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Samir Khullar (born 29 February 1976), known professionally as Sugar Sammy, is a Canadian Stand-up comedy, actor, writer, and producer from Montreal. He performs in English, French, Punjabi language, and Hindi.
Khullar's comedy focuses on cultural, social, and political themes. With a career spanning over 25 years, he has performed in 31 countries, including Canada, France, Saudi Arabia, and India.
In 2018, Khullar joined the jury of Fremantle Media's on La France a un incroyable talent, the French version of Got Talent.
In 2019, Sammy was featured in both The New York Times and The Washington Post, and was profiled on CTV's national newsmagazine W5.
In 2022, Sammy announced his second bilingual show You're Gonna Rire 2, whichsold out its 2023 and 2024 dates in Quebec and continuing into 2025, selling over 150,000 tickets as of February 2025.
Sugar Sammy has amassed a combined 200 million views across all social media platforms.
He has toured in Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Australia, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, China, India, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland, Dubai, Haiti, New Zealand, and South Africa.
In 2012, You're Gonna Rire was adapted into a fully French-language show entitled ('In French, If You Please!'), which along with the original, ranked as the 30th largest-grossing tour in North America by May 2013. By 2015, the shows had sold over 230,000 tickets, with over 100 sold-out shows performed at the Olympia theatre in Montreal alone.
In May 2014, Billboard magazine named Sugar Sammy the top-selling Canadian tour of the 12 months ending April 12, 2014. By the end of the year, he was the top-selling show on Admission.com
On July 28, 2016, he concluded You're Gonna Rire with a record-breaking crowd of 115 000 people at the Place des Festivals in Montreal, a free outdoor gig that was part of the Just For Laughs Festival. Before the grand finale, Sugar Sammy had performed both shows 420 times, and sold 372,000 tickets.
Previously unknown in France, Sugar Sammy's show at l'Européen quickly became one of the top selling shows in Paris. The show received rave reviews from critics and was performed over 134 times.
Sugar Sammy was dubbed the "Best of 2017" by Paris Match magazine, who referred to his show as "grand art". Thanks to the success of his first run, Sugar Sammy continued his residency at the Alhambra (Paris) Theatre until December 2018, as well as touring the rest of France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Reviews from French Media:
| 2001 | Just for Laughs: Montreal Comedy Festival | TV special | Self | |
| 2005, 2009 | Video on Trial | TV series | Self | |
| 2008 | Just for Laughs | TV series | Self | |
| 2009 | The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest | TV series | Self | |
| 2009 | Good News Week | TV series | Self | Australian TV show |
| 2009 | Cracker Night | TV special | Self | Opening night gala showcase of the 2009 Sydney Comedy Festival |
| 2009 | Juste pour Rire | TV series | Self | |
| 2011 | Secrets of Montréal: Cultural Gems | TV special | Self | |
| 2012 | TV series | Self | ||
| 2012 | En audition avec Simon | TV series | Sugar Sammy | |
| 2014 | Les pêcheurs | TV series | Sugar Sammy | |
| 2014–2016 | Ces gars-là | TV series | Sam | |
| 2014 | Ces gars-là – Les coulisses | TV mini series | Self | |
| 2018– | La France a un incroyable talent | TV series | Self – Jury |
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