American comedian (born 1998)
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Emil Wakim (Arabic :إميل واكيم ,Lebanese Arabic :[ʔeˈmiːl 11, 1998) is an American comedian and actor.[ 1] Saturday Night Live 50th season .
Wakim was born inChicago , Illinois, to aLebanese Maronite father and aWhite American mother.[ 2] [ 1] Arab Christian .[ 3] [ 4] [ 1] Hinsdale South High School and attended college atIndiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.[ 5] [ 6]
Wakim was selected as a New Face of Comedy at theJust for Laughs Comedy Festival.[ 7] Roy Wood Jr. ,Kyle Kinane ,Nikki Glaser ,Hasan Minhaj , andNeal Brennan .[ 6] The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon [ 8]
In September 2024, Wakim was announced as one of three new featured cast members onSaturday Night Live 50th season .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] SNL 's51st season , saying the decision was a "gut punch" but that he was grateful for his time at SNL.[ 12]
Wakim resides inBrooklyn ,New York City , New York.[ 5] [ 6]
^a b c Bedirian, Razmig."Who is Emil Wakim? Meet the first Lebanese Saturday Night Live cast member" .The National . RetrievedOctober 21, 2024 . ^ Martin, Clare (September 10, 2024)."SNL Bids Farewell to Chloe Troast, Adds New Cast Members Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline" .Paste Magazine Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. RetrievedSeptember 15, 2024 . ^ Kaufman, Asher (2024)."Writing the History of Mount Lebanon: Church Historians and Maronite Identity by Mouannes Hojairi (review)" The Catholic Historical Review .110 (2).Project MUSE ,Johns Hopkins University :400– 401.doi :10.1353/cat.2024.a928004 .ISSN 1534-0708 . ^ Oganesyan, Natalie (October 20, 2024)." .Deadline . RetrievedOctober 21, 2024 . ^a b Porter Tilley, Jenny; Kugler, Carol."SNL has new cast members, including Emil Wakim, standup from Bloomington" .The Indianapolis Star . RetrievedOctober 7, 2024 . ^a b c "Bio" .EmilWakim.com . Emil Wakim. RetrievedOctober 17, 2024 .^ "Touchwood Public Relations" .www.touchwoodpr.com . RetrievedJuly 12, 2025 .^ "Emil Wakim's Parents Finally Understand His Job Now" .Vulture . September 6, 2024. Archived fromthe original on September 6, 2024. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2024 .^ Gularte, Alejandra; Fox, Jesse David (September 9, 2024)."SNL Adds Three New Cast Members for Season 50" .Vulture .Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2024 . ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 10, 2024)." .Deadline .Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2024 . ^ Bedirian, Razmig."Who is Emil Wakim? Meet the first Lebanese Saturday Night Live cast member" .The National . RetrievedJuly 12, 2025 . ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 27, 2025)."Emil Wakim Exits 'SNL' in Season 51 Shake Up" .Variety . RetrievedAugust 27, 2025 .
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