Alex Edelman
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| Born | March 20, 1989 |
| Alma mater | New York University |
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Alex Edelman (born 1989) is an American stand-up comedian based in New York. His show "Millennial" won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe,[1] the first American to do so since Arj Barker won in 1997.[2]
Edelman grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Boston, spending a year in a Yeshiva in Jerusalem before returning to the US to study English at New York University. His father is Elazer Edelman, a notable biomedical engineer, physician, professor, and inventor. His brother is Israeli Olympian Adam Edelman.[3]
He has performed stand-up since the age of 15.[4] He first performed in the UK in 2012[5] and in Australia in 2015.[6]
Edelman's 2015 Edinburgh Fringe show was titled "Everything Handed to You," and was the second most well-reviewed show at that year's festival.[7] He has appeared in the UK on television shows such as The John Bishop Show, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Live from the BBC, and contributed several anecdotes about his experiences as a comedian to the 2015 book 'Off the Mic', by Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur.
References
- ↑ "Best Newcomer - Edinburgh Comedy Awards". Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ↑ Best Newcomer - Edinburgh Comedy Awards
- ↑ "Skeleton racer AJ Edelman living the dream at Olympics" - The Boston Globe
- ↑ "A funny thing happened on the way to the Yeshiva". Boston Globe. 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Edelman, Alex (8 August 2015). "Alex Edelman: How I learned to love the British sense of humour". The Guardian.
- ↑ Edelman, Alex (21 April 2015). "I absolutely don't want to meet a koala". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Nish of the Day! News 2015". Chortle UK. 7 September 2015.
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