Eshaan Akbar

Akbar is a Briton of Pakistani and Bangladeshi ancestry. Born in Whitechapel, east London, he moved with his family to Essex where he attended Forest School, a private Church of England school in Snaresbrook on an assisted place scholarship. Akbar studied economics at Queen Mary University of London and worked in wealth management until the 2008 crash.

He also worked at the London Borough of Merton Council and HSBC. Akbar has also worked as a Bollywood dance choreographer and journalist.[4]

Eshaan Akbar began performing stand-up in 2014. He made the final of the So You Think You're Funny competition and Laughing Horse in the same year. In 2016, he supported Micky Flanagan on his warm up tour. He has gone on to support Dane Baptiste, Hal Cruttenden, Rory Bremner, Jan Ravens, and Sindhu Vee.[5]

On TV, he has appeared on The Big Asian Stand-Up, Frankie Boyle's New World Order and Mock the Week, and has written for Rob Rinder's Good Year, Bad Year.[6]

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