Director

Fahad Al-Butairi

Acting

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TMDB popularity

0.7

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1412399

IMDb ID: nm5934339

Known for: Acting

Born: May 12, 1985

Age: 41

Place of birth: ِAl Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2012 - 2026

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.89

Wikidata: Q5429493

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Biography

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."