Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Imran Yusuf mimiti tampil dina taun 2000 dina acara komedi anu diayakeun ku pelawak Jeff Mirza. Manéhna ngamimitian karir full-time di komedi dina 2003 sanggeus quitting industri video game. Manéhna meunang kompetisi stand-up di Newbury Comedy Festival taun 2004. Dina taun 2010, anjeunna muncul di Edinburgh Festival Fringe dina taun 2010 kalayan acara solo kahijina "An Audience with Imran Yusuf" nampi ulasan positip sareng nominasi ti Foster's
Edinburgh Comedy Awards pikeun pendatang anyar pangalusna. 2010 ningali Yusuf muncul dina "Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow" ogé debut dina koméntar warta satir BBC Radio 7 "The Now Show" dina Poé Boxing taun éta. Dina Pébruari 2011, anjeunna muncul dina BBC Radio 4's "The News Quiz" sarta ogé dina BBC Two's "How TV Ruined Your Life", babarengan jeung Charlie Brooker. Tur Inggris na "An Audience with Imran Yusuf" dimimitian dina bulan Pebruari 2011 ogé di London's Soho Theatre. Saterusna taun éta, manéhna nyieun debut dina "Arthur Smith's Balham Bash" dina BBC Radio 4.