JJ Whitehead is a

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born

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

, who was based in the United Kingdom until 2014. He lives in Hollywood, California. He has made appearances at 14

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s including 7 solo shows.

Stand-up

In 2000 Whitehead was the winner of the ''BBC New Comedy Award'' That year he was also a finalist for The Daily Telegraph Comedy Award at the

. JJ Whitehead has had several TV appearances on Live at The Comedy Store in the UK and internationally he has appeared on The New Zealand Comedy Festival Gala, Raw Comedy in Sweden, and The World Comedy Tour in Australia. Whitehead performed on an episode of the

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show '' 28 Acts in 28 Minutes''. Whitehead grew up in

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Edinburgh Fringe shows

References

External links

Jason John Whitehead official site
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