Cast Announced for Comedian Ramy Youssef’s New Cartoon Series

Ramy Youssef - the Golden Globe winning comedian behind Hulu’s ‘Ramy’ series - has revealed the cast of his new cartoon series, ‘#1 Happy Family USA’. The Amazon animated series will once again bring the nuanced experiences of Muslims in the diaspora to global screens alongside a diverse cast.

The two-season series will follow the story of a Muslim-American family learning to code-switch and negotiate their identity in the early 2000s, amidst a zeitgeist riddled with fear and war. Youssef will voice the role of Rumi Hussein, a 12-year-old boy eager to fit in and ironically named after Persian poet and Islamic scholar Jalal Aldin Rumi. Iraqi American actress Alia Shawkat will voice Rumi’s sister, while American actress Mandy Moore will voice Rumi’s sixth-grade teacher and crush.

The series was spearheaded in  March 2022 and is co-created by Youssef and American writer and television producer Pam Brady.