Ayaz Samoo

Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer. In 2016, he won the ARY Film Award for Best Actor in a negative role for the film Moor. He is referred to as "The Shape-Shifter" because he switches voices, accents, looks and expressions as he glides through the various genres of the performing arts. He hosts "The Night Show With Ayaz Samoo" on ARY Zindagi.

Early life and career He was born in a Sindhi family. 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 initial 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" (Star One), "Comedy Champions" (Sahara One), "Comedy Club" (Sony Sab) and Laugh India Laugh (Life Ok). 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 Moor. In 2016 he won AFA Best Actor in a Negative Role award for film Moor.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 2014 O21 Maani Abbas 2015 Moor Imtisal Ahmad 2016 Aksbandh Sunny co-written & co-produced 2018 Maan Jao Naa Asim

Television (serials, telefilms and shows)

Stand-up comedy shows

Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Category Result 2016 2nd ARY Film Awards Moor Best Actor in a Negative Role