Akash Singh is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and podcaster of Indian origin. He is best known for hosting a podcast with American stand-up comedian Andrew Cameron Schultz and for his YouTube comedy series Bringing Back Up.
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Wiki/Biography
Akash Singh was born on Friday, 4 May 1984 (age 39 years; as in 2023) in Dallas, Texas. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Akash did his schooling in Texas. He wanted to become a doctor like his uncle so Akash enrolled at Austin College, Sherman, Texas for his primary studies from 2002 to 2006.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye color: Moss green
Family
Akash Singh belongs to an immigrant Indian family in America.
parents and siblings
His mother Padma Devi is a housewife. He has an elder brother Anshul Singh.
Akash Singh with his mother
Akash Singh (on left) with his brother
Wife
Akash Singh married Jasleen Singh in New Jersey in July 2021. Jasleen Singh works as a marketing analyst.
Akash Singh with Jasleen Singh
relationships/affairs
Akash Singh was in a relationship with Jasleen Singh for six years before they tied the knot in July 2021. Jasleen and Akash met at the Hoboken Comedy Festival in New York in 2015. Jasleen came to know about Aakash from her sister who was a big fan of Aakash’s podcast. According to Akash, he saw her at a festival in New York and started pursuing her.
Akash Singh and Jasleen Singh
On October 4, 2019, Akash wrote a post on his Instagram and talked about his relationship with Jasleen and said,
Four years ago today I followed this girl after a comedy show because she looked like she could be Indian, and she had it – a rarity for our people. Fast forward to today and she will be my wife. Synopsis: Give street harassment a chance.
After almost four years of dating, Akash Singh proposed to Jasleen Singh at the Empire State Building two days after her birthday in 2019, and they got married in 2021.
Akash Singh is proposing to Jasleen on the roof of the Empire State Building
religion/religious views
Akash Singh follows Hindu religion. While talking about his religion during a show he said,
My name is Sikh, but I am Hindu.
Caste
Akash Singh belongs to Kshatriya caste.
livelihood
comedy
Akash Singh started doing stand-up comedy during high school. Talking about this he said,
My first experience doing comedy was in high school – because a friend made me do it, it was at an open mic at a bar called the Brick House Café in Denton. I was on stage for about five minutes. I didn’t do it again for the next four or five years.”
Akash Singh during one of his shows
After graduating from college, Singh pursued stand-up full-time and moved to LA in September 2006. While in LA, he performed several shows but they were not successful. By February 2007, he was doing at least 5 open mics per week. In 2008, he moved to New York where he began doing occasional comedy club shows and became a comedy barker at the Village Lantern.
Akash Singh is doing free-style comedy in 2020
Sky is famous for his humor on racism and his jokes about white privilege. In February 2022, Akash released a comedy special on his official YouTube channel “Bring Back Appu”, which was based on the removal of the Indian immigrant character, Appu, from the famous American show ‘The Simpsons’ because it was being criticized. Racist. However, Sky in his video joked about the character not being racist but having an American dream. The video garnered over one million views in its first week. In March 2022, he released The Crowdwork Special, making him the first comedian to produce two specials in two consecutive months.
acting
Television
In 2014, Akash Singh made his television debut in the American show Good Medicine. In the show he played the role of Raj, an Indian-American player. The same year, he appeared in HBO’s supernatural drama television series The Leftovers, playing a dry cleaner employee. He became famous for appearing in seasons 6 and 7 of the American sketch comedy and battle rap improv game show Wild ‘N Out. In 2015, Akash Singh appeared in Guy Code, an American reality comedy television series on MTV2. Akash Singh has appeared in several television shows including Red Oaks (2015), Guy Code vs. Girl Code (2016), and Fake News at Night (2018).
Akash Singh in a scene from the show Guy Code vs Girl Code (2016)
Netflix
In 2016, Sky appeared in an American comedy-drama series Brown Nation. He played the role of Mookie, an Indian-origin American IT company employee.
podcast
Akash Singh hosts a podcast, Flagrant, with Andrew Schultz, an American comedian. The podcast originally started as a sports podcast, but in 2022, it began covering current events and pop culture. Following the success of the podcast, Singh also created a Patreon where he posts an additional podcast during the week.
Akash Singh (far right) in a scene from his podcast Flagrant 2
Other work
Akash Singh owns a production company, Padma Devi Productions, named after his mother.
Favorite
- TV Show: Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny
- Player: Reggie Miller
- Comedian: Ramy Youssef
Facts/General Knowledge
- During an interview, in 2022, while talking about his love for sports and the inspiration behind starting the famous Flagrant podcast with American stand-up comedian Andrew Schultz, he said,
I’m a big Cowboys fan. Obviously a Mavericks fan. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. The game is big. Andrew wasn’t that big into sports. Really big basketball fan, but that’s about it. But we both talked about how sports is a good thing because people are generally not super-political about sports. Colin Kaepernick divided a lot of people, but generally, [for] For most of us, I think sports is where everything else is left behind. There’s some room for it, but I wouldn’t be friends with someone just because they’re a Bears fan or a Niners fan. So, it’s a place where we can all come, even if we’re different, and just talk about this stuff. And there’s usually not a lot of sensitivity around sports fans. It was a way that we knew we could still do our non-sports content that was comedy, candid and fun, and completely.
- In an interview in 2017, when Akash was asked why he chose to become a stand-up comedian, he said that it was his friends who encouraged him to become a comedian and said,
When I was in 11th class Anatomy and Physiology, one of my friends in the class said, ‘You will not become a doctor. You’re going to be a stand-up comedian, and I’m going to be your manager and take 10% of whatever you make.’ I was interested in it, but I never thought I could do it. Then he messaged me our freshman year of college and said there was an open mic in Denton [Texas] And I needed to collect materials. I nervously organize these shows in our small hostel. Not a dorm, but our little dorm room with bunk beds. And then I went and did it. And I remember there were moments when the audience was laughing so hard that I couldn’t say the next line because I had memorized a script. I remember being nervous because, ‘Oh my God, the audience was laughing so hard, I can’t say what to say next.’
- In February 2022, Akash Singh appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by American comedian, presenter, and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan.
Akash Singh (left) with Joe Rogan on the set of The Joe Rogan Experience.
- In July 2022, Akash Singh sold out all 5 of his shows in Minneapolis.
Akash Singh during his show in Minneapolis
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