Usama Khan

Usama Khan
Born	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 33) Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Education	ACCA from SKANS
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2017–present
Known for	Sanwari as Tabrez
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Usama Khan (born 22 November 1991) is a Pakistani television actor. Khan is best known for portraying the main role Tabrez in 2018 soap Sanwari for which he received Hum Award for Best Soap Actor. He further portraying main role in A-Plus TV's Bezuban and Hum TV's Main Khwab Bunti Hon. His other works in the same year include Bisaat e Dil (2019), Ghalati (2019), and Haqeeqat (2019). Khan is recently seen portraying pivotal role Affan in Momina Duraid's Dobara .

Early life and education

Khan was born and raised in Gujranwala, Punjab and did his early schooling at St. Peter's High School, in Toba Tek Singh. ^[1] In 2011, he moved to Lahore in order to become a chartered account, and after completing his ACCA from the SKANS School of Accountancy, he worked for Silk Bank, an audit firm and a corporate company. ^[1]

Since college days, he aspired to pursue a career in acting. ^[1]

Before becoming an actor he did a corporate job in the United Arab Emirates. ^[2]

Career

Early roles

In 2017, he made his acting debut with a supporting role in Urdu 1 series Mujhay Jeenay Do . In an interview, Khan said that director Angeline Malik helped him in getting a debut role and when he came to Karachi, she referred him to other television producers. He went on to play the supporting roles in PTV's Rasmain (2017), Hum TV's Bisaat-e-Dil (2018), TV One's Gori Ki Dukaan (2018) and episodic appearances in Ustani Jee . ^[1]

Lead roles

He got his first lead role in Hum TV's Sanwari (2018) opposite Zainab Shabbir. Sanwari ran for 180 episodes and proved to be the breakthrough for him. It also earned him Hum Award for Best Soap Actor. ^[3] He further played lead roles in Syed Atif Ali's directed Bezuban (2019) opposite Nawal Saeed and Adeel Qamar's directed Main Khwab Bunti Hon (2019) opposite Michelle Mumtaz. ^{[1] [4]} In addition to appearing as lead, he played a supporting role in the romantic drama Ghalati featuring Hira Mani and Affan Waheed in leads, family drama Tamanna opposite Haroon Shahid and Nausheen Ahmed and anthology series Dikhawa . ^[4] Besides television, Khan appeared in brand TVC's including Silk Bank, Bold, Jazz and Nestle. ^[1]

Khan played the Noriyan in Geo Entertainment's Uraan opposite Kinza Hashmi and Adeel Chaudhry which was produced by Abdullah Kadwani under 7th Sky Entertainment ^[5] and Kaafur in Hum TV's horror series Chalawa produced by MD Productions and NJ Films. ^[4]

He also played the role of Vicky in Geo Entertainment's Ramadan special Ishq Jalebi . ^[6] Furthermore, he also stars in Hum TV's Sitam opposite Nawal Saeed, Moomal Khalid and Saad Qureshi produced by MD Productions and Gold Bridge Media and Geo Entertainment's Mohlat produced by 7th Sky Entertainment which will features Kinza Hashmi, Sami Khan, Komal Aziz Khan, Bushra Ansari and Asma Abbas. ^[7]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2017	Adhi Gawahi	Usama	TV debut
	Mujhay Jeenay Do	Dawood		[1]
2018	Gori Ki Dukaan	Rauf	Telefilm	[1]
	Sanwari	Tabrez Ali	Lead role	[3]
	Bisaat e Dil	Adil		[1]
	Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain	Azmat
2019	Bezuban	Sahir	Lead role
	Pakeeza Phuppo			[1]
	Main Khwab Bunti Hoon	Rizwan Shah	Lead role	[1]
	Ghalati	Fahad		[1]
2020	Tamanna	Umar		[4]
	Uraan	Noriyan		[5]
	Chalawa	Sarosh		[4]
2021	Noor	Nabeel	Lead role	[8]
	Ishq Jalebi	Waqar		[9]
	Mohlat	Isa
	Sitam	Shayan	Lead role
	Mere Apne	Hamza
	Dobara	Affan		[9]
2022	Teri Rah Mein	Fakhar	Lead role
	Aik Sitam Aur	Shahroz		[9]
	Siyani	Zohaib
	Agar	Farooq
2023	Kacha Dhaga	Hamdan	Lead role
	Tere Ishq Ke Naam	Altamash
	Fatima Feng	Ammar
	Hostel	Zohaib
	Siyaah	Salman	Episodes "Baharbano" and "Karsaaz" on Green Entertainment
2024	Raaz		Episode "Badla" on Green Entertainment
	Ghair	Saalis
	Sunn Mere Dil	Ammaar Ahmed
	Qarz e Jaan	Barrister Burhan	Hum TV	[10]

Special appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2018	Ustani Jee	Zara's fiancé	Episode 7	[1]
2019	Haqeeqat	Sarim	Episode "Badnaam Mohabbat"	[11]
2020	Dikhawa	Cameo	Episode "Alam Ara"

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Nayab	Zain	Film debut

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	7th Hum Awards	Best Soap Actor	Sanwari	Won	[3]

References

1. Ahmed, Mubashir (20 October 2020). "Usama Khan". The News International . Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
2. "USAMA KHAN". OK! Pakistan. 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
3. Afzal, Asfia (7 October 2019). "Here's everyone who won at 'Hum Awards 2019' this weekend". Business Recorder . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
4. "Meet Pakistani cinema's stars of tomorrow". Gulf News . 8 March 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
5. "Kinza Hashmi, Adeel Chaudhry come together in 'Udaan'". The Nation. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
6. "Usama Khan impresses fans with acting in Ishq Jalebi". The Nation. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
7. "Kinza Hashmi's new drama teaser is out". The Nation. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
8. "Anmol Baloch stuns in drama serial 'Noor'". The Nation. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
9. "Spotlight: The Bankable Actor". 3 April 2022.
10. "Qarz E Jaan: Yumna is Back on HUM". Hum TV.
11. "Badnaam Mohabbat - Haqeeqat | Aplus | Anmol Baloch, Usama Khan, Salman Saeed". YouTube. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.