Martin draws his comedy from a diverse heritage. An Iranian father, a Bolivian mother, and a childhood in Silver Spring where the material wrote itself. The specifics are his; the dinner table is everybody's, which is why the jokes travel.
He works marriage into the act too, with commentary on relationships that audiences recognize a little too well. And he occasionally plays matchmaker mid-show, pairing off audience members between punchlines, the habit that got him called the cupid of stand-up.
In 2021 he founded Room 808, the comedian-run club on Upshur Street in Petworth, running five nights a week with local names and comics off Netflix, Comedy Central and HBO. The Washington Post named it one of the city's best.
His debut special, I'm Transcending, was filmed at the Lincoln Theatre and directed by Erik Griffin. He's currently out on a three-continent tour.
