Gibran Saleem
Stand-up comedian

Gibran Saleem

Who Gibran Saleem is

Gibran Saleem is a stand-up comedian born in North Carolina and raised in Virginia, who started comedy while studying psychology in graduate school at New York University. While at school he was an MVP nominee in TBS's national Rooftop Comedy College Competition and twice received the Upright Citizens Brigade's diversity scholarship, and he was chosen as a finalist for both Stand-Up NBC and NBC's Late Night programme, one of six picked from more than a thousand submissions.

He made his stand-up television debut on AXS TV's Gotham Comedy Live, has been featured on MTV, TV Land and PBS and in season two of FX's Better Things, and was the focus of the NHK documentary Asian Dreamers: Brown Is Funny. He won first place at the Hoboken Comedy Festival, tours college campuses throughout the year, and four of his tracks were played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel on 2 October 2023.

At a glance

On screen
Gotham Comedy Live, Better Things, Asian Dreamers: Brown Is Funny and 2 more
Next on stage
10 October 2026 — New York Comedy Club, New York, NY
Official site
gibransaleem.com ↗

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

On screen

Comedians like Gibran Saleem

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Their stand-up

Gibran Saleem found stand-up by chance, wandering into an open mic near his New York University graduate housing, and spent six months writing one-liners before he first went on stage.

He opened for Hasan Minhaj at Boston University in September 2015, and he has toured with Bob Alper in the comedy show Laugh in Peace, which played the Southern Vermont Arts Center.

Questions and answers

Where is Gibran Saleem performing next?

Saturday 10 October 2026, 5:00 PM — with Elon Altman (Matinee with Ry Daddy ft: Olivia Stadler, Gibran Saleem, Dean Obeidallah, Elon Altman, Ryan Dacalos) at New York Comedy Club, New York, NY. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Gotham Comedy Live, Better Things, Asian Dreamers: Brown Is Funny, MTV and TV Land.

Who are some comedians like them?

Elon Altman (on the same bill, 10 October 2026), Bryan O'Gorman (also in MTV), Judy Gold (also in Better Things), Kevin Pollak (also in Better Things) and Molly Austin (also in MTV).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026