Emil Wakim

Comedy Works Downtown presents Emil Wakim performing August 18th 2026!

VIP tickets include Priority Seating in the first five rows!

Emil Wakim is a stand up comedian, writer, and actor based in Brooklyn, New York.

Emil made history as the first Lebanese-American cast member of Saturday Night Live, where his stand-out Weekend Update appearances earned him international acclaim during SNL’s milestone 50th season.

Emil has also been seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Don’t Tell Comedy, and Comedy Central. He was selected as a New Face of Comedy at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and was named one of Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know.