Abbas Wahab is a prolific Sudanese-born Canadian comedian, actor, and writer. Having immigrated to Canada at age six, he has since served with the Canadian Naval reserves, and after completing an engineering degree, moved to Detroit, Michigan. Wahab got his start to performing stand-up while in the Motor City, beginning a duel-life of engineering by day and comedy by night. After Detroit, Wahab spent a year working in Silicone Valley, where he spent his nights immersed in the famed San Francisco comedy scene. In 2018 he decided to abandon his engineering career, and move back to Canada to focus on stand-up.
He's been a staple of the Toronto comedy scene for a decade, a regular on CBC's The Debaters, and has been featured on Just for Laughs and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals. He has made numerous TV appearances including Amazon Prime Video's The Boys, CTV's Children Ruin Everything, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, and Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Abbas is also the creator and host of The Immigrant Section podcast, a weekly comedy show showcasing Toronto's rising ethnic talents. He has garnered a loyal online following of over 50k users on Instagram and 160k on TikTok. He's most well known for his viral "job interview" series, which parodies the hiring process of popular jobs and companies.
