ABOUT

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Ali Hassan is a Stand-up Comic, Actor and Radio & Television personality. 

Ali is the host of stand-up comedy show Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio and SiriusXM, a frequent guest-host on q and As It Happens - which air on CBC Radio and NPR - and the host of Canada Reads - the annual book-battle celebrating the best of Canadian literature.  CBC host Tom Power has referred to him as the "Vince McMahon of books". He'll take it. 

Ali has toured Canada with his solo show Muslim Interrupted, and was part of the 2019 Just for Laughs’ cross-country tour, hosted by Rick Mercer.  Among his Film & TV credits, he was recently in the films MySpy and Tammy’s Always Dying and appeared in recent seasons of Working Moms and Murdoch Mysteries.  TV audiences can also see Ali as a recurring guest star in two new shows: Sort Of, on CBC and HBO Max, on the new hit sitcom Run The Burbs on CBC TV & GEM.