Akaash Singh is an Indian-American actor, stand-up comedian and podcaster. He is best known for hosting a podcast with American stand-up comedian Andrew Cameron Schultz and the comedy series Bring Back Apu on YouTube.
Wiki/Biography
Akaash Singh was born on Friday, May 4, 1984 in Dallas, Texas (age 39 years 2023). His zodiac sign is Taurus. Akash continued his studies in Texas. Akash wanted to become a doctor like his uncle, so from 2002 to 2006, Akash studied pre-med at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black
Eye color: moss green
family
Akaash Singh was born in the United States to an Indian immigrant family.
Parents and siblings
His mother, Padma Devi, was a housewife. He has an elder brother Anshul Singh.
Akash Singh and his mother
Akash Singh (left) and his brother
wife
Akaash Singh married Jasleen Singh in July 2021 in New Jersey. Jasleen Singh is a marketing analyst.
Akash Singh and Jasleen Singh
Relationships/Affairs
Akaash Singh dated Jasleen Singh for six years and tied the knot in July 2021. Jasleen and Akaash met in 2015 at the Hoboken Comedy Festival in New York. Jasleen met Akaash through her sister, who is a huge fan of the Akaash podcast. . According to Akash, he spotted her at a music festival in New York and began pursuing her.
Akash Singh and Jasleen Singh
On October 4, 2019, Akash wrote a post on his Instagram about his relationship with Jasleen, saying:
Four years ago today I caught up with this girl after a comedy show because she looked like she could be Indian, which she was – a rarity for our people. Fast forward to today and she will be my wife. Moral of the story: give street harassment a chance. “
After about four years of dating, Akaash Singh proposed to Jasleen Singh two days after her birthday in 2019 at the Empire State Building, and they married in 2021.
Akash Singh proposed to Jasleen on top of the Empire State Building
Religion/Religious Views
Akash Singh believes in Hinduism. In one appearance, he discussed his religious beliefs and said:
I have a Sikh name but I am Hindu”
caste
Akash Singh belongs to the Kshatriya cast.
Profession
comedy
Akaash Singh started performing stand-up comedy in high school. Talking about this, he said,
I first got into comedy in high school because a friend asked me to do it, and it was at an open mic at a bar in Denton called the Brick House Café. I was on stage for about five minutes. I didn’t do it for the next four or five years. “
Akaash Singh during one of his shows
After college, Singer pursued stand-up comedy full-time and moved to Los Angeles in September 2006. While in Los Angeles, he held several shows, but they were not successful. By February 2007, he was conducting open mic tests at least five times a week. In 2008, he moved to New York and began performing occasionally at comedy clubs and became a comedy performer at Village Lantern.
Akaash Singh performs freestyle comedy in 2020
Akash is known for his comedic take on racism and jokes about white privilege. In February 2022, Akash released a comedy special on his official YouTube channel “Bring Back Appu”, which is based on the Indian immigrant character Appu who was criticized for being removed from the famous American TV series “The Simpsons” for background. Racist. However, Akash joked in his video that the character is not a racist but an American dream. The video hit one million views in its first week. In March 2022, he released “The Crowdwork Special,” making him the first comedian to produce two specials in consecutive months.
acting
television
Akaash Singh made his television debut in 2014 with the American show Good Medicine. In the show, he plays Raj, an Indian-American player who wants to be a football player. That same year, he appeared in HBO’s supernatural drama series “The Dead”, playing a dry-cleaning employee. He is famous for appearing in seasons 6 and 7 of the American sketch comedy and battle rap improv game show Wild ‘n Out. In 2015, Akaash Singh appeared in the American reality comedy television series Guy Code on MTV2. Akaash Singh has appeared in numerous television shows, including Red Oaks (2015), Guy Code vs. Girl Code (2016), and Fake News at Night (2018 ).
Akaash singh in “Guy Code vs. Girl Code” (2016) stills
Netflix
In 2016, Akash appeared in the American comedy series Brown Country. He plays Mookie, an Indian-American IT company employee.
podcast
Akaash Singh co-hosts the podcast Flagrant with American comedian Andrew Schulz. The podcast started out as a sports podcast but in 2022 began covering current events and pop culture. After the success of the podcast, Singer also created a Patreon and they released an additional podcast within a week.
Akaash Singh (far right) still from his podcast Flagrant 2
other works
Akaash Singh owns a production company, Padma Devi Productions, in his mother’s name.
Favorites
- TV show: Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny
- Athlete: Reggie Miller
- Comedian: Rami Yusuf
Facts/Trivia
- In a 2022 interview, talking about his love for sports and the inspiration to start the famous Flagrant podcast with American stand-up comedian Andrew Schulz, he said:
I’m a huge fan of denim. Mavericks fans, obviously. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Sports are big. Andrew is not very keen on sports. A true basketball fan, but nothing more. But we all talked about sports being a good thing because people don’t tend to be super political about sports. Colin Kaepernick has divided a lot of people, but more often than not, [for] Most of us, I think sports are a place to leave all this crap behind. It has a certain status, but I’m not going to stop being friends with someone just because they’re a Bears fan or a Niners fan. So, even though we are different, we can all come here and talk about this. And sensitivity isn’t high, especially around sports fans. That way we knew we could still do something comedic, blatant, fun and non-sporting and have a through line. “
- In a 2017 interview, when asked why he chose to become a stand-up comedian, Akash stated that it was his friends who encouraged him to become a comedian, saying:
When I was doing Anatomy and Physiology in grade 11, a friend in the class said ‘You’re not going to be a doctor. You’ll be a stand-up comedian and I’ll be your manager and take 10% of your income. I was interested but never thought I could do it.Then he messaged me and said we had an open mic in Denton our freshman year [Texas] I need to collect materials. I nervously played these shows in our little dorm room. Not a dormitory, but our little dormitory with bunk beds. Then I did it. I remember there were times when the audience was laughing so hard that I couldn’t say the next line because I had the script memorized. I remember I was freaking out because ‘Oh my God, the audience was laughing so hard I couldn’t even say what I was going to say next. ‘”
- In February 2022, Akaash Singh appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by American comedian, host and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan.
Akash Singh (left) and Joe Rogan on the set of “The Joe Rogan Experience”
- In July 2022, Akaash Singh performed 5 sold-out shows in Minneapolis.
Akash Singh during his performance in Minneapolis
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