Aristotle Athari

Athari is of Iranian American descent. After starting his career in stand-up comedy, Athari began collaborating with Muslim-American comedians Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali, and Fahim Anwar on sketches under the group name Goatface. An hour-long special of their sketch work aired on Comedy Central in 2018. He had a recurring role on the final two seasons of HBO's Silicon Valley as Gabe. Athari also cohosts the improvised podcast "This Is Americans Live," a parody of the radio show This American Life. In 2021, Athari was cast as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, alongside fellow newcomers James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman, for its forty-seventh season. He is the first Middle-Eastern male on the show and the second cast member of Iranian descent in the show's history (following Nasim Pedrad). He did not return for the 48th season of SNL.