Usama Khan

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Usama Khan
Born (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 32)
Education ACCA from SKANS
Occupations
Years active2017–present
Known for Sanwari as Tabrez
Height5 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 .

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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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2017 Adhi Gawahi UsamaTV debut
Mujhay Jeenay Do Dawood [1]
2018Gori Ki DukaanRaufTelefilm [1]
Sanwari Tabrez AliLead role [3]
Bisaat e Dil Adil [1]
Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain Azmat
2019BezubanSahirLead role
Pakeeza Phuppo [1]
Main Khwab Bunti HoonRizwan ShahLead role [1]
Ghalati Fahad [1]
2020TamannaUmar [4]
Uraan Noriyan [5]
Chalawa Sarosh [4]
2021NoorNabeelLead role [8]
Ishq Jalebi Waqar [9]
Mohlat Essa
SitamShayanLead role
Mere Apne Hamza
Dobara Affan [9]
2022 Teri Rah Mein FakharLead role
Aik Sitam Aur Sheroz [9]
SiyaniZohaib
Agar Farrukh
2023Kacha DhagaHamdanLead role
Tere Ishq Ke NaamAltamash
Fatima FengAmmar
HostelZohaib
Siyaah SalmanEpisodes "Baharbano" and "Karsaaz" on Green Entertainment
2024RaazEpisode "Badla" on Green Entertainment

Special appearances

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2018 Ustani Jee Zara's fiancéEpisode 7 [1]
2019 Haqeeqat SarimEpisode "Badnaam Mohabbat" [10]
2020 Dikhawa CameoEpisode "Alam Ara"

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024NayabZainFilm debut

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2019 7th Hum Awards Best Soap Actor Sanwari Won [3]

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