Fahim Anwar

Fahim Anwar is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Afghan descent, based in Los Angeles. The son of Afghan immigrants, he grew up in the Seattle area and earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Washington.

He worked as an aerospace engineer at Boeing while doing stand-up at night, after starting at open mics at Seattle's Comedy Underground at 18. He was a New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal in 2010 and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2019.

His specials are There's No Business Like Show Business (Seeso, 2017), Hat Trick (2022), House Money (2024) and Intrusive Thoughts (2026). He is a member of the sketch group Goatface with Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali and Aristotle Athari, and was head writer of its 2018 Comedy Central special.

On screen he has been in Neighbors, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Carmichael Show, Superior Donuts, Drunk History and United States of Al, which he also wrote for. He is a regular at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and tours as a headliner.