Jamali Maddix


Jamali Maddix is an English stand-up comedian. His mother is British-Greek and his father is Jamaican.
Maddix is notable for winning the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year award in 2014, and hosts a documentary on extremism titled Hate Thy Neighbor in partnership with Vice, wherein he interviews extremists from around the world to understand how they think. In some episodes he has been physically confronted by the people he has interviewed.

''Hate Thy Neighbor''

Hate Thy Neighbor is a Viceland series featuring Maddix. In the documentary, Maddix goes on tour and interviews members of hate groups such as NSM, Azov, Nordic Youth and the Black Hebrew Israelites.

Personal life

Maddix's father is Jamaican and his mother's father is Greek, although for many years he had believed him to be Italian. In an episode of Big Zuu's Big Eats recorded 12 December 2019, he said "My dad is Jamaican, my mum didn't know her pops and she always told me he was Italian, for some reason. I don't know, she said he's Italian, that's all she'll say, "Ah, he's Italian." And I remember, I was talking to mum one day and she goes, "Ah no, he was Greek." So, now I'm a quarter Greek, but I never knew I was a quarter Greek until now and, you know, all right."