Ronnie Khalil
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Shaher "Ronnie" Khalil is an Egyptian-American stand-up comedian and actor
. He has headlined across four continents, toured the United States
as a guest performer with the “Axis of Evil”, performed with “Arabs Gone Wild” and taped two “Friday Night Live” Showtime Comedy specials in Dubai
, including “Minorities Rule” and “New World Order”, both were shown across 14 countries in the Middle East
. Ronnie has performed in sold-out shows across the Middle East and was part of the first-ever Amman
Stand-up Comedy
Festival in Jordan
, as well as numerous other comedy festivals including the New York
Underground, NY Arab-American, South Beach
, Los Angeles
and Boston
Comedy Festivals. He was also twice invited to the Montreal
Comedy Festival's "Just for Pitching." Ronnie has been featured on sketches
for “Conan O’Brian”, ABC News
, NPR
, Air America, CNN
and Al Jazeera
, as well as in Comedy Central's online show "The Watch List", which was later picked up for a pilot, and A&E's "15 Films About Madonna."
Khalil is Executive Producer
of the first ever Middle Eastern Comedy Festival in Los Angeles, which premiered September 2009, with the goal of changing stereotypes in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
Khalil grew up in Miami, FL
, where he was a founding member of "The Miami Comics", an ethnically diverse group of stand-up comedians.
In addition to stand-up, Khalil earned his M.B.A. from the University of Miami
, and lectures in colleges throughout the United States regarding success and motivation. His most popular lectures are “Success through C.O.M.E.D.Y.” and “Networking: How to Avoid Really Hard Work.” Both Khalil’s parents were university professors, and his father is currently President of Nile University
in Cairo, Egypt.
Actor
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. He has headlined across four continents, toured the United States
United States
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as a guest performer with the “Axis of Evil”, performed with “Arabs Gone Wild” and taped two “Friday Night Live” Showtime Comedy specials in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, including “Minorities Rule” and “New World Order”, both were shown across 14 countries in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. Ronnie has performed in sold-out shows across the Middle East and was part of the first-ever Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...
Festival in Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
, as well as numerous other comedy festivals including the New York
New York
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Underground, NY Arab-American, South Beach
South Beach
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, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and Boston
Boston
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Comedy Festivals. He was also twice invited to the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
Comedy Festival's "Just for Pitching." Ronnie has been featured on sketches
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
for “Conan O’Brian”, ABC News
ABC News
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, NPR
NPR
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, Air America, CNN
CNN
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and Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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, as well as in Comedy Central's online show "The Watch List", which was later picked up for a pilot, and A&E's "15 Films About Madonna."
Khalil is Executive Producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of the first ever Middle Eastern Comedy Festival in Los Angeles, which premiered September 2009, with the goal of changing stereotypes in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
Khalil grew up in Miami, FL
Florida
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, where he was a founding member of "The Miami Comics", an ethnically diverse group of stand-up comedians.
In addition to stand-up, Khalil earned his M.B.A. from the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
, and lectures in colleges throughout the United States regarding success and motivation. His most popular lectures are “Success through C.O.M.E.D.Y.” and “Networking: How to Avoid Really Hard Work.” Both Khalil’s parents were university professors, and his father is currently President of Nile University
Nile University
Nile University is a not-for-profit institution of higher learning. The University was established in Egypt in July 2006 by the Egyptian Foundation for Technological Education Development ....
in Cairo, Egypt.
External links
- Ronnie Khalil at IMDB
- "Ronnie Khalil - Ronnie Khalil's parents may throw him a surprise wedding." (video). The Watch List. Comedy Central.
- Ronnie Khalil's The Comedy Course. ArabComedy.org. New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.