About
Ali Hassan is a stand-up comedian, actor, author and broadcaster who has performed for audiences across Canada, in the United States and internationally.
Ali is the host of the hit stand-up comedy radio show Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio and SiriusXM. He also often appears as a guest-host on the arts and culture shows q and Commotion, and for the past 10 years, he has been the host of Canada Reads - CBC's "Battle of the Books".
Ali has also toured across Canada as one of the stars of the Just For Laughs ‘Comedy Night In Canada’ tour with Rick Mercer. A Canadian Comedy Award nominee, Ali has toured his solo show Muslim Interrupted around Canada to great acclaim. He has taken the show to Scotland to perform at the world's largest comedy festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2023, Ali began touring his latest one man show, based on his decade in the food industry, Does This Taste Funny?
Ali has appeared on the big screen in award-winning films such as French Immersion, the hockey hit Goon and Tammy's Always Dying. Some of his television roles include Designated Survivor (ABC, Netflix), Odd Squad (PBS Kids, CBBC), Dino Dana (TVOKids), Workin’ Moms (Netflix), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Boston Blue (CBS), DOC (Fox) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+).
Ali was recently nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for his roles in two television shows – Run The Burbs (CBC, Hulu) and the Peabody-Award winning Sort Of (CBC Gem, HBO Max).
Ali recently performed as part of NPR’s The Moth storytelling series in Cincinnati, Chicago and Toronto. His comedic memoir ‘Is There Bacon in Heaven?’ was released with Simon & Schuster and described by Rick Mercer as “perhaps the funniest and most heartfelt Canadian memoir yet.”
