Anosh Sheytan

Anoshirvan "Anosh Sheytan" Parvazi (born October 17, 1988), a Swedish martial artist, stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for being the first non-American stand-up comedian to perform at all of the Laugh Factory's venues with help from the founder and owner, Jamie Masada. Parvazi is also known for his accident in 2005, a train-accident where he got electrocuted (16,000v) by a wire above a train which decapitated his friends head and stopped Parvazi's heart for 4 minutes and put him in a 9 month coma. He picked himself up after hearing about his biggest inspiration, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Jean Jacques Machado, who he eventually met. The meeting between them ended up being a viral video-documentary on youtube.

Parvazi is known as the Swedish Comedian, who among other things was the first non-American who appeared on The world-famous Laugh Factory, but he also has a more serious, socially-debating side and he is strongly committed to sexual abuse against women. Issues such as 'acceptance of violence against women in the judiciary' and in the world. He runs in many different contexts, including with the help of his own Selfdefence academy, FAR - Fighting Against Rape, a free selfdefence academy he started in 2010.

Early life
Parvazi was born in Bergsjön, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden. He is of Iranian descent.

Martial arts
In 1993, at age five, he became a practitioner of Shinzen Karate and became a 2nd dan brown belt before transitioning to Thaiboxing. In 2011 he began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Martin Hedenbergh. He won Alive SWT in Skene and Swedish Open in Stenungsund, in 2011, same year that he began and eventually gained a blue belt. He also practiced and competed in Frölunda HC Hockey for 8 years as a child.

Stand-up comedy
Started in 2010, performing at HBT-GBG, and continued to perform around in Scandinavia until Peter Wahlbeck found him on stage and took Parvazi on a 37-city tour around Scandinavia. He currently performs standup around the world as a warmup-comedian for Jason Rouse (CAN). He is also the first non-American comedian to perform att all 4 Laugh Factory venues. He also performed at the worldfamous The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and the worldfamous Caroline's New York.

Acting
He's participaiting in different movies and he has a private acting teacher, Ramtin Parvaneh from The Academy of Music and Drama (University of Gothenburg)

Filmography
1999: Noll Tolerans Johan Falk (Swedish film series) 2006: Poliser (Swedish television series) 2010: HBT-GBG 2011: Svenska Hjältar (Swedish Heroes) 2011: Svt debatt 2011: Alive Submissiom Wrestling Tournament 1st 2011: Spelets Regler Johan Falk (Swedish film series) 2011: Swedish Open BJJ 1st 2011: Nós do Morro (Rio De Janeiro) 2012: The Comedy Store 2012: Laugh Factory