{{Short description|American comedian and actor (born 1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Aristotle Athari | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|07|28}} | birth_place = | other_names = Aristotle Athiras | years_active = 2008–present | spouse = {{marriage|Maura Grace|2021}} }}
'''Aristotle Athari''' (born 1991),<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2021 |title='SNL' Season 47: Beck Bennett and Lauren Holt Exit; Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong All Return |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/snl-season-47-beck-bennett-160003338.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003071008/https://www.yahoo.com/now/snl-season-47-beck-bennett-160003338.html |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=Yahoo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-18 |title='SNL' COVID-19 outbreak cancels Paul Rudd live audience, Charli XCX out |url=https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/snl-has-covid-19-outbreak-may-cancel-everyone-is-fearful/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219022418/https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/snl-has-covid-19-outbreak-may-cancel-everyone-is-fearful/ |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref> also known as '''Aristotle Athiras''',<ref name="joining" /> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Ryan |date=September 1, 2022 |title=''SNL'': Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat Among 3 More Cast Members Out Ahead of Season 48 |url=https://tvline.com/lists/snl-melissa-villasenor-leaving-alex-moffat-season-48/#recipient_hashed=b49a6e91826a25cb655304aec1467fb1eba121fc0b6e4a393cab2116a16b2d38 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901181545/https://tvline.com/lists/snl-melissa-villasenor-leaving-alex-moffat-season-48/#recipient_hashed=b49a6e91826a25cb655304aec1467fb1eba121fc0b6e4a393cab2116a16b2d38 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=TVLine}}</ref> He has appeared in ''Molli and Max in the Future'' (2023) and ''M3GAN 2.0'' (2025).<ref>{{Cite web |title='M3GAN 2.0' ending explained: Who's really controlling AMELIA? |url=https://ew.com/megan-2-ending-explained-11762577 |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>
== 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''.<ref name="JustForLaughs">{{Cite web |title=Aristotle Athiras |url=https://www.hahaha.com/en/artists/aristotle-athiras |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019143357/https://www.hahaha.com/en/artists/aristotle-athiras |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Just For Laughs}}</ref> An hour-long special of their sketch work aired on Comedy Central in 2018.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} He had a recurring role on the final season of HBO's ''Silicon Valley'' as Gabe.<ref name="kroll">{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=January 5, 2022 |title=Brillstein Entertainment Signs 'SNL' Cast Member Aristotle Athari |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/brillstein-entertainment-snl-saturday-night-live-aristotle-athari-1234904833 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923041240/https://deadline.com/2022/01/brillstein-entertainment-snl-saturday-night-live-aristotle-athari-1234904833/ |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |access-date=June 6, 2023 |website=Deadline}}</ref> Athari also cohosts the improvised podcast "This Is Americans Live," a parody of the radio show ''This American Life''.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
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.<ref name="cast">{{Cite news |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=September 29, 2021 |title=Here Are This Season's New 'SNL' Cast Members and Where You've Seen Them Before (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/saturday-night-live-new-cast-where-youve-seen-them/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002173613/https://www.thewrap.com/saturday-night-live-new-cast-where-youve-seen-them/ |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |work=TheWrap}}</ref><ref name="joining">{{Cite magazine |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=September 27, 2021 |title=Meet the 3 new ''Saturday Night Live'' cast members joining season 47 |url=https://ew.com/tv/snl-season-47-aristotle-athari-james-austin-johnson-sarah-sherman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928231208/https://ew.com/tv/snl-season-47-aristotle-athari-james-austin-johnson-sarah-sherman/ |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> He was the second Iranian American<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deggans |first=Eric |date=2021-09-27 |title=Beck Bennett Is Leaving 'SNL,' But 3 New Cast Members Are Joining The Lineup |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040968013/beck-bennett-is-leaving-snl-but-three-new-cast-members-are-joining-the-lineup |access-date=2021-11-15 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> and second Middle Eastern American cast member in the show's history, after Nasim Pedrad.<ref name="JustForLaughs" /><ref name=kroll/> He did not return for the 48th season of ''SNL''.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life == Athari married photographer Maura Grace Hooper in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corbett |first=Kelly |date=18 October 2021 |title='SNL' Newcomer Aristotle Athari Got Married Just Days Before Joining the Season 47 Cast |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/aristotle-athari-married |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213175333/https://www.distractify.com/p/aristotle-athari-married |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=December 13, 2021 |work=Distractify}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2008 |''Hanging in Hedo'' |Twon | |- |2016 |''Funny Man'' |Donovan | |- |2023 | ''Molli and Max in the Future'' | Max | |- |2024 | ''The French Italian'' | | |- |2025 | ''M3GAN 2.0'' | Christian Bradley | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |rowspan="2"|2019 |''{{sortname|The|Coop|nolink=1}}'' |Derrick |15 episodes |- |''Silicon Valley'' |Gabe |5 episodes |- |2021–2022 |''Saturday Night Live'' |Various |Featured player |- |2024-2025 |''Hacks'' |Lewis |3 episodes |- |2025 |''Bat-Fam'' |Mad Hatter (voice) |2 episodes<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Aristotle Arathi (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Aristotle-Arathi/ |access-date=November 12, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> |}
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