Came to the USA at age 6 and was raised in Tiburon, Marin County, California, which is located in the San Francisco Bay area.
Is of Iranian (Persian) birth, but is nationalized American citizen.
Regular performer at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, where he is part of specialty show "Axis of Evil," which focuses on Middle Eastern comedians.
Received a B.A. in political science with a minor in Italian from UC Berkeley, but later dropped out of a Ph.D. program in political science from UCLA.
Cites Eddie Murphy as one of his inspirations to become a
comedian.
Wife is of Indian descent born in USA.
Has one daughter.
Son, Dara, born in 2008.
He had performed in theater productions all throughout school, since kindergarten.