Athari was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 47th season between 2021 and 2022.

[4] After starting his career in stand-up comedy, Athari began collaborating with Muslim-American comedians Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali, and Fahim Anwar on sketches under the group name Goatface.

[5] An hour-long special of their sketch work aired on Comedy Central in 2018.

[6] He had a recurring role on the final season of HBO's Silicon Valley as Gabe.

[citation needed] In 2021, Athari was cast as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, alongside fellow newcomers James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman, for its forty-seventh season.