Angelo Tsarouchas

Angelo Tsarouchas is a Greek-Canadian comedian, actor, and writer living in Los Angeles. He is known for incorporating Greek culture into his stand-up comedy routines, and has been called the "King of Greek Ethnic Comedy."

Career Angelo Tsarouchas was born in Montreal to Greek immigrant parents. During high school, Tsarouchas performed comedy acts in variety shows.

Tsarouchas temporarily gave up his dreams of becoming a comedian when he married his first wife, because she did not believe in pursuing a career in comedy.

During his early years as a comedian, he performed in small comedy clubs like Yuk Yuk's. His stand-up comedy began to gain critical praise in the early 2000s, when Tsarouchas toured Canada and the United States. Tsarouchas has performed at various comedy tours and festivals, including the Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland, the Russell Peters World Tour, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the Just for Laughs festival. He starred in the comedy specials Still Hungry, It's All Greek to Me and Bigger is Better.

Much of his stand-up routines center on his experiences as a part of the Greek diaspora, and he is known for his distinctive style of observational humor. He won "Best Actor Award" for the role at the London Greek Film Festival, and was nominated for "Best Actor" at the 14th Canadian Comedy Awards.

Tsarouchas produced the documentary Back to Sparta, about his experiences returning to Sparta, where his father's family originated.

In 2016, Tsarouchas had the idea of organizing a festival in Dafni, Laconia to celebrate the Dafnian diaspora abroad. He also starred in 2017 along his fellow comedian Russell Peters in small role in The Indian Detective in episode 1 as an informant in car.

The first World Dafni Day was celebrated on August 15, 2019, and brought around 2,000 visitors to the village of 900 people.

Personal life Tsarouchas became engaged to Armenian-American businesswoman Alina Basil in 2009. The couple married and has a daughter.