Mekki Leeper

Mekki Leeper (born September 9, 1994) is a Moroccan-American^[2][3] writer, actor, and stand-up comedian. He is known for his supporting role on The Sex Lives of College Girls, and for starring in and writing for the Peabody Award-winning^[4] television series Jury Duty. For the latter, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.^[5] His stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central and The Late Late Show.^[6]

Mekki Leeper
Born	(1994-09-09) September 9, 1994 (age 31)[citation needed] Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Occupations	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	2018–present

Leeper attended Temple University from 2013 until 2017 when he left to pursue his career.^[7]

In 2017, Leeper wrote for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.^[5] The following year, Vulture included him on their list of "Comedians You Should and Will Know".^[8]

In 2019, Leeper received coverage from Time Magazine 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.^[9][10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	New Girl	Waiter	Episode: "Tuesday Meeting"
	Resolutions	Himself	Miniseries; also writer and director	[8]
2020	Two Joysticks and Couch	Various	TV series
2021–2022	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Eric	15 episodes	[11]
2023	Jury Duty	Noah	8 episodes; also staff writer	[5]
2024–present	St. Denis Medical	Matt	Main role	[6]
TBA	Famous	TBA	Supporting role	[12]