Emil Wakim is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer based in Brooklyn who joining the cast of Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season as the first Lebanese-American cast member. He made his late-night television debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and was selected as a New Face of Comedy at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Wakim has opened for comedians like Roy Wood Jr., Kyle Kinane, Nikki Glaser, Hasan Minhaj, and Neal Brennan.