Ronnie Khalil

Born in Miami and raised by Egyptian parents, Ronnie combines energy, intelligence and facial expressions to leave audiences laughing out loud and wondering, “sure he seems nice enough but why is he still following us?”

Ronnie has headlined across four continents, taped two “Friday Night Live” Showtime Comedy specials in Dubai, including “Minorities Rule” and “New World Order”, both of which were shown across 14 countries in the Middle East, as well as “Stand-Up Australia,” airing in Australia and New Zealand.

Ronnie has toured the United States as a guest performer with the “Axis of Evil”, performed with “Arabs Gone Wild”, has performed in sold-out shows across the Middle East and was part of the first-ever Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival in Jordan, as well as numerous other comedy festivals including the New York Underground, NY Arab-American, South Beach, Los Angeles and Boston Comedy Festivals.

Ronnie is Executive Producer of the first ever Middle Eastern Comedy Festival in Los Angeles, premiering September 2009, with the goal of changing stereotypes in the Hollywood entertainment industry. He is also working on his first feature film, which he wrote and is starring in, to be shot in Cairo, Egypt, titled “Seducing Leyla.”

He was twice invited to the Montreal Comedy Festival’s “Just for Pitching.” Ronnie has been featured on sketches for “Conan O’Brian”, ABC News, NPR, Air America, CNN and Al Jazeera, as well as in Comedy Central’s online show “The Watch List”, which was later picked up for a pilot, and A&E’s “15 Films About Madonna.”

In addition to stand-up, Ronnie studied improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City and Just the Funny, and with the acting studio The Barrow Group and Lesly Kahn and Associates. He has also appeared off-Broadway and saved numerous children from burning buildings. All-in-all, he’s awesome.