Mehdi Barakchian was born in NYC, currently lives in New Jersey and doesn’t care for your opinion on the matter. He’s studied Sketch and Improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and The Peoples Improv Theater, and talks about motorcycles more than what most people would considerable a tolerable amount of time. 

If you still have a TV, you can catch his recurring roles on NBC’s hit “Manifest” and ABC’s “For Life” as Jared Lewis. Check out his guest star role on "The Resident" if you want to see him get blown up by a cannon. He’s also made appearances on shows like Netflix’s YOU, TBS' The Last OG, HBO’s The Undoing, NCIS: New Orleans, CBS’ Bull, Hulu’s Difficult People, and TBS’ Search Party. Mehdi is the creator and host of the “Brown as f*ck” talk show, “Passport Control with Mehdi Barakchian” on BRIC TV. TimeOut NY said Mehdi does “the Daily Show better than the real thing,” and NY Times exclaimed the show is a “fresh take on the late-night talk show.”

Mehdi was a producer and an actor on UCB Digital Team Frohnson & Frohnson for their comedy pilot, SPLUNCH, which was an Official Selection at NYTVF and won the Just For Laughs ComedyPRO Partnership. 
He also serves as Co-Host/Producer/Writer on NY Times acclaimed late-night talk show “Brunch Night! with Jamie LeeLo” which opened Comedy Central’s NY Comedy Festival consecutive years at Carolines on Broadway.

As an improviser he served as a House Team veteran player for 7 years at the People’s Improv Theater and currently improvises with The Armory at The Tank in NYC. If he’s not there he’s at his garage building cafe racers where nothing is funny and everything is very serious and very cool and he’s definitely not overcompensating, 

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