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."
Male
May 12, 1985
ِAl Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Feature films starring Fahad Albutairi
TV drama series starring Fahad Albutairi