Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer. In 2016, he won the AFA for Best Actor in a negative role for the film '' Moor''. He is referred as "The Shape-Shifter" because he switches voices, accents, looks and expressions as he glides through the various genres of the performing arts. Currently hosting "The Night Show With Ayaz Samoo" on

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. He is best known by his character name ''Sajid Billa'' on

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Early life and career

He was born in a Sindhi family. His debut in the industry was in 2004 with a music video for

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. After that he appeared in several television shows and tele films on various Pakistani television channels including

, The Musik and Indus Music. He was then selected to represent Pakistan by performing for the second season of

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in 2006. This was where he was referred to as the 'Youngest Champion' on the show. From his initial successes in the show, he was asked to participate in another stand-up comedy show 'Super Karara' in Pakistan and he won the title of 'Karara King' in 2007. He further on gave successful performances on Indian shows like "Funjabi Chakde" (

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), "Comedy Champions" (

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), "Comedy Club" (Sony Sab) and Laugh India Laugh (

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). He then participated on another Indian show "Comedy Ka King Kaun" on Sab TV (India) in 2008 where he competed against 11 of the best Pakistani and Indian stand-ups and Ayaz Samoo won the title of 'Comedy ka king'. Ayaz made his film debut with Jami's spy-thriller O21 followed by Moor. In 2016 he won AFA Best Actor in a Negative Role award for film Moor. He will appear in Aabis Raza's upcoming

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''Maan Jao Naa'' opposite to Adeel Chaudhry, Hajra Yamin, Asma Abbas, Ghana Ali and Asif Raza Mir.

Filmography

Television (serials, telefilms and shows)

Stand-up comedy shows

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samoo, Ayaz 1987 births Living people Pakistani male television actors Sindhi male actors Pakistani stand-up comedians Pakistani television hosts Male actors from Karachi Sindhi comedians People from Karachi