{"id":755644,"date":"2025-06-15T02:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T02:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=755644"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:46:59","slug":"did-you-know-the-show-adults-has-a-lebanese-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/755644\/did-you-know-the-show-adults-has-a-lebanese-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know the Show &#8220;Adults&#8221; Has a Lebanese Actor?"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>FX\u2019s new show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/en-gb\/browse\/entity-10752bde-4ca0-4b6b-b3b4-b1567d7f60b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Adults<\/em> (2025)<\/a> is now streaming on Disney+. It follows a group of tight-knit 20-somethings living in the same house, navigating adulthood and all the chaotic hijinks that come with it. The show is a chaotic Gen Z satire with a similar premise to <em>New Girl<\/em> (2007).\u00a0<\/p>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI4FWWcIhHA\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>The cast includes Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, Malik Elassal, and Owen Thiele. Guest stars on the show include Charlie Cox, D\u2019Arcy Carden, Seth Barrish, and Julia Fox. <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>But did you know that Malik Elassal, the actor who plays Samir on the show, is actually Lebanese?  Samir\u2019s nationality is never officially revealed to be Lebanese on the show, but it&#8217;s implied to be Arab. In the show, the house all the main characters live in is Samir\u2019s childhood home. The group of friends live there while Samir\u2019s parents are traveling across the country.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-personal-life\">Personal Life<\/h3>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIWwsgEpLnW\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>Elassal\u2019s family originated from Lebanon, even though he was raised in Canada. During a stand-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vy96iuq94Ko\">performance<\/a>, Elassal recounted stories his mother told him about growing up in Lebanon, and what it was like for her as a hijabi in the West.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>He also talked about his own experience growing up Muslim in Canada and going to an Islamic private school. He made jokes about how his teachers and the Imam didn\u2019t understand his desire to pursue comedy as a career.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-career\">Career<\/h3>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKc6BNgJM-C\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>Shortly after graduating high school and reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/adults-cast-advice-column\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropping out of college<\/a> (twice), Malik Elassal began pursuing a career as a stand-up comic. In 2022, Elassal was named one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/07\/just-for-laughs-montreal-new-faces-of-comedy-2022-list-showcases-1235076683\/\">New Faces of Comedy<\/a> in the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>In 2023, Elassal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mr4rJieVr5Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeared<\/a> on CBC\u2019s stand-up comedy show <em>The New Wave of Stand Up<\/em>. The following year, <em>Vulture<\/em> featured him in their list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/best-new-comedians-2024-stand-up-sketch-improv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cComedians You Should and Will Know\u201d<\/a> for 2024.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"mr4rJieVr5Q\">   <div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>  <\/div>    <p><br>As for acting, Elassal had minor roles in television shows like <em>Resident Alien<\/em>, <em>Joe Pickett<\/em>, <em>Fortunate Son<\/em>, and <em>Fakeland<\/em>.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adults-2025\">Adults (2025)<\/h3>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKry4AauArF\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>Adults is FX\u2019s new comedy series, created by the Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive producer Nick Kroll. Elassal plays Samir, one of the titular core characters in the satirical Gen Z sitcom. <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Samir and his friends go through various trials and tribulations that encompass what it\u2019s like being completely lost in your 20s. Samir goes through various comedic hardships between trying to get a job without mooning his employers, to trying to maintain relationships by not clogging the toilet.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/751055\/did-you-know-the-creator-of-pou-is-lebanese\/\"    class=\"mini-fancy-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">   <div class=\"mini-fancy-card-image\">     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pou-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Pou\">   <\/div>   <div class=\"mini-fancy-card-content\">     <span class=\"mini-fancy-card-tag\">MORE LIKE THIS<\/span>     <h3 class=\"mini-fancy-card-title\">Did You Know? The Creator of \u201cPou\u201d is Lebanese<\/h3>     <p class=\"mini-fancy-card-description\">Pou was one of the first major virtual pet apps to go viral worldwide. 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