Aristotle Athiras

The newest player on Saturday Night Live, Aristotle Athiras is a Middle Eastern-American comedian, actor, writer, director, and podcaster based in Los Angeles. Shortly after getting his start in stand-up comedy, he began writing, performing, and directing sketches with future collaborators Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali, and Fahim Anwar to form Goatface — the first and only sketch comedy show on Comedy Central to feature an all Muslim-American cast to date. He has since directed stand-up specials for Comedy Central, Showtime, and NBC. In 2019, he was cast in HBO’s Silicon Valley as a recurring character, Gabe. Currently, he has a podcast called “This is Americans Live,” an improvised parody of “This American Life” on Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players podcast network, airing on iHeart Radio.