Omid Djalili

Back! At his very Best!

Multi Award winning stand-up television and movie star, Omid Djalili is back on tour with his brand new comedy show - Tour of Duty.

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Since his last tour in 2008, Djalili has appeared in two series of his own BBC One show, played Fagin in the West End version of Oliver! and starred in the movie The Infidel, written by his friend David Baddiel.

Djalili said: ‘I've mulled and mused. A lot has happened in my life. I've teetered on the edge of oblivion. I'm back. Let's see what happens.

Omid Djalilis' stand-up routines and jokes focus primarily on multiculturalism and ethnic peculiarities. His hyperactive and energetic manner of imitating accents, undercutting political humour with absurd belly dances and singing has earned him a significant worldwide following.

Omids world wide popularity landed him appearances in Hollywood films such as Gladiator, The Mummy and Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, to name but a few.

The first significant success of his stand-up comedy career was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995 with 'Short, Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son', followed by 'The Arab and the Jew' in 1996. He has performed in numerous countries, including Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Canada, Germany and the United States, where he had his own HBO Special and did 22 episodes of the NBC sitcom Whoopi with Whoopi Goldberg.

He did his part for Comic Relief after the 2005 Indian Ocean earthquake and also in 2005 he appeared on the British TV show Top Gear as a celebrity driver. The same year he broke Edinburgh Festival box office records with over 16,500 ticket sales.

In 2006, Sky Television picked him to be the face of their Saturday night movie premières, and he also announced a new tour of the UK called 'No Agenda', from January 2007 until March 2007, covering 23 different dates. The No Agenda tour DVD was released in late 2007. On 18 March 2007, he was voted by the British public as the 60th best stand-up comedian in a Channel 4 programme 'The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups'.

On 26 October 2007, he guest-presented the BBC political quiz show Have I Got News for You. The Omid Djalili Show started on BBC1 on 17 November 2007. The series is a mix of sketches and stand-up material. A second series was recorded in late 2008 and began broadcast on BBC1 on 20 April 2009. He performed on We Are Most Amused on ITV1 to mark Prince Charles's 60th birthday in 2008.

'His explosive and wide-eyed humour comes bursting out of nowhere, sending the audience into fits' – The Scotsman

'Demonstrates a confiding intelligence, a rare and warm sense of self-mockery and the distinctive outsider’s view of our culture. One felt very happy to be in his engaging, off-beat presence.' – Daily Mail

'Right now, the Iranian Djalili is probably one of the most subversive, let alone funniest, comedians around.' - The Guardian

'To carve yourself out a career as the thinking person's Iranian comedian in this political climate takes a fine brain and a masterful way with the audience. There is no question that Omid Djalili possesses both' - Sunday Times

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