Maz Jobrani

Acting

Maz Jobrani

Born 1972-02-26 · Tehran, Iran

Maziyar "Maz" Jobrani (born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian-American comedian and actor who is part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including Better Off Ted, on radio, and in comedy clubs. His filmography includes roles in The Interpreter, Friday After Next, Dragonfly, and Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero. He appears as a regular character on the 2017 CBS sitcom Superior Donuts. He is also currently a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).

Acting credits

Descendants poster
7.2

A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).

Descendants

2015

13 Going on 30 poster
6.8

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.

13 Going on 30

2004

The Interpreter poster
6.3

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

The Interpreter

2005

Friday After Next poster
6.4

Craig and his cousin Day-Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib, working nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they set out to track down the culprit.

Friday After Next

2002

Bug poster
7.1

A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One person's disaster becomes another's boon, and vice versa--because a man loses his job, a young girl becomes the lead ballerina in the school play, which in turn causes the death of a pet pig. These characters weave around Los Angeles and each other as seemingly mundane events fall into place, putting them on a collision course with a common fate and one heroic act of competence.

Bug

2002

A Tooth Fairy Tale poster
8.6

Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider Queen threatens both tribes, they must work together.

A Tooth Fairy Tale

2025

David poster
8.7

As the son of the Imam of the local Brooklyn mosque, eleven year-old Daud has to juggle the high expectations of his Father and his feelings of isolation and difference. A genuine friendship grows between Daud and Yoav, one of the Jewish boys, and his family. David, as he is known to the kids, is drawn into a complicated dilemma inspired by youthful deceit and the best of intentions.

David

2011

Mind Games poster
8.0

Jill Reeves suffers from retrograde amnesia, forgetting the last seven months of her life. When the mysterious Carter Tallerin tells her they're married, Jill's world unravels. Everyone in Jill's life has a secret, including herself.

Mind Games

2003

The Female Brain poster
5.5

The neurological inner workings of romantic relationships between men and women are studied for science.

The Female Brain

2017

The Devil Comes to Kansas City poster
3.6

Paul Wilson is a loving dad and husband, making ends meet on his farm in Iowa. When his wife is killed and daughter kidnapped in Kansas City, Paul reveals his past as a mercenary and must travel to the city to get his daughter back.

The Devil Comes to Kansas City

2023

Maryam poster
8.0

An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community after American hostages are held in Iran.

Maryam

2002

Paradise poster
4.9

After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.

Paradise

2013

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero poster
5.2

A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

2016

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand poster
4.8

A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

2002

A Simple Wedding poster
4.8

Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.

A Simple Wedding

2018

Shirin in Love poster
4.0

Despite being engaged to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself falling for a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California.

Shirin in Love

2014

Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story poster
NR

A documentary detailing funny, outrageous, positive stories about Andy Dick. Interviews range from club bouncers to celebrities. This Is Your Life meets Comedy Central Roast.

Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story

2017

Just Like Us poster
6.8

The director takes us on a hilarious tour from Dubai to Beirut, Riyadh to New York with a gaggle of other stand-up talent. Along the way, taboos of culture and geopolitics are exploded, and a younger generation of both comedy talents and audiences is born.

Just Like Us

2011

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 poster
5.0

From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers have used often-controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy.

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

2021

Come What May poster
1.0

Come What May tells the full story of Ralphie May through the comics who stood beside him, the friends who knew him best, and the people who watched him burn bright at the center of comedy.

Come What May

2026

Moonpie poster
5.0

A burn-out elementary school principal and a bi-polar third grade teacher see their troubled worlds come together in a developing relationship that feels almost - well, perfect.

Moonpie

2006

The Last King poster
NR

A world famous Iranian detective Shahriar and his ward Vahid are called upon the murder of a shipping magnate. His list of suspects, short but close to him, his three daughters and wife stand by as they tell their version of the events leading up to the patriarchs death.

The Last King

2024

Valentino's Ghost poster
5.7

The documentary exposes the ways in which America's foreign policy agenda in the Middle East drives the U.S. media's portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. The film lays bare the truths behind taboo subjects that are conspicuously avoided, or merely treated as sound bites, by the mainstream American media: "Why do they hate us?" "Why do we hate them?" What were the events that led to the 9/11 attacks? What are the politics behind the U.S.-Israeli relationship? Why is there a robust debate about these subjects in Europe, the Arab World and in Israel itself, but not in the U.S.? Valentino's Ghost provides a fresh inquiry which challenges the media's daily barrage of rhetoric and misinformation about our complex and vital relationship with this part of the world

Valentino's Ghost

2013

Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster poster
NR

Music, comedy and debauchery are the order of the evening when funny man Pauly Shore hosts this Las Vegas variety show featuring an eclectic blend of adult entertainers, "filthy glam" rock band Semi Precious Weapons, and comedians including Maz Jobrani, Andy Dick, Charlyne Yi, Faizon Love and Tom Green.

Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster

2011

Behind the camera

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero poster
5.2

A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

2016

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero poster
5.2

A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

2016

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour poster
7.3

In a time when East and West do not seem to understand each other, top stand-up comics of Middle Eastern descent Ahmed Ahmed, Aron Kader, and Maz Jobrani take it upon themselves to single-handedly bridge the gap with an original comedy tour that has become one of the hottest concert tickets in the country.Special guest Dean Obeidallah , who's appeared on "Saturday Night Live" "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and is a founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, joins the "Axis of Evil" creators for this sold-out, no-holds-barred event that has made headlines everywhere from CNN to Newsweek.Nothing is off-limits. Whether it's gay terrorists or the difficulty of flying in post 9/11 America, The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour blasts stereotypes with outrageous humor.

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

2007

Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly poster
7.4

Comedian Maz Jobrani showcases his brilliant and laugh-out-loud talents in his first solo stand-up comedy special. He tackles topics on politics, race and religion, and hilariously breaks down stereotypes about the Middle East.

Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly

2009

Maz Jobrani: Pandemic Warrior poster
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Comedian Maz Jobrani lights up Dubai with his latest comedy special tackling universal topics like politics, parenting, and social issues. In a time of divisiveness, he brings laughter to a sold out international audience and shows how much we all have in common. Plus bonus material from his days under the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Maz Jobrani: Pandemic Warrior

2021

Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace poster
7.4

Maz Jobrani goes to Stockholm, Sweden for his third stand-up special and he shows that comedy can truly be a diplomatic tool when he makes an international audience laugh at topics from his family, to racism, politics and media. "I Come in Peace" is a comedy special that will have you laughing out loud while making you think.

Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace

2013

Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace poster
7.4

Maz Jobrani goes to Stockholm, Sweden for his third stand-up special and he shows that comedy can truly be a diplomatic tool when he makes an international audience laugh at topics from his family, to racism, politics and media. "I Come in Peace" is a comedy special that will have you laughing out loud while making you think.

Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace

2013

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant poster
6.0

Iranian American comic Maz Jobrani lights up the Kennedy Center with riffs on immigrant life in the Trump era, modern parenting pitfalls and more.

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant

2017

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant poster
6.0

Iranian American comic Maz Jobrani lights up the Kennedy Center with riffs on immigrant life in the Trump era, modern parenting pitfalls and more.

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant

2017

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NR

This is Maz Jobrani’s 7th standup comedy special filmed at the World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. In “The Birds and the Bees” Maz covers how he became a regular at the Comedy Store under legendary owner Mitzi Shore.

Maz Jobrani: The Birds & The Bees

2023

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This is Maz Jobrani’s 7th standup comedy special filmed at the World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. In “The Birds and the Bees” Maz covers how he became a regular at the Comedy Store under legendary owner Mitzi Shore.

Maz Jobrani: The Birds & The Bees

2023

Maz Jobrani: I'm Not a Terrorist But I've Played One on TV poster
6.2

Comedian Maz Jobrani follows up his bestselling book with a hilarious comedy special of the same title, where he takes on political issues, social issues and his kids through the lens of his Iranian-American background to show that we have a lot more in common than we think.

Maz Jobrani: I'm Not a Terrorist But I've Played One on TV

2015

Maz Jobrani: I'm Not a Terrorist But I've Played One on TV poster
6.2

Comedian Maz Jobrani follows up his bestselling book with a hilarious comedy special of the same title, where he takes on political issues, social issues and his kids through the lens of his Iranian-American background to show that we have a lot more in common than we think.

Maz Jobrani: I'm Not a Terrorist But I've Played One on TV

2015