Max Amini

Max Amini (Persian: مکس امینی‎, Persian pronunciation: [mæks æmiːniː] born in Tucson, Arizona) is an Iranian American comedian. He is trilingual in English, Persian and Azerbaijani. Max Amini was born in Tucson Arizona, to Iranian parents who immigrated to Arizona. He was raised in the East Coast where he went to a high school in Washington, D.C. and then moved to California and graduated from UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television in 2004. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC's Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's 'Mind of Mencia, and a leading role in the film "How Beer Pong Saved my Life". 2Early life and education Amini's father is an ethnic Persian from Isfahan and his mother is an Iranian Azerbaijani from Tabriz. Max began his stand-up comedy career in 2002 at the LA 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. For nine years Max has performed across the globe, expressing his views on family and cultural topics through his spectacular theatrics and energetic humo