Yassir Lester

Actor, writer and producer, also director · Born June 22, 1984 (42) · Miami, Florida, USA

Yassir Lester is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who was born on June 22, 1984. He worked as a writer for Girls and The Carmichael Show. His most well-known roles are those of Chris in Making History and Yassir, the stockbroker in the 2019 Showtime series Black Monday.

What are Yassir Lester's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

31%

Bonds

30%

Society

19%

Power

12%

Morality

5%

Survival

3%

Community4 Family bonds5 Ambition4 Friendship3 Coming of age2 Purpose2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally

3 of 3

Allyas Ed McDoogle in The Bet (2016)
Allyas Chris in Making History (2017)
Allyas Yangzi in Duncanville (2020)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

10

Joyful

8

Tense

4

Warm

5

Manic

3

Other

3

How their films linger

Fun11 Feel-good6 Thought-provoking4 Unsettling2

How their films end

Happy3
Bittersweet5
Ambiguous3
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yassir Lester's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
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Subscription and free streaming for Yassir Lester's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Gutter(2024)
Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Sausage Party: Foodtopia(2024)
Show 4 episodes · as (voice)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Clerks 3 Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Actor
Clerks III(2022)
as RST Customer
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Loot(2022)
Show 10 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Single Drunk Female(2022)
Show 1 episode · as Lucas
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Ghosts(2021)
Show 2 episodes · as Garrett
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Ten Year Old Tom(2021)
Show 20 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Kenan(2021)
Show 10 episodes · Supervising Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
United We Fall(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Yassir
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
#BlackAF(2020)
Show 4 episodes · Producer · as Director
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Duncanville(2020)
Show 33 episodes · as Yangzi (voice)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Basic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Producer
Black Monday(2019)
Show 24 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Story Editor · Supervising Producer · Writer · as Yassir X
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Champaign Ill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Champions(2018)
Show 8 episodes · as Shabaz
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Loudermilk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Making History(2017)
Show 9 episodes · as Chris
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
The Bet(2016)
as Ed McDoogle
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Carmichael Show(2015)
Show 9 episodes · Story Editor · Writer
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Black-ish(2014)
Show 1 episode · as Jamal
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Show 1 episode · as Quentin Chase
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Mr. Pickles(2013)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
The Mindy Project(2012)
Show 2 episodes · as David
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Girls(2012)
Show 10 episodes · Staff Writer · Story Editor · as Delcan
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Key and Peele(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Laron's Friend #1
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 75^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 2012 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Gutter (2024)

$18K worldwide

Highest rated

Ten Year Old Tom (2021)

Midcredits 87^th

Film career

2017Screen debut· Making History

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting17 of 25 · 43^rdDirecting1 of 25Writing9 of 25 · 57^thProducing7 of 25 · 36^th

25 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s12 · 9 acting · 5 crew2020s13 · 8 acting · 6 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Is Yassir Lester's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 71 · intense

Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 73 · intense

Profanity5 titles51–90 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 70 · intense

Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 51 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Yassir Lester work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yassir Lester's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Isaiah Lester shares the most, 3.