The Multicultural Life Story of Omid Djalili With 5 Character Traits

Welcome. Let’s go into the 5 character traits of Omid Djalili's multicultural life!

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Number One: Optimism
Omid Djalili was born on the 30th of September 1965 in Chelsea, London. This would explain why he is a big Chelsea fan. He is the youngest of three children, and both his parents had to work two jobs to support the family. His family left Iran several years prior to Omid’s birth to escape any religious persecution. Omid was born in the middle of the ‘swinging 60s’, a youth-driven cultural revolution aimed at breaking traditions. Despite the openness of this era, life wasn't easy for an immigrant family like Omid’s. His family had to make extra money by taking in sick lodgers who came from Iran to get medical assistance.  

Number Two: Self-Control
These struggles didn’t stop Omid from pursuing his dreams and working hard. He attended Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, where he studied English and Theatre studies. Here he was the subject of different discrimination because of his ethnicity and beliefs. When he was playing for the five-a-side football team, called ‘The Persian Empire’, consisting of a team of Iranian men bonding over their heritage and love of football, he was dropped after revealing his Baha’i identity to the team members. Despite the struggles, Omid wasn’t disheartened. He claims his rowdy days at Coleraine made him the man he is today, and inspired his commitment to talk about multicultural issues as well as his unique comic style. In fact, his first significant success in stand-up comedy was the act “The Short, Fat Kebab Shop Owner’s Son” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995. He used stereotypes to challenge people’s perception of Arab heritage. In 1996, at 31 years old, Omid followed up the success with the act “The Arab and The Jew”, with Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina.

Number Three: Self-Discipline 
Omid’s talent and determination led him to move from stand-up comedy to acclaimed many films. In 1999, he starred in two Hollywood blockbusters in “The Mummy” and the “James Bond” blockbuster franchise, featuring in “The World is Not Enough”. After the Hollywood experience, Omid went back to his live comedy roots. That year he broke Edinburgh Fringe Festival box office records with over 16,500 ticket sales and boosted a vast international appeal performing in the U.S, Canada, and a wide range of European countries. Following these successes, Omid was voted as the 60th best stand-up comedian by the British public in the Channel 4 program, ‘The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups’.

Number Four: Supportive
Having established himself as a versatile performer globally, Omid didn’t forget to give back to his community, through many causes.
In 2004, he contributed to the humanitarian response to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami by taking part in Comic Relief. Omid’s charity work has continued ever since. From 2010 he has been involved with Christian Aid. That year he supported their annual fundraiser, Quizaid, with the goal to raise £230,000 for Christian Aid’s work with communities in 50 of the world’s poorest countries. He has also collaborated with The Prince Trust on many occasions.

Number Five: Resourcefulness
It is evident that Omid has shown his commitment to bring social change on and off-screen. He choose once again to tackle the theme of “Multiculturalism” through comedy, appearing in ‘The Infidel’ in 2010, as a British-Muslim going through an identity crisis after he discovering he was adopted as a child, having been born to a Jewish family. His film career continued in the 2010s with many projects such as the Crime Drama ‘Mr.Nice’ and a TV adaptation of Moon Fleet. In 2018, he cameoed as a Greek customs officer in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, the sequel to the original Mamma Mia.

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0:00 - Intro
3:02 - Optimism
3:57 - Self-Control
5:50 - Self-Discipline
8:10 - Supportive
9:34 - Resourcefulness
11:54 - Multicultural Campaigns
12:00 - Closing Remarks

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