Ayaz Samoo


Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, VJ, standup comedian, host, writer and producer. He is best known by his character nameSajid Billa on ARY Musik. In 2016 he won the AFA for Best Actor in a Negative for film Moor.

Early life & career

Ayaz began acting while schooling at the Habib Public School. His debut in the industry was in 2004 with a music video for Geo TV. After that he appeared in several television shows and tele films on various Pakistani television channels including Geo TV, The Musik and Indus Music. He was then selected to represent Pakistan by performing for the second season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 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", "Comedy Champions", "Comedy Club" and Laugh India Laugh. He then participated on another Indian show "Comedy Ka King Kaun" on Sab TV 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 romantic comedy Maan Jao Naa opposite to Adeel Chaudhry, Hajra Yamin, Asma Abbas, Ghana Ali and Asif Raza Mir.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations