Malik Elassal | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | comedian, actor |
Years active | 2010s-present |
Malik Elassal is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor of Lebanese descent.
He began peforming stand-up 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. [1]
He was featured on the Vulture (website) list of Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2024. [2] He had television roles in Resident Alien , Joe Pickett , Fortunate Son and Fakeland. [3] He was an extra on the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar . [4]
He portrays Samir in FX comedy series Adults (originally developed under the name Snowflakes), created by The Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive producer by Nick Kroll, about five housemates in Queens, New York but filmed in Toronto. [5] [6] [7]
He is from the north east of Calgary, Canada. He is of Lebanese descent and grew up in a Muslim household. His parents moved to Winnipeg from Lebanon in the early 1990s before moving to Calgary shortly after he was born. [8] [1] He said in an interview in 2025 that he dropped out of college twice. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Fakeland | Paul Macleary | 1 episode |
2020 | Fortunate Son | Local #1 | 1 episode |
2021 | Joe Pickett | Calvin Mendes | 3 episodes |
2022 | Resident Alien | Straw Hat Man | 1 episode |
2025 | Adults | Samir | 8 episodes |