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 as part of the Just for Laughs cross-country tour, hosted by Rick Mercer.  Among his Film & TV credits, he was recently in the films Mafia Inc., MySpy and Tammy’s Always Dying and appeared in recent seasons of Workin' Moms, Murdoch Mysteries and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.  TV audiences can also see Ali right now as a recurring guest star in two new shows: Sort Of on CBC and HBO Max, and on the new hit sitcom Run The Burbs on CBC TV & GEM. 

His comedic memoir Is There Bacon In Heaven? is out NOW with Simon & Schuster