Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is an award-winning South African comedian. He has also been a radio DJ, actor and TV host. Trevor Noah was born to a (white) Swiss father and (black) South African mother. His mixed-race heritage, his experiences growing up in a Soweto township, and his observations about race and ethnicity are leading themes in his comedy. Noah had a small role on the South African soap opera, Isidingo in 2002, when he was 18. He then began hosting his own radio show Noahs Ark on Gautengs leading youth radio station, YFM. Noah then went on to host an educational program on SABC2 followed by hosting The Real Goboza, a gossip show on SABC1. Noah dropped his radio show and acting to focus on comedy, and has performed with South African comedians such as Riaad Moosa, Darren Simpson, Marc Lottering, Barry Hilton and Nik Rabinowitz, international comedians such as Paul Rodriguez, Carl Barron and Paul Zerdin, and as the opening act for Gabriel Iglesias in November 2007 and Canadian comedian Russell Peters on his South African tour. Noah has performed all around South Africa in The Blacks Only Comedy Show, Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy Festival, and Bafunny Bafunny. His stand-up comedy specials include The Daywalker, and Crazy Normal, both of which have been released on DVD. Following his Daywalker performance Noah began hosting his own TV Show Tonight with Trevor Noah which aired on South Africas MNet network. On 6 January 2012 Noah became the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and appeared on 17 May 2013 on The David Letterman Show. Noah is also the subject of the 2012 documentary You Laugh But Its True.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:58:16 +0000
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