Andrew Dismukes returns to “Saturday Night Live” for his fifth season as a cast member after starting on the show as a staff writer in season 43.

Dismukes is a stand-up comedian and writer. 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 began performing stand-up while attending the University of Texas at Austin where he received a B.S. in radio, television and film.

Dismukes is from Port Neches, Texas, and his birthday is June 21.