Aristotle Athari
Aristotle Athari, also known as Aristotle Athiras, is an American comedian and actor. Athari was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 47th season between 2021 and 2022. He has appeared in Molli and Max in the Future and M3GAN 2.0.
Career
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 season 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 was the second Iranian American and second Middle Eastern American cast member in the show's history, after Nasim Pedrad. He did not return for the 48th season of SNL.