Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer. He is best known by his character name ''Sajid Billa'' on

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. In 2016, he won the AFA for Best Actor in a negative role for the film ''

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''.

Early life & career

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

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. He was then selected to represent Pakistan by performing for the second season of

The Great Indian Laughter Challenge ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' is an Indian reality stand-up comedy series produced by Endemol India. The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008. The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 201 ...

in 2006. This was where he was referred to as the 'Youngest Champion' on the show. From his initials 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 (

Life Ok Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One. It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that same ...

). 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

. In 2016 he won AFA Best Actor in a Negative Role award for film

. He will appear in Aabis Raza's upcoming

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''Maan Jao Naa'' opposite to Adeel Chaudhry,

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, Asma Abbas, Ghana Ali and Asif Raza Mir.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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