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Jamali Maddix (born 8 April 1991) is an English comedian.Tim Lewis, Jamali Maddix: I saw Bill Hicks and thought, there's someone like me The Observer 27 November 2016 Maddix has appeared as a regular panellist on the reboot of Never Mind the Buzzcocks since 2021 and in 2020 appeared on series 11 of Taskmaster.
Maddix hosted a documentary series on extremism titled Hate Thy Neighbor in partnership with Vice Media in 2016. In the series, Maddix interviews extremists from around the world to understand how they think. They included members of such as the National Socialist Movement, Azov Battalion, Nordic Resistance Movement, and the English Defence League.
From September 2021, Maddix has been a regular panellist on the revived panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, hosted by Greg Davies. In July 2022, Maddix's podcast Spooky Shit won the title of Best Comedy Podcast at the British Podcast Awards. Maddix appeared on series 11 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast from April to May 2021, alongside Charlotte Ritchie, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall; he came in fourth place with 137 points.
Maddix is Dyslexia and dyspraxia. Jamali has stated on numerous occasions during his stand-up performances and TV appearances that he considers himself to be a Buddhism. As of 2016, he still lived in Ilford with his mother, and in 2024 was living in East London. Maddix paid to become an Ordained minister online as a joke when he was younger. Maddix has mentioned in interviews that if he weren't a comedian, he would likely be unemployed.
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