Usama Khan


Usama Khan is a Pakistani television actor. Khan is best known for portraying the role of Tabrez in 2018 soap Sanwari for which he received critical acclaim and Hum Award for Best Soap Actor. He further played leading roles in Bezuban and Main Khwab Bunti Hon. His other appearances include Bisaat e Dil, Ghalati, Tamanna, and Haqeeqat. Before debuting as an actor, Khan worked for Silk Bank and a corporate company in 2011.

Life and career

Khan was born and raised in Gujranwala. He did his schooling at St. Peter's High School. In 2011, he came to Lahore for ACCA. After completing ACCA from SKANS School of Accountancy, he worked for Silk Bank, an audit firm and a corporate company. Since college days, he aspires to pursue a career in acting. 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, Hum TV's Bisaat-e-Dil, TV One's Gori Ki Dukaan and episodic appearance in Ustani Jee.
He got his first lead role in Hum TV's Sanwari 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. He further played lead roles in Syed Atif Ali's directed Bezuban opposite Nawal Saeed and Adeel Qamar's directed Main Khwab Bunti Hon opposite Michelle Mumtaz. In addition to appeared as lead, he played supporting role in romantic drama Ghalati featuring Hira Mani and Affan Waheed in leads, family drama Tamanna opposite Haroon Shahid and Nausheen Ahmed and anthology series Dikhawa. Besides television, Khan appeared in brand TVC's including Silk Bank, Bold, Jazz and Nestle.
Khan will next collaborate with Naveen Waqar in horror series Chhalawa produced by Momina Duraid of MD Productions and also working with Kinza Hashmi in Uraan produced by Abdullah Kadwani of 7th Sky Entertainment.

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Mujhay Jeenay Do
2017Rasmain
2018Ustani JeeZara's fiancéEpisode 7
2018Gori Ki Dukaan
2018SanwariTabrez Farasat AliHum Award For Best Soap Actor
2018Bisaat e DilAdil
2019Main Khwab Bunti HoonRizwan ShahLead Role
2019BezubanSahirLead Role
2019HaqeeqatSarimEpisode "Badnaam Mohabbat"
2019GhalatiFahad
2020DikhawaEpisode "Alam Ara"
2020TamannaUmar
2020Uraan Noriyan
2020Chhalawa TBA

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