about Islam on Maher's show, and Minhaj used this for a new sketch he called "Batman vs. Bill Maher".

On June 18, 2016, Minhaj performed a set as the host of the annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner. The set gained attention for his condemnation of the United States Congress' inaction in passing gun control legislation.

On April 29, 2017, Minhaj was the featured speaker at the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he took on the traditional role of roasting Washington, D.C. society, national politics, current events, the current president, the Washington press corps, and the American media. He criticized U.S. President Donald Trump, who was boycotting the dinner, calling him the "liar in chief," and reminded the press to do their job.

Minhaj's one-man show, Homecoming King, debuted Off-Broadway in October 2015. The show featured a central theme of the immigrant experience in the United States today, illustrated with stories from Minhaj's life as a second-generation Indian-American Muslim. He later turned the show into his first stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King, which premiered on Netflix on May 23, 2017. The special was filmed at the Mondavi Center at Minhaj's alma mater, UC Davis, in January 2017, and won a television Peabody Award.

In March 2018, Netflix announced that Minhaj would host his own weekly show on the platform. The new show, entitled Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, premiered on October 28, 2018. The show received an initial order of 32 episodes. Patriot Act explores the modern cultural, political and economic landscape. In April 2019, Minhaj was listed among TIME's 100 most influential people in the world, and won his second Peabody Award for Patriot Act. Some months after Minhaj's episode on the student loan crisis aired, he was called to testify regarding the issue before the US Congress in September 2019. In August 2020, Minhaj announced the series would not be renewed after 40 Episodes.

On November 27, 2018, Comedy Central aired a special titled Goatface, featuring Minhaj, Fahim Anwar, Asif Ali, and Aristotle Athari. In February 2019, Minhaj played on the "Away" roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In September 2019, he testified during a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on student loan debt.

On November 13, 2020, it was announced that Minhaj would join season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show in a recurring role.

In 2021-2022, Minhaj performed a comedy tour across the United States that culminated in the release of a Netflix special The King's Jester in October 2022.

Source

Hasan Minhaj's deal to take over as host of The Daily Show 'was all but done' until he was accused of embellishing his life stories

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2024
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hasan Minhaj's contract to host The Daily Show was 'all but done' by the summer of 2023, but a September expose by The New Yorker sunk him. The magazine published an indepth look at Minhaj's stories, which formed the basis of his stand-up routine, and discovered that many of his stories were embellished. Minhaj defended himself, insisting that his biography was inspired rather than a factual account. However, the show producers were apparently turned down and decided not to hire him.

Hasan Minhaj, a comedian, slammed a'needlessly misleading' New Yorker article, in which he confessed to fabricating news about racial events for a Netflix special and said, 'I'm not a psycho.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 26, 2023
Minhaj may have exaggerated or created certain tales in his comedy routine, according to a New Yorker story in September. The comic has been revived with a 20-minute video describing 'context,' but the New Yorker has said they stand by their source.

Hasan Minhaj is compared by Bill Maher to Jussie Smollett for fabricating rumors for his stand-up routines and then passing them off as his 'emotional truth.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 8, 2023
Bill Maher (left) ended his Friday night show ripping into comedian Hasan Minhaj (right) for admitting to telling fabricated tales, which Minhaj referred to as 'emotional truths.' To Jussie Smollett, Maher compared Minhaj's justification of his lies as a "emotional truth." In a recent New Yorker interview, Minhaj confessed to fabricating racial profiling tales. Maher dismantled each of Minhaj's designs. 'The emotional truth comes first,' Minhaj said when justifying his lies. ' The truth is secondary.'
Hasan Minhaj Tweets and Instagram Photos
27 Oct 2022

praying for my enemies 🙏🏾

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26 Oct 2022

i’ve lost so much money watching this show

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25 Oct 2022

they lied to me in sex ed.

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24 Oct 2022

The internet asked for more Beena content. Ask and ye shall receive.

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22 Oct 2022

This is messed up.

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