Samir Khullar

Sugar Sammy, born Samir Khullar on 29 February 1976, is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from Montreal, Quebec. He performs internationally in English, French, Punjabi and Hindi, and his comedy speaks to themes of multiculturalism and modern life. He has referred to himself as an equal opportunity offender, citing early inspiration from the work of comedians Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Ricky Gervais and Sasha Baron Cohen.

Khullar was born in 1976 to Indian parents in Montreal and grew up speaking Punjabi, Hindi and English. He performed comedy for the first time at a charity event at Marianopolis College, from which he graduated in 1995, and earned the nickname Sugar Sammy while working as a party promoter during his time at McGill University. In 2005 he debuted at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival alongside comedians W. Kamau Bell, Jo Koy and Natasha Leggero, and the following year he opened for Dave Chappelle in Toronto. He staged his first one-man show, Down with the Brown, in 2007.

In 2011 Khullar debuted You're Gonna Rire, which combined English and French comedy and was adapted the following year into a French-language show entitled En Francais S.V.P.! The scripted comedy TV show Ces gars-la, co-written with Simon-Olivier Fecteau, premiered on Quebec's French V network in February 2014 and ran for three seasons. In 2016 he moved to work in France, developing his show Les preliminaires, and in 2018 he joined the panel of judges on the French talent show La France a un incroyable talent.