Malik Elassal

Malik Elassal Arabic مالك العسال is a Canadian standup comedian and actor of Lebanese descent He began performing standup comedy shortly after graduating from the Calgary Islamic School In 2022 he was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal He recorded the title track on Yeehaw Hell Yeah a comedy album released by Just For Laughs He appeared on Season 3 of The New Wave of Standup on CBC Gem in 2023 He was featured on the Vulture website list of Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2024 He had television roles in Resident Alien Joe Pickett Fortunate Son and Fakeland He was an extra on the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar He portrays Samir in the FX comedy series Adults originally developed under the name Snowflakes created by The Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive produced by Nick Kroll The series follows five housemates in Queens New York but was filmed in Toronto