Andrew Dismukes

Andrew Dismukes joins the cast of "Saturday Night Live" for his first season after starting on the show as a staff writer in Season 43.   Dismukes is a stand-up comedian and began performing standup at age 18 while attending the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a B.S. in radio, television and film. He was selected for the New Faces Showcase at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2017 and has performed at several other festivals, including the Moontower Comedy Festival, Comedy Central’s Colossal ClusterFest and the New York Comedy Festival. Dismukes is from Port Neches, Texas, and his birthday is June 21.