MAZ JOBRANI is a founding member of The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which first aired on Comedy Central. He has had two Showtime specials, "Brown and Friendly," and most recently, "I Come In Peace." He performs stand-up live around the world, including in the Middle East, where he performed in front of the King of Jordan. Maz has also performed stand up on THE TONIGHT SHOW and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON. Most recently, Maz starred as the title character in the award-winning indie comedy, JIMMY VESTVOOD: AMERIKAN HERO, a film which he co-wrote and produced. He can next be seen (Summer 2015) playing the role of Jafar (from Aladdin) in the Disney movie, THE DESCENDANTS. With over 50 guest star appearances, Maz can regularly be seen on television's most popular shows. Recent guest stars include MISSION CONTROL, TRUE BLOOD, and SHAMELESS. Maz has been featured on CNN, the BBC, The New York Times and Time Magazine. He is a regular panelist on NPR's WAIT WAIT DONT TELL ME, and he also has a book coming out, I'M NOT A TERRORIST BUT I'VE PLAYED ONE ON TV, published by Simon & Schuster, that's expected to hit shelves in February 2015.
Rajiv Satyal is a standup comedian originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. His TV-clean act has made him one of the most versatile comedians working today.
He performs weekly at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. Rajiv has garnered 10 million+ YouTube/Facebook views and been featured on NBC, NPR, Nickelodeon, Fx, Netflix, Bob & Tom, Zee TV, and Pandora, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, The Huffington Post, India Abroad, and the LA Times.
Rajiv wrote No Man’s Land, a 100-minute one-person show about his dating life that sold out all six performances from LA to NY to San Francisco to Cincinnati. In August 2014, Rajiv released a video, I AM INDIAN, that went massively viral, shared by Bollywood stars and used to introduce the Indian Prime Minister.
This University of Cincinnati engineer and former P&G marketer has done stand-up at more than 75 colleges. He named his alma mater’s online radio station “Bearcast,” launched/managed a Miss India America’s career, and has spoken to audiences from Fortune 50 companies to NFL players on innovation, diversity, and personal branding. His corporate clients include P&G (10 times), GE (7 times), General Mills, Quaker, Cisco and more. He runs a consulting business called the Standpoint Agency, which helps marketers generate insights for their brands.
Rajiv has performed on three continents. He co-created the world-touring Make Chai Not War, a Hindu/Muslim stand-up show that traversed seven Indian cities, sponsored by the U.S. State Dept.
Rajiv has toured with Dave Chappelle, Tim Allen, Kevin Nealon, and Russell Peters. He has acted in national commercials and in TV shows. He recorded 127 episodes of his podcast, The TanGent Show. Rajiv produces sketches, improvises, and writes TV ads. His favorite sites in the whole wide world are facebook.com/funnyindian and rajivsatyal.com. This LA-based pocket pundit challenges people to see a new point-of-view. Most of all, he talks about what it’s like to be Rajiv. And we all have some Rajiv in us, even if we don’t want to admit it.
Paul Varghese has been seen on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and "Standup Revolution" as well as NBC's "Last Comic Standing", Showtime's "Russell Peters Presents" and was the opening act for Joan Rivers in 2014. He also has an album called 'Paul and Oates" out on iTunes.