MO AMER

Mohammed "Mo" Mustafa Amer is a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and award-winning writer.  He can currently be seen in the Netflix series Mo, a semi-autobiographical series; Amer plays Mo Najjar, a Palestinian refugee seeking asylum while living in Texas most of his life.

Mo is a man in limbo, who's never able to hold down a job or get health care because of his immigration status, and the way he casually flits through his life is reflective of that reality. Amer mines great comedy from this unique situation and surrounds himself with a strong and charming supporting cast.   

The show was certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% from critics and was named one of the best for 2022 from The New York Times and NY Magazine.   He also won a  2022 Gotham Award; AFI Award; a 2023 Peabody Award and a 2023 Television Academy Honor.  He was also nominated for a 2023 Film Independent Award for “Lead Actor in a Special Series”.  The show is currently in prep for its second season.  

Mo was also seen co-starring alongside Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the DC Comics superhero film Black Adam. The film grossed over $393 million dollars globally, where he was the scene-stealing electrician, Karim, the comedic relief to The Rock. 

Amer has performed tours in over 27 countries on five continents, including Germany, Italy, Sicily, Japan, Korea, and Bahrain, as well as with other Muslim comedians Preacher Moss and Azhar Usman in the Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour since 2006. Recently Mo has had two Netflix comedy specials:  Mo Amer: The Vagabond and Mo Amer: Mohammed in Texas. 

In 2018, Amer joined the cast of the Hulu show Ramy, starring Ramy Youssef, where he plays Ramy's cousin Mo, who owns and operates a diner where many of the show's characters congregate.