Yassir Lester is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who was born on June 22, 1984. He worked as a writer for Girls and The Carmichael Show. His most well-known roles are those of Chris in Making History and Yassir, the stockbroker in the 2019 Showtime series Black Monday.

KNOWN FOR

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2019
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2016
Ghosts
2025
black-ish
2021
The Mindy Project
2017
Girls
2016
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
2024
Loot
2022
Key & Peele
2014
Black Monday
2019
Duncanville
2020
Single Drunk Female
2022

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
20
Directing
1
Writing
12
Producing
8
2025
Ghosts
as Garrett
2024
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
as (voice)
2022
The Clerks 3 Documentary
2022
Clerks III
as RST Customer
2022
Single Drunk Female
as Lucas
2021
black-ish
as Jamal
2020
Duncanville
as Yangzi (voice)
2020
#blackAF
as Director
2020
United We Fall
as Yassir
2019
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Quentin Chase
2019
Black Monday
as Yassir X
2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
as Self
2018
Champions
as Shabaz
2017
The Mindy Project
as David
2017
Making History
as Chris
2016
The Bet
as Ed McDoogle
2016
Girls
as Delcan
2016
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2014
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
as Himself
2014
Key & Peele
as Laron's Friend #1