Kamal Ahmed (comedian)
Kamal Ahmed | |
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কামাল আহমদ | |
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Born | [1] East New York, Brooklyn, New York City | May 7, 1966
Occupation(s) | Writer, director, producer, musician, comedian |
Years active | 1984-present |
Kamal Ahmed (Bengali: কামাল আহমদ; born May 7, 1966), usually called Kamal, is an American director, comedian, and former member of prank phone calling comedy group The Jerky Boys.
Early life and career
[edit]Kamal was born in East New York, Brooklyn and raised in Astoria, Queens and the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father, Manir Ahmed, a former chemical engineer, started the restaurant "Shah Bagh" in the East Village.[2] This eventually led him to owning a string of Indian restaurants in an area that became "Little India". Kamal's mother, who was from Trinidad & Tobago worked for the United Nations. Ahmed's sister is also a chemical engineer who has worked for major pharmaceutical companies. Kamal took an early interest in music and has become an accomplished bass guitar player and scores many of his productions.[citation needed]
Ahmed was a founding member of The Jerky Boys and co-starred with John G. Brennan in the Touchstone comedy film The Jerky Boys: The Movie in 1995. He played Kissel, a World War II veteran; Tarbash the Egyptian Magician; Curly G. Cradle-Rock, and other characters on the Jerky Boys albums. Kamal appeared in "Punch", a 1994 episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Tensions began to develop between Brennan and Ahmed while shooting the Jerky Boys film and their collaboration deteriorated further during the production of Big Money Hustlas, where Ahmed appeared in a cameo.[3]
In 2000, Ahmed released a solo album, Once a Jerk, Always a Jerk.[4] Kamal has made multiple television and radio appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Howard Stern Show.[citation needed] He has acted in, and directed several films, including Laugh Killer Laugh, completed in 2015.[5] In 2022, Kamal released his first mini-series, Crash the System, which was distributed on steaming media platforms worldwide.[6]
Filmography
[edit]As of 2022[update], Ahmed has directed 8 full-length films and 1 TV mini series.
Year | Title | Notes |
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2003 | God Has a Rap Sheet | Writer, director, producer |
2007 | Rapturious | Writer, director, producer |
2008 | Uncle Freddy | Writer, director, producer |
2010 | Circus Maximus | Executive producer, producer |
2012 | 1000 Times More Brutal | Writer, director, producer |
2012 | Brutal | Director |
2015 | Laugh Killer Laugh | Writer, director, producer |
2018 | The Martyr Maker | Writer, director, producer |
2022 | Crash the System | 8 Episode mini series, writer, director, producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | ABC Afterschool Specials | (uncredited) | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | The Jerky Boys: The Movie | Kamal | |
1995 | The Jerky Boys: Don't Hang Up, Toughguy | Kamal | Video |
1997 | Men in Black | Voice of cab driver (ADR, uncredited) | |
2000 | Big Money Hustlas | Old man Kissel, security guard (as Kamal) | |
2001 | The Rules (For Men) | Ashalama | |
2002 | I Fouska | Cuban taxi driver | |
2002 | Paper Soldiers | Shawn's boss | |
2003 | The Sweet Life | Cabdriver | |
2003 | Mail Order Bride | Buddah | |
2005 | Survive This | Kamal | |
2006 | Beer League | Umpire #3 | |
2007 | Rapturious | Cabdriver | |
2007 | Never Down | Cop | |
2015 | Laugh Killer Laugh | Detective 1 | |
2016 | Terrifier | Voice on phone (voice) |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.google.com/search?q=Kamal+Ahmed+JERKY+BOYS+BIRTHDATE [bare URL]
- ^ Ferretti, Fred (March 4, 1981). "A Culinary 'Little India' on East 6th Street". The New York Times.
- ^ Violent J, Alex Abbiss, Billy Bill. Big Money Hustlas audio commentary (DVD). Psychopathic. UPC 044005380996.
- ^ Dean S. Planet (2001). "Kamal from The Jerky Boys". Dean'sPlanet.com. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ^ "Laugh Killer Laugh". The Hollywood Reporter. April 24, 2015.
- ^ "Amazon Prime".
External links
[edit]- Kamal Ahmed at IMDb
- 1966 births
- Living people
- American people of Bangladeshi descent
- American comedians of Asian descent
- American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- American male comedians
- People from East New York, Brooklyn
- Prank calling
- Comedians from Brooklyn
- Comedians from Queens, New York
- 21st-century American comedians
- Comedians from Manhattan