chat show called Tonight With Omid for the BBC, one version in Persian (for BBC Persia) and another in English. Awards Djalili has won awards for his comedy. These include the EMMA Award, Time Out Award, and LWT Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Comedian, Spirit of the Fringe Award as well as the One World Media Award for his Channel 4 documentary, Bloody Foreigners. He has also been nominated for awards, such as the Perrier Award for Best Comedian, the Gemini Award for Best Comedy Performance of 2003, the South Bank Award for Best Comedy of 2003, the Royal Television Society Award for Best Stand-up, and the European TV Award for his Bloody Foreigners. Controversy In 2019, Djalili was criticised for making disparaging remarks about the Welsh language on Twitter after he posted a photograph of a road sign written in Welsh and wrote underneath, "There are worse things than being Welsh, dyslexic & having a terrible stutter. But not many." In response to the unfavourable reaction, Djalili added, "Going to suggest to Sioned a show with the superb replies," referring to Sioned Wiliam, the Head of Comedy at BBC Radio, who is Welsh. However, Djalili declined to apologise. Nigel Owens said that the joke "just wasn't funny", calling it a "cheap, offensive jibe at a nation's language which has needlessly insulted people who have experience with dyslexia or speech impediments". Personal life In 1992, Djalili married actress Annabel Knight, with whom he has three children: Isabella, Louis and Daniel. He is a practising Baháʼí. Djalili is a Chelsea fan, and has appeared many times on the club's in-house channel, Chelsea TV. Filmography Film Television Video games Stand-up DVDs No Agenda: Live at the London Palladium (26 November 2007) Live in London (16 November 2009) Tour of Duty (19 November 2012) See also Iranian stand-up comedy References External links 1965 births Living people 20th-century Bahá'ís 20th-century English comedians 20th-century English male actors 21st-century Bahá'ís 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Ulster University British Bahá'ís British male actors of Asian descent Comedians from London Edinburgh Comedy Festival English Bahá'ís English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors English people of Iranian descent English stand-up comedians People educated at Holland Park School People from Chelsea, London