Fahad Albutairi

Acting · Writing

Born May 12, 1985, ِAl Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Fahad Albutairi is the first Saudi stand-up comedian to appear on stage professionally and is an actor and a recent YouTube personality. Since his first public performance in October 2, 2008, in Manama, Bahrain, he has shared the stage with many well-known stand-up comedians such as Gabriel Iglesias and Eddie Griffin. Albutairi is also one of the founders of Saudi's "New Media" movement using YouTube as his main distribution platform. Along with a whole team of talents including director Ali Kalthami, director/photographer Alaa Yoosef, and fellow stand-up comedian/writer/actor Ibraheem Alkhairallah, they started the YouTube shows "La Yekthar," "Khambalah," "Temsa7LY" and others, and founded Telfaz11, a platform for distributing online entertainment content. In March 2013, both The Washington Post and The National named Fahad Albutairi the "Seinfeld of Saudi Arabia."

Filmography

• 2026Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke
• Kehelan
• Red or White — فيصل
• 2025Ambulance — Talal
• Rare Cases
• 2024Al Eid Eiden
• Al-Naseem High School — أبو وائل
• 2022Alkhallat+
• The Office (SA) — Talal Al-Buwaibani
• The Fates Hotel — Writer
• The Doubt
• 2019Rashid And Rajab — Writer
• 2015From A to B — Yousef 'Jay'
• Folaim