Alexander Babu

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Alexander Babu
Born
Alexander Babu Arulanthu

(1975-12-18) 18 December 1975 (age 48)
Nationality Indian
Occupation(s) Comedian, actor, YouTuber
Years active2014 - present
SpouseSumitha
Website http://alexanderbabu.com/

Alexander Babu Arulanthu is an Indian stand-up comedian, singer, yoga instructor, musician and actor. [1] [2]

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In 2014, Alexander Babu left his corporate job as a software engineer to focus on stand-up comedy and theater shows. [3] He has toured the United States, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Kuwait and Australia for his performances. [4] [5] In 2019 he produced his 120-minute English-Tamil stand-up-musical special, Alex in Wonderland for Amazon Prime. [5]

Personal life

Alexander Babu was born and brought up in a small village called Andavoorani in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu in a Catholic family. [6] [7] He studied engineering in College of engineering Guindy in Chennai, studied his master's degree in the United States and worked as a software engineer at Amazon in Seattle. [8] [9] He began his training as a Carnatic vocalist when he was in the United States. [6]

Career

Alexander Babu started his stand-up comedy career after leaving his corporate job as a software-engineer. [3] [10] During his early life in stand-up comedy he worked in the South India-focused comedy movement Evam Stand-Up Tamasha [10] During July 2017, he began his musical stand-up act, Alex in Wonderland which combines music, storytelling and stand-up [11] and earned him numerous accolades. [12] He performed 115 shows of Alex in Wonderland worldwide after ending it in 2019 and it is now an Amazon Prime special [13] [11] He is popular in YouTube for his stand-up comedy performances; his videos have gained him millions of views and has more than 1 million subscribers as of April 2020.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Actor

Films

  • All films are in Tamil.
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2019Adadae
Alex in WonderlandHimselfTelevision film
2020 Maara Thief Amazon Prime Video release [14]

Web series

YearProgram NameRoleNetworkNotes
2020 Time Enna Boss Santhosam Amazon Prime [15]

Singer

YearFilmSongNotes
2020 Dharala Prabhu "Rasa Mavan"
2021 Aelay "Muthukutti Settai"
2023 Captain Miller "Koranaaru"

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