Dave Merheje
Dave Merheje is a Canadian stand-up comedian[1] whose comedy album Good Friend Bad Grammar won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019.[2]
Born in Windsor, Ontario to a Lebanese family, Merheje began performing comedy in the Windsor-Detroit area.[3][4] He has since performed at venues including Just For Laughs, the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[4] In 2015, he had his own stand-up special on The Comedy Network.[5]
He also has a recurring role as Dave Bechara in the television sitcom Mr. D,[6] and was featured in an episode of the Netflix stand-up comedy series Comedians of the World.[1]
Merheje has also performed with other Canadian comedians of South Asian or Middle Eastern descent, including Ali Badshah and Ali Hassan, in the touring We Ain't Terrorists comedy show.[7]
In 2019, he portrayed the role of Ahmed on the Hulu comedy series Ramy.
References[]
- ^ a b "Comedians of the World (Canada EN): K. Trevor Wilson, DeAnne Smith, Ivan Decker, Dave Merheje". Exclaim!, January 8, 2019.
- ^ "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners". CBC Music, March 16, 2019.
- ^ "Toronto comedy veteran Dave Merheje gets in your face". Whistler Question, May 22, 2013.
- ^ a b "Windsor comedian featured on Netflix stand-up series". Windsor Star, January 4, 2019.
- ^ "Windsor-raised standup comedian Dave Merheje plays it just for laughs". Windsor Star, August 12, 2015.
- ^ "Mr. D heads back to the classroom". Playback, June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Meet a Comedian: Dave Merheje". Post City, June 25, 2012.
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