Hasan Minhaj is an American comedian, political commentator, writer, producer, actor, and television host. Best known for his Netflix show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, he has won two Peabody Awards and two Webby Awards. He was a Senior Correspondent on the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program The Daily Show from 2014 to 2018. He was the host of the 2017 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. His critically acclaimed one-man show, Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King started streaming on Netflix in 2017.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Daily Show (2023)
Starring as Host
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x23: Kevin O'Leary (Mar 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x22: Hasan Minhaj's Daughter (Mar 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x21: Rebel Wilson (Feb 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x20: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Feb 27, 2023)
Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x06: Quarterfinal #5: Troian Bellisario, Wil Wheaton and Hasan Minhaj (Oct 30, 2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x19: Hasan Minhaj (Oct 6, 2022)
Snacked (2021)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x08: Hasan Minhaj Breaks Down His Favorite Snacks (Sep 14, 2021)
Sneakerheads (2020)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x01: 100% Pure Adrenaline (Sep 25, 2020)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 5x37: Hasan Minhaj, Daisy Ridley, Danny Seo (Oct 29, 2024)
Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas (2020)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x02: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Apr 29, 2020)
The Morning Show (2019)
Guest starring as Eric Nomani
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Ghosts (Oct 15, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: Laura (Oct 1, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: It's Like the Flu (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: My Least Favorite Year (Sep 17, 2021)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2x67: Hasan Minhaj (May 12, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 3x23: Jamie Lee Curtis, Hasan Minhaj, Natalie Hemby, Malia Baker (Oct 13, 2021)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018)
Starring as Host
(40 episodes)
- Episode 6x08: Why Doing Taxes Is So Hard (Jun 28, 2020)
- Episode 6x07: We're Doing Elections Wrong (Jun 21, 2020)
- Episode 6x06: Is College Still Worth It? (Jun 14, 2020)
- Episode 6x05: Why the News Industry Is Dying (Jun 7, 2020)
- Episode 6x04: We Cannot Stay Silent About George Floyd (Jun 4, 2020)
- Episode 6x03: How Coronavirus Broke America (May 31, 2020)
- Episode 6x02: The Legal Marijuana Industry Is Rigged (May 24, 2020)
- Episode 6x01: What Happens If You Can't Pay Rent? (May 17, 2020)
- Episode 5x07: How America Is Causing Global Obesity (Dec 22, 2019)
- Episode 5x06: Why We Can't Retire (Dec 15, 2019)
- Episode 5x05: Don't Ignore the Asian Vote in 2020 (Dec 8, 2019)
- Episode 5x04: Why Billionaires Won't Save Us (Dec 1, 2019)
- Episode 5x03: The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: Trump's Worst Policy: Killing Asylum (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Mental Health (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 4x06: The Broken Policing System (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: The Two Sides of Canada (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: The Real Cost of Cruises (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: Why Your Public Transportation Sucks (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Fentanyl (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry (Aug 4, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Why Your Internet Sucks (Jun 16, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Protests in Sudan (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: Indian Elections Update and the 1MDB Scandal (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 3x03: Cricket Corruption (May 26, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: The NRA's Global Impact (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Brazil, Corruption and the Rainforest (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Indian Elections (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Hip-Hop and Streaming (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Civil Rights Under Trump (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Student Loans (Feb 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Drug Pricing (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Censorship in China (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Content Moderation and Free Speech (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Immigration Enforcement (Nov 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Supreme (Nov 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Oil (Nov 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Amazon (Nov 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Saudi Arabia (Oct 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Affirmative Action (Oct 28, 2018)
The Comedy Jam (2017)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 1x07: Roy Wood Jr., Hasan Minhaj & Mary Lynn Rajskub (May 3, 2017)
Match Game (2016)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 4x10: Mario Cantone, Raven Symoné, Hasan Minhaj, Caroline Rhea, Wayne Newton, Sandra Bernhard (Jul 17, 2019)
The $100,000 Pyramid (2016)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 4x13: Bobby Moynihan vs. Hasan Minhaj and Katie Couric vs. Mario Cantone (Sep 22, 2019)
Chelsea (2016)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Beauty Pageants, Black-ish and Going Broke (May 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x46: It Felt Like Racist WrestleMania (Aug 31, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: Warrior Dash & Will Arnett (Jun 8, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(27 episodes)
- Episode 2018-08-16: D.L. Hughley (Aug 16, 2018)
- Episode 2018-08-07: Rob Corddry (Aug 7, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-28: Darnell Moore (Jun 28, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-05: Brian Tyree Henry (Jun 5, 2018)
- Episode 2018-04-11: Martellus Bennett (Apr 11, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-29: Rosie Perez (Mar 29, 2018)
- Episode 2018-02-07: Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler & Spencer Stone (Feb 7, 2018)
- Episode 2018-02-06: Liz Claman (Feb 6, 2018)
- Episode 2017-12-11: Pete Souza (Dec 11, 2017)
- Episode 2017-11-30: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Nov 30, 2017)
- Episode 2017-10-19: Vic Mensa (Oct 19, 2017)
- Episode 2017-01-17: John Zimmer (Jan 17, 2017)
- Episode 2016-12-15: Rob Corddry (Dec 15, 2016)
- Episode 2016-12-07: Brian Tyree Henry (Dec 7, 2016)
- Episode 2016-12-06: John Legend (Dec 6, 2016)
- Episode 2016-12-01: Chelsea Handler (Dec 1, 2016)
- Episode 2016-11-16: Wesley Lowery (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 2016-11-09: John Stanton (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 2016-07-29: DNC2016 - Let's Not Get Crazy Night Four - Can We Please Just Vote Now? (Jul 29, 2016)
- Episode 2016-07-26: DNC2016 - Let's Not Get Crazy Night One - A Bold New Same (Jul 26, 2016)
- Episode 2016-07-22: RNC2016 - Submission Accomplished Night Four - The Party's Over (Jul 22, 2016)
- Episode 2016-07-19: RNC2016 - Submission Accomplished Night One - An Unbelievably Classy and Tremendous And Huge And Good Convention (Jul 19, 2016)
- Episode 2016-06-30: Chuck Klosterman (Jun 30, 2016)
- Episode 2016-05-18: Jason Sudeikis (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 2016-05-17: Dahlia Lithwick (May 17, 2016)
- Episode 2018 Special: My Super Tweet 16 (Feb 14, 2018)
- Episode 2017 Special: The Best of Hasan Minaj (Apr 13, 2017)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2020-06-16: Stephen Colbert from home, with Hasan Minhaj, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Jun 16, 2020)
- Episode 2018-11-06: John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Hasan Minhaj (Nov 6, 2018)
- Episode 2017-06-06: Salma Hayek, Hasan Minhaj, Feist (Jun 6, 2017)
The Chris Gethard Show (2015)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 3x22: Survive the Apocalypse (Apr 24, 2018)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2019-10-21: Paul Rudd, Hasan Minhaj, Anthony Ramos (Oct 21, 2019)
Hot Ones (2015)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2x29: Hasan Minhaj Has an Out-of-Body Experience Eating Spicy Wings (Oct 6, 2016)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2022-10-06: Hasan Minhaj, Tony Hale (Oct 6, 2022)
- Episode 2019-09-23: Hasan Minhaj, Liza Koshy, Jade Bird (Sep 23, 2019)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2023-12-05: Julia Roberts, Hasan Minhaj (Dec 5, 2023)
- Episode 2022-03-30: Hasan Minhaj, Roman Reigns, Mimi Webb (Mar 30, 2022)
- Episode 2021-09-20: Hasan Minhaj, James Wolk, Meek Mill (Sep 20, 2021)
- Episode 2019-12-10: Hasan Minhaj, Charlie Puth (Dec 10, 2019)
- Episode 2019-08-01: Hasan Minhaj, Vanessa Kirby, Sam Fender (Aug 1, 2019)
- Episode 2019-02-22: John Legend, Hasan Minhaj, John Legend with The Roots (Feb 22, 2019)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 9x37: Hasan Minhaj (Oct 29, 2018)
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2014-07-30: Matt Braunger, Hasan Minhaj & Emily Heller (Jul 30, 2014)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 10x07: Hasan Minhaj: Nobody Cries at a Joke (Jul 6, 2018)
Arrested Development (2003)
Guest starring as Indian Medical Student #2
- Episode 4x05: A New Start (May 26, 2013) [Co-Star]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2019-04-04: Megan Mullally, Hasan Minhaj, Greyson Chance (Apr 4, 2019)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2018-09-24: Viola Davis, Hasan Minhaj, Bastille (Sep 24, 2018)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
(14 episodes)
- Episode 2015-08-06: Jon Stewart's Final Episode (Aug 6, 2015)
- Episode 2015-05-04: Brian Grazer (May 4, 2015)
- Episode 2015-04-28: George Stephanopoulos (Apr 28, 2015)
- Episode 2015-04-20: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Apr 20, 2015)
- Episode 2015-04-08: Tavis Smiley (Apr 8, 2015)
- Episode 2015-04-07: Peter Dinklage (Apr 7, 2015)
- Episode 2015-03-25: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering (Mar 25, 2015)
- Episode 2015-03-18: Kevin Hart (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 2015-02-26: Olivia Wilde (Feb 26, 2015)
- Episode 2015-01-27: Jill Leovy (Jan 27, 2015)
- Episode 2015-01-12: Jimmy Carter (Jan 12, 2015)
- Episode 2015-01-07: Ava DuVernay (Jan 7, 2015)
- Episode 2014-12-10: Suki Kim (Dec 10, 2014)
- Episode 2014-11-19: Jessica Chastain (Nov 19, 2014)
Guest starring as Store Employee
- Episode 2015-01-13: Sen. Marco Rubio (Jan 13, 2015)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 28x38: Hasan Minhaj, Yulia Navalnaya (Oct 24, 2024)
Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist (1987)
Guest starring as Hasan Minhaj
- Episode 2022-10-30: Hasan Minhaj (Oct 30, 2022)
Independent Spirit Awards (1986)
Starring as Host
- Episode 2023-03-04: 38th Anniversary Spirit Awards (Mar 4, 2023)
Crew Credits
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(28 episodes)
- Episode 5x03: The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: Trump's Worst Policy: Killing Asylum (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Mental Health (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 4x06: The Broken Policing System (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: The Two Sides of Canada (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: The Real Cost of Cruises (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: Why Your Public Transportation Sucks (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Fentanyl (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry (Aug 4, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Why Your Internet Sucks (Jun 16, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Protests in Sudan (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: Indian Elections Update and the 1MDB Scandal (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 3x03: Cricket Corruption (May 26, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: The NRA's Global Impact (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Brazil, Corruption and the Rainforest (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Indian Elections (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Hip-Hop and Streaming (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Civil Rights Under Trump (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Student Loans (Feb 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Drug Pricing (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Censorship in China (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Content Moderation and Free Speech (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Immigration Enforcement (Nov 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Supreme (Nov 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Oil (Nov 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Amazon (Nov 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Saudi Arabia (Oct 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Affirmative Action (Oct 28, 2018)
Show crew as Creator
(28 episodes)
- Episode 5x03: The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: Trump's Worst Policy: Killing Asylum (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Mental Health (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 4x06: The Broken Policing System (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: The Two Sides of Canada (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: The Real Cost of Cruises (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: Why Your Public Transportation Sucks (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Fentanyl (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry (Aug 4, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Why Your Internet Sucks (Jun 16, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Protests in Sudan (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: Indian Elections Update and the 1MDB Scandal (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 3x03: Cricket Corruption (May 26, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: The NRA's Global Impact (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Brazil, Corruption and the Rainforest (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Indian Elections (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Hip-Hop and Streaming (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Civil Rights Under Trump (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Student Loans (Feb 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Drug Pricing (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Censorship in China (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Content Moderation and Free Speech (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Immigration Enforcement (Nov 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Supreme (Nov 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Oil (Nov 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Amazon (Nov 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Saudi Arabia (Oct 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Affirmative Action (Oct 28, 2018)