Kenneth Mathew Sebastian, better known as Kenny Sebastian, is an Indian stand-up comedian, musician and film producer people. He came into limelight by airing clips of his stand-up comedy shows through his YouTube channel.
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Kenny Sebastian was born on Tuesday, December 31, 1991 in Kerala (28 years old; as of 2019). His zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Kenny Sebastian childhood photos
Kenny grew up in different parts of India as his father was an Indian Navy man. After his father retired, his family settled in Bangalore. He completed his education at Kendriya Vidyalaya, NAL Campus, Bangalore and went to Chitrakala Parishath, Karnataka to pursue a BA in Visual Arts. Kenny is a very naughty child. He has had a keen interest in film directing since he was a child. He started making his own films when he was 15 years old. At the time, Kenny didn’t have a camera, so he borrowed one from a friend and started shooting the movie. While in college, Kenny joined the theater community and worked in it for many years.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Family, caste and girlfriends
Kenny Sebastian belongs to a Christian family. His father Sebastian Chacko is a former Indian Navy personnel. Little is known about his mother. He has a brother, Kevin James Sebastian.
Kenny Sebastian’s mother
Kenny Sebastian and his parents
Kenny Sebastian’s brother Kevin James Sebastian
Profession
Kenny Sebastian started his career by making short films. By the age of 23, he had directed 12 short films and 2 feature films. In 2008, he created his own YouTube channel “Kenny Sebastian” and released his first video “9 Hours To Live”. He started by imitating and covering popular songs, slowly gaining a following.
In 2014, he wrote and directed a season of India’s first sketch comedy television show, Living Room. Kenny began writing a song based on the tweets, commonly known as #KennySing4Me. This earned him his initial popularity. He also created a revamped sketch show for “Comedy Central.”
He co-wrote and starred in the web series “Star Boyz.” He has made special appearances in web series such as “Funny You”, “Better Life Foundation”, “Abish’s Son” and “Pushpavali”. He created the original series “Die Trying” and the sketch comedy show “Sketchy Behavior” on Amazon Prime Video.
Sebastian has established his own production studio “SuperHuman Studioz” to produce content for his YouTube channel. Kenny hosts a monthly live vlog called “Chai Time Comedy With Kenny Sebastian” where he hosts interactive chat shows with people. In the show, he also made humorous observations on everyday events.
He has directed Comedy Specials and is a member of the jury for Comicstaan, a comedy hunting reality show on Amazon Prime. Kenny performed for popular comedy clubs such as “The Canvas Laugh Club” and “The Comedy Store.” He is associated with Bengaluru-based comedy group ‘The Polished Bottoms’. Kenny is also a part of The Improvisers, a group of four comedians including Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, Kanez Surha and Abhish Mah build.
Kenny Sebastian performs for Canvas Laugh Club
In January 2017, he started a cross-border global tour with the show “Don’t Be That Guy”. As of 2019, Kenny has performed in over 500 shows and has performed with many popular comedians such as Vir Das, Phil Nichol (UK), Raj Sharma (US, HBO), Imran Yusuf (UK) and AIB’s Tanmay Bhat.
favorite thing
- Stand-up comedians: Jerry Seinfeld, Louis Ck, Dave Chapelle
- Book: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
fact
- His hobbies include music production, painting, performing arts, playing basketball, dancing, reading, photography, live music performances, and traveling.
- He likes to ride bicycles.
Kenny Sebastian poses with his bike
- Kenny has toured several countries with popular American stand-up comedian Scott Capullo.
- He is fluent in English, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada.
- Sebastian is color blind.
- At the age of 19, he made his stage debut. Kenny participated in a stand-up comedy competition at the IIT Festival in Mumbai and won.
- Kenny is managed by Only Much Louder (OML), one of India’s leading artist management companies.
- Kenny revealed in an interview that he had a knack for spinning creative stories since he was a kid. Sharing one such incident, he said,
When I was in class, the teacher asked me for my homework book. I said confidently – Madam, I would love to leave my homework to you, but for some reason, my father brought all my books to his office. So I don’t have it with me now. My teacher was so impressed with such a unique answer that she called my mom and told her what I said. My mom and dad still talk about it. “
- Before becoming a stand-up comedian, Kenny tried his hand at being a musician. He played music in restaurants for several months. Kenny also released an album that remains unsold. Talking about this, he said,
I still have 200 to 300 CDs at home to remind me of that fact. “
- Surprisingly, the comedian who steals the spotlight so effortlessly also once suffered from stage fright. Talking about the same, he said,
I had stage fright in school. The first time I got cold feet on stage was when I was in fifth or sixth grade. I felt paralyzed and unable to move. I don’t know why, but for some reason I always wanted to be on stage. It often disheartened me to see other kids do this so easily. So, from sixth grade to eleventh grade, my goal was to overcome stage fright, and to do this, I read a lot of books on how to overcome stage fright. After years of hard work, I finally had the courage to speak on stage in the eleventh grade. “
- Kenny started earning money in 11th grade and became financially independent during his freshman year of college. After graduation, Kenny was earning over one lakh rupees every month just from doing freelance films.
- He is an avid dog lover and often shares his photos with them through his Instagram account.
kenny sebastian loves dogs
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