Maz starred as the title character in the award-winning indie comedy Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero, a feature which he co-wrote and co-produced. He has co-starred in many additional films, including Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter, Disney’s Descendants, and Ice Cube’s Friday After Next. Maz’s other standup comedy specials include Immigrant, which was filmed at the prestigious Kennedy Center and is a Netflix original, as well as three additional solo specials on SHOWTIME: Brown and Friendly, I Come in Peace, and I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV.

In the spring of 2016 he performed at the White House where he had the privilege of introducing Michelle Obama. As a UC Berkeley alum, Maz gave the keynote speech to the graduating class of 2017. Maz served as the host for the 45th International Emmys in New York. He was a founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which aired on Comedy Central. He is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and has given two TED Talks. His LA Times bestselling book, I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV, was published by Simon & Schuster. Maz executive produced Everything Must Change, a documentary about his sister’s battle with breast cancer which is currently available on iTunes.