Alexander Babu

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Alexander Babu
Born
Alexander Babu Arulanthu

(1975-12-18) 18 December 1975 (age 50)
OccupationsComedian, actor, YouTuber
Years active2014 - present
SpouseSumitha
Websitehttp://alexanderbabu.com/

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

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

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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

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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

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Actor

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Films

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  • All films are in Tamil.
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2019 Adadae
Alex in Wonderland Himself Television film
2020 Maara Thief Amazon Prime Video release[14]

Web series

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Year Program Name Role Network Notes
2020 Time Enna Boss Santhosam Amazon Prime [15]

Singer

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Year Film Song Notes
2020 Dharala Prabhu "Rasa Mavan"
2021 Aelay "Muthukutti Settai"
2024 Captain Miller "Koranaaru"

References

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