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Fahim Anwar

A slick club veteran who treats a joke like an engineering problem.

4 specials · 2017–2026

Start with There's No Business Like Show Business, the breakout (2017 · 64 min · Seeso)

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Fahim Anwar glides around the stage. He might punctuate a punchline by moonwalking or executing a fast piece of footwork, but the movement never feels manic. It feels controlled. He has the cadence of a guy trying to talk his way out of a parking ticket. He comes across slick and a little arrogant, but fully aware that he is not actually in charge. He delivers traditional club comedy, relying on a tight setup-and-punchline rhythm that leaves zero dead air. When a bit requires an act-out, he commits with his whole body, mimicking an optometrist or a bad date down to the smallest hand gesture.

Specials

On stage

He is a Comedy Store regular and the kind of comic other standups go to the back of the room to watch. While some of his peers from the sketch group Goatface went on to host political talk shows or join late-night casts, Anwar stayed in the clubs and obsessed over the mechanics of standup. He operates outside the major streaming machinery, choosing to self-produce and release his recent hours directly to YouTube.

He builds jokes about modern dating, everyday interactions, and his Afghan immigrant parents. He treats a premise like a logic problem. He knows exactly when to lean into unearned cockiness and when to let the audience laugh at his failures. Occasionally, the polish is so high that the sets feel a bit frictionless, but the sheer volume of punchlines keeps the room moving.

Before comedy, he worked as an aerospace engineer at Boeing. You can see that background in his act. He writes like a guy who used to build airplanes, making sure every piece fits before he takes the joke to the crowd.

Turning points

  1. Goatface Comedy Central Sketch Special

    Anwar served as head writer and starred in a Comedy Central special with sketch group Goatface, leading to a spot on Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2019.

  2. –

    Double Life as Boeing Aerospace Engineer

    Anwar graduated with a mechanical engineering degree and worked at Boeing while secretly doing stand-up sets at night before transitioning to comedy full-time.

At a glance

Born
Style
observational, sketch
Breakout
There's No Business Like Show Business
Topics
Elsewhere
Website, Wikipedia, YouTube

Fans also like

  • Hasan Minhaj

    Minhaj is Anwar's longtime collaborator and fellow core member of the sketch comedy group Goatface.

Podcasts

  • Fahim Anwar Dance Hour · host

    Talking happens between songs alongside occasional guests and recurring dance breaks.

    Apple Podcasts

Also on screen

Lie to Me Charles
Neighbors Film role
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Film role
Goatface Comedy Central Special Various sketch characters
United States of Al Mo

A clip to start with

Fahim Anwar - Uber (Stand Up Comedy)

3 min · 511K views · on Laugh Factory