Dan Kamyar Ahdoot ( fa, دن آهدوت ; he, דן אחדות) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his TV appearances on Netflix's ''

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'', Disney's ''

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'', Showtime's ''Shameless'', and the Seeso series '' Bajillion Dollar Propertie$''. He has also developed TV shows for CBS, Fox,

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, Freeform, and

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Early life

Ahdoot is ethnically an Iranian Jew, hailing from

Great Neck, New York Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincorpo ...

.Miller, David Ian
"Finding My Religion: Dan Ahdoot, Jewish Iranian American comic, on holidays and life in America"
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'', December 11, 2006. Accessed November 12, 2008. Speaking on his upbringing, he said: "I grew up in Great Neck, New York, which is actually a hotbed of Iranian Jewry, so I didn't really know that I was very different until I went to college." He completed

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studies at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, and was accepted into medical school, but ultimately decided to pursue stand-up comedy instead.

Career

Ahdoot has developed television shows for CBS, FOX,

, Freeform, and

! He has also written for various Comedy Central Roasts. Ahdoot is best known for his work on the series '' Bajillion Dollar Propertie$'' where he played the ruthless real estate agent Amir Yaghoob. He has also acted on Showtime's ''Shameless'', ABC's '' Super Fun Night'', and Falafel Phil on the

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show ''

''. Ahdoot was also in an episode of ''

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'' playing a worker at a computer store. Ahdoot performs regularly at the

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in Hollywood, and is a national headlining comedian. He has performed on ''

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'',

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'', ''

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'', and ''Comedy Central's Premium Blend''. Ahdoot is the host of the food podcast ''Green Eggs and Dan''. He has been a guest on ''

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'' with

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and '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'' with

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Discography

*''hate me, or HATE ME'' (2006)

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahdoot, Dan American stand-up comedians Iranian Jews American Mizrahi Jews Johns Hopkins University alumni Living people People from Great Neck, New York American people of Iranian-Jewish descent Iranian stand-up comedians Jewish American male comedians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews