Ramy Youssef HBO Comedy Special
Friday & Saturday, February 2-3 White Eagle Hall - Jersey City, NJ
Ramy Youssef is an award-winning Egyptian American creator, actor, producer, director, and comedian who brings his unique voice and perspective to his storytelling. Youssef can currently be seen in his feature debut in Yorgos Lanthimos’ critically acclaimed POOR THINGS opposite Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo. The film was awarded the Venice Film Festival’s highest honor, the Golden Lion, before screening at prestigious film festivals around the world. Since the film’s December 2023 release, the film has gone on to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, was named one of the top films of 2023 by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review, and has been nominated for 11 BAFTA awards, including Best Film.
Behind the camera, Youssef recently received his first DGA Award nomination for his work on the highly praised episode of FX’s Emmy-winning series THE BEAR titled “Honeydew.”
Youssef is perhaps best known for Hulu’s Peabody Award-winning comedy series, RAMY, which he created, produces, directs and stars in. Inspired by his own experiences centering around a first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim on a spiritual journey in his politically divided New Jersey neighborhood, Youssef received a Golden Globe in 2020 in the category of “Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy,” and was subsequently nominated for two Emmy Awards in the categories of “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series” and “Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series” on behalf of the series’ second season. The critically-acclaimed third season was released on September 30th, 2022.
Youssef is also the co-creator and executive producer of Netflix’s MO, a semi-autobiographical series inspired by Mo Amer’s life as a Palestinian refugee growing up in Houston.The groundbreaking series has received numerous accolades including the 2022 Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Series Under 40 Minutes, a Peabody Award, AFI’s Top Television Programs of the Year, as well as a Television Academy Honor in 2023.
As a comedian, Ramy is currently on his latest nationwide tour titled, “More Feelings”, and was previously nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and a Writers Guild Award in 2020 for his first one-hour HBO comedy special, RAMY YOUSSEF: FEELINGS. We couldn't be more excited to invite you to a see Ramy's next HBO Special being filmed in his home state of New Jersey. Don't miss this extraordinary homecoming show!