Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj
Minhaj in 2023
Born (1985-09-23) September 23, 1985 (age 39)
Davis, California, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
Years active2008–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Spouse
Beena Patel
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(m. 2015)​
Children2
Websitehasanminhaj.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hasan Minhaj (/ˈhʌsən ˈmɪnhɑː(d)ʒ/ HUSS-ən MIN-hahzh, -⁠hahj;[a] born September 23, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. Much of his comedy involves Indian culture and the modern American political landscape through the use of satire, observational comedy and dark comedy. His Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Webby Awards. In 2019, he was listed in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in minor television roles, Minhaj came to prominence for his work on The Daily Show as its senior correspondent from 2014 to 2018. He was the featured speaker at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.[2] His first stand-up comedy special, Homecoming King, released on Netflix in May 2017, received positive reviews from critics[3] and won him his first Peabody Award in 2018.[4]

Minhaj left The Daily Show in August 2018 to host a weekly comedy show, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, which debuted on Netflix in October 2018.[5] In April 2019, he won his second Peabody Award for Patriot Act. Minhaj released his second Netflix special, Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester, in 2022, and appeared in season two of the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show in a recurring role.

In September 2023, The New Yorker published an article claiming instances of Minhaj embellishing or exaggerating various anedcotes and stories that were part of his comedy specials and repeated in interviews.[6][7][8][9] Minhaj responded to the reporting, suggesting it was taken out of context, and providing the surrounding context to the interview snippets in a YouTube interview.[6][10][11][12]

  1. ^ Hasan Minhaj Uses Timothée Chalamet's Name at Starbucks (TheEllenShow). YouTube. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019. DeGeneres: It's /həˈsɑːn mɪˈnɑːʒ/. Minhaj: No. DeGeneres: Yes. Minhaj: No. DeGeneres: Really? Minhaj: My name is /ˈhʌsən mɪˈnɑːʒ/.
  2. ^ Busis, Hillary (April 29, 2017). "White House Correspondents' Dinner: See Hasan Minhaj's Scorching Speech". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Meslow, Scott (May 11, 2017). "Watch the Trailer for Hasan Minhaj's Terrific New Netflix Special, 'Homecoming King'". GQ. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Rathore, Reena (April 26, 2018). "Comedian Hasan Minhaj's Debut Netflix Special Lands Him His First Peabody Award". India West. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (August 9, 2018). "Hasan Minhaj to Make History With New Weekly Netflix Series 'Patriot act' Not to be confused with the apparel line "the patriotic act" that was established first in 2016'". IndieWire. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Malone, Clare (September 15, 2023). "Hasan Minhaj's "Emotional Truths"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  7. ^ Zinoman, Jason (September 20, 2023). "Lying in Comedy Isn't Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  8. ^ Burack, Bobby (September 18, 2023). "Comedian Hasan Minhaj Admits He Lied About Being Victim of Racism". OutKick. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  9. ^ Pahwa, Nitish (September 19, 2023). "Hasan Minhaj Meant Something to Brown Americans. Was It All an Act?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Hasan Minhaj's response to The New Yorker article". YouTube. October 26, 2023.
  11. ^ "Hasan Minhaj Shares Audio Clip of Infamous 'Misleading' New Yorker Interview". IndieWire. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  12. ^ Sharf, Zack (September 15, 2023). "Hasan Minhaj Admits to Embellishing Stand-Up Stories, Including Daughter's Anthrax Scare: 'The Punch Line Is Worth the Fictionalized Premise'". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2023.


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