Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef is an American stand-up comic, actor and writer who grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey and left Rutgers University before graduating to study acting at William Esper Studio. His acting debut came in 2012 with a main role on the Nick at Nite sitcom See Dad Run, and in 2017 he performed stand-up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He created and starred as the title character of the Hulu comedy series Ramy, which debuted in 2019 and won him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a television comedy and a Peabody Award in 2020, as well as two Primetime Emmy nominations as actor and director. His first HBO stand-up special, Feelings, arrived in 2019, and he co-created Mo with Mo Amer for Netflix in 2022. He played his first major film role in Poor Things (2023), hosted Saturday Night Live in 2024, and co-created #1 Happy Family USA with Pam Brady in 2025.