PaxAssadi
- Comedian
- Actor
Pax Assadi began doing stand-up comedy in 2012 — utilising skills he'd honed selling vacuum cleaners as a teen. Nominated for the Billy T Award a year later, he began writing for TV series Brown Eye in 2015. He was a writer and host on sketch comedy series Only In Aotearoa, alongside his partners from the comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro. Assadi's been a writer and guest on 7 Days and The Project, and he's co-hosted series Endangered Species Aotearoa and The Great Kiwi Bake Off. He's also acted in the remake of Time Bandits, Mean Mums, and Tongue Tied, and co-starred in his own sitcom, Raised by Refugees.
Screenography
Awards
2022 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Comedy: for Raised by Refugees
Nominated for Best Script - Comedy: for Raised by Refugees
2016 Fred Award (NZ International Comedy Festival)
Nominated for Best New Zealand Show: Mid-Season Form
“He [my father] was incredibly nervous — partly because his son is portraying him, but also partly because this show is not scared of getting serious ... it is a comedy show, but I delve into some painful moments in my parents' lives, and obviously in my life as a 12-year-old.”