Jeremy McLellan
Jeremy McLellan is an American stand-up comedian based in Charleston, South Carolina. He has been named as one of the "New Faces of Comedy" by Just for Laughs.Career
McLellan was raised in Charleston, South Carolina in a conservative Presbyterian family. Graduating from Covenant College in 2007, he went on to live in a L'Arche community with people with intellectual disabilities for three years. In 2010, he returned to Charleston and began doing standup comedy in bars and clubs around town. After going viral on social media, McLellan quit his job to pursue comedy full-time. He won the Charleston Stand-up Comedy Competition and was the Charleston City Paper ″Best Local Comedian″ twice in 2015 and 2016. McLellan subsequently advanced to bigger events and festivals across the United States. A convert to Roman Catholicism, McLellan has performed for Muslim organizations such as Muslim Students' Association, Islamic Circle of North America, Council on American–Islamic Relations, Diyanet Center of America, Muslim Legal Fund of America, UMAA, Muslim American Society, and Pakistani organizations such as The Citizens Foundation, DOGANA, the Pakistani Association of America, the Human Development Foundation, Friends of the Indus Hospital, Pakistani Students Association at Georgia Tech and Human Appeal.
In July 2017, McLellan performed at the Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada where he was dubbed one of the "New Faces of Comedy". His performance resulted in his being represented by LEG Tours
McLellan toured Pakistan in August 2017 where he did six sold out shows in Lahore and Islamabad organized by entertainment company Kuch Khaas. Moreover, he assisted in providing free dental care to villages around Islamabad with a dental team.
