Yassir Lester

Yassir Lester (born June 22, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He was on the writing staff for The Carmichael Show and Girls. He is best known for his role as Chris in Making History, and a role as a stockbroker, also named Yassir, in the 2019 Showtime series Black Monday.

Early life Lester was born in Miami, Florida. As a child, his family relocated to Marietta, Georgia. He aspired to be a stand-up comedian from a young age, and moved to Los Angeles at 21 to pursue a comedy career. He took a break to film Making History, which ran on Fox for one season. He stated that he never intended to act, and had moved to Hollywood to work in TV production and as a stand-up comedian. His friend Adam Pally, who was already attached to star, encouraged him to audition.

He was a cast member on the series Champions in 2018, which was cancelled after one season. From 2019 to 2021 he appeared as a Muslim Wall Street trader, also named Yassir, in the Showtime series Black Monday.

Lester regularly performs stand-up comedy.

In 2024, Lester directed, produced and wrote the sports comedy film The Gutter.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Note 2013 TakePart Live Himself 6 episodes 2014 My Super-Overactive Imagination The Epic Ex Episode: "Showcase Showdown Part 2" 2014 Between the Sheets with Josh Macuga Himself Episode: "Guest: Yassir Lester" 2014 After the Party Stranger Episode: "Garage Sale" 2014 Key & Peele Laron's Friend #2 Episode: "Concussion Quarterback" 2014 Snack Off Himself / Judge 10 episodes 2014 Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats Himself Netflix special 2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters Male Student Episode: "Kate Berlant" 2016 The Carmichael Show Story editor and writer 2016–2017 Girls Declan 2 episodes; also story editor and staff writer 2016–2017 @midnight Himself 5 episodes 2017 Making History Chris Parrish Main role 2017 The Mindy Project David Episode: "Jeremy & Anna's Meryl Streep Costume Party" 2018 Champions Shabaz 8 episodes 2018 Comedy Knockout Himself 2 episodes 2018 A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy Himself Christmas special 2019–2021 Black Monday Yassir X Main role; also writer, story editor, and co-executive producer 2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Quentin Chase Episode: "The Tattler" 2020 #blackAFDirectorEpisode: "yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery"; also producer 2020 United We FallYassirEpisode: "The Weekend" 2020 The George Lucas Talk Show Himself Episode: "May the AR Be LI$$ You" 2020–2022 Duncanville Yangzi (voice) Series regular 2021 Black-ishJamalEpisode: "Things Done Changed" 2021 Ten Year Old Tom(voice)Episode: "The Bassoon Incident/Ice Cream Money"; also writer and co-executive producer 2022 Single Drunk FemaleLucasEpisode: "James" 2024 Sausage Party: Foodtopia Iced Tea (voice) 4 episodes 2025 Ghosts GarrettEpisode: "Viking Wedding"

Film Year Title Role Note 2016 The Bet Ed McDoogle 2022 Clerks III RST Customer 2024 The Gutter Writer, director, and executive producer

Web Year Title Role Note 2011 The Late Night Fix with Yassir Lester Himself Main role, also writer and executive producer 2021 Storytime with Seth Rogen Himself Podcast; Episode: "Ugly Joke"