Canadian stand-up comedian
Dave Merheje is a Canadian stand-up comedian.[ 1] He is known for his roles in Mr. D and Ramy , as well as his 2019 comedy album Good Friend Bad Grammar , which earned him the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the 2019 Juno Awards .[ 2]
Early life
Merheje was born in Windsor , Ontario to a Lebanese family. He attended Catholic Central High School [ 3] and later St. Clair College , graduating from the business marketing program in 2003.[ 4]
Career
Merheje began performing comedy in the Windsor-Detroit area.[ 5] [ 6] He has since performed at venues including Just For Laughs , the Halifax Comedy Festival , the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival .[ 6] In 2015, he had his own stand-up special on The Comedy Network .[ 7] Merheje has 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.[ 8] He was also featured in an episode of the Netflix stand-up comedy series Comedians of the World .[ 1]
Merheje had a recurring role as Dave Bechara in the Canadian television sitcom Mr. D . .[ 9] Since 2019, he has portrayed the role of Ahmed on the Hulu comedy series Ramy .
Merheje's comedy album Good Friend Bad Grammar won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the 2019 Juno Awards .[ 2]
Filmography
References
^ a b "Comedians of the World (Canada EN): K. Trevor Wilson, DeAnne Smith, Ivan Decker, Dave Merheje" . Exclaim! , January 8, 2019.
^ a b "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners" . CBC Music , March 16, 2019.
^ Liu, Sijia (2021-08-09). "Award-Winning Comedian Dave Merheje Reflects on his Windsor Roots" . CTV News Windsor . Retrieved 2022-05-30 .
^ Chen, Dalson (15 December 2021). "Windsor-born comedian Dave Merheje returns for weekend show" . Windsor Star . Retrieved 2022-05-30 .
^ "Toronto comedy veteran Dave Merheje gets in your face" Archived 2019-05-12 at the Wayback Machine . 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.
^ "Meet a Comedian: Dave Merheje" . Post City , June 25, 2012.
^ "Mr. D heads back to the classroom" . Playback , June 29, 2017.
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