Allan "Seapa" Mustafa (born 29 September 1985) is a British actor, comedian and writer who is best known for portraying Anthony "MC Grindah" Zografos in the BBC

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series ''

People Just Do Nothing ''People Just Do Nothing'' is a British television mockumentary sitcom, created and performed by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and Hugo Chegwin. The programme follows the lives of MC Grindah, DJ Beats and their friends, who run K ...

'', which he co-created with

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Early life

Mustafa is of Kurdish and Czech descent. He grew up in the town of Chessington and worked at

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in his teenage years. He was arrested in London at 14 for

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Career

At university, Mustafa met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp and Asim Chaudhry, with whom he created

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mockumentary videos about a fictional

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. This led to the group being commissioned for ''People Just Do Nothing'', a BBC mockumentary about West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM. The pilot aired on

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in July 2012. The show ran for five series, winning a BAFTA and a

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. In 2019, production began on a feature length adaptation of the series called '' People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan''. The film was positively received by both fans and critics. Mustafa appeared in the 2020

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film ''

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'' as Chaz, the boyfriend of

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’s character Amanda. Mustafa starred for two series of the

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sitcom ''Ability'' as the "useless carer" Bob, for the character played by comedian Lee Ridley, who also wrote the series. In 2022, he starred in the Channel 4 series ''The Curse'', and the BBC Three series ''Peacock''.

Filmography

References

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