Max Amini Father: Who Is Fariborz Amini?
Emily Cortez
Published Feb 20, 2026
Fariborz Amini is well known as the father of Max Amini’
Fariborz is Iranian immigrants after the 1979 revolution.
Aside from this fact, Fariborz’s other details are not available.
However, Fariborz’s son Max Amini is an Iranian-American comedian, actor, producer, and director. He is known primarily as a world-touring stand-up comedian and has appeared on shows such as NBC’s Heroes, Netflix’s Real Rob with Rob Schneider, and Comedy Central’s Mind of Mencia.
He was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Iranian parents who immigrated after the 1979 revolution. He went to a high school in Washington, D.C., and then moved to California and graduated from the school of Theater, Film, and Television at UCLA in 2004.
Amini began his stand-up comedy career in 2002 at the LA Improv, he developed a stand-up comedy tour named “Exotic Imports” and has since performed worldwide.
On an episode of Spike’s Car Radio Podcast, Jerry Seinfeld named Max Amini one of the top comedians to watch.
Amini established his production company, Abstraction Media in 2010, and has sold projects to networks such as Voice Of America, Discovery, and more.
His other projects include directing a Netflix original stand-up special, Enissa Amani: Erhenwort, and the feature film, James The Second, set to release in 2022.
