Mekki Leeper
Mekki Leeper (born September 9, 1994) is a Moroccan-American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian. He is known for his roles on The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2022), Jury Duty (2023), and St. Denis Medical (2024–present). For Jury Duty, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. His stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central and The Late Late Show with James Corden.
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Mekki Leeper
Mekki Leeper (born September 9, 1994) is a Moroccan-American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian. He is known for his roles on The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2022), Jury Duty (2023), and St. Denis Medical (2024–present). For Jury Duty, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. His stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central and The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Life and career
Mekki Leeper
Leeper attended Temple University from 2013 until 2017 when he left to pursue his career.
In 2017, Leeper wrote for the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The following year, Vulture included him on their list of "Comedians You Should and Will Know".
In 2019, Leeper received coverage from Time and an ensuing slew of other news media outlets for a fictitious business he created for a Comedy Central special titled 'Control Room'. Posing as 'Oliver Niessen', he claimed to be the CEO of 'Vaev', a parody of an alternative medicine company, which claimed to sell used tissues from someone who was ill for the recipient to breathe in, supposedly inoculating them from illness.
Filmography
Film
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2023</td><td>Fintech</td><td>Sean</td><td>Short film; also writer, director, and executive producer</td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>Lurker</td><td>Moderator</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>Famous</td><td>TBA</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Television
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2018</td><td>New Girl</td><td>Waiter</td><td>Episode: "Tuesday Meeting"</td></tr><tr><td>Resolutions</td><td>Mekki</td><td>Televison miniseries; also writer and director</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Control Room with Mekki Leeper</td><td>Himself</td><td>Television special</td></tr><tr><td>2019–2020</td><td>Crank Yankers</td><td>—N/a</td><td>16 episodes; writer</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Two Joysticks and Couch</td><td>Various</td><td>Web series; also writer</td></tr><tr><td>2021–2022</td><td>The Sex Lives of College Girls</td><td>Eric Miller</td><td>15 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>Jury Duty</td><td>Noah Price</td><td>8 episodes; also staff writer</td></tr><tr><td>2024–present</td><td>St. Denis Medical</td><td>Matt Pearson</td><td>Main role</td></tr></tbody></table>
Awards and nominations
Mekki Leeper
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Award</th><th>Category</th><th>Work</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2024</td><td>Primetime Emmy Awards</td><td>Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series</td><td>Jury Duty (for "Ineffective Assistance")</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Independent Spirit Awards</td><td>Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series</td><td>Jury Duty</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Writers Guild of America Awards</td><td>Television: Comedy Series</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Television: New Series</td><td>Nominated</td></tr></tbody></table>