Danish Nawaz

Danish Nawaz Baloch (; born 4 August 1978) is a Pakistani actor, director and comedian.

The son of the late senior actor Fareed Nawaz Baloch and brother to actor-director Yasir Nawaz, Danish has established a career in Pakistani television where he is mostly known as a comedian.

As an actor, Danish is best known for his lead comedy roles in television serials such as Nadaniyan (2009), Extras: The Mango People (2011), Larka Karachi Ka Kuri Lahore Di (2012) and Hum Sab Ajeeb Se Hain (2016).

As a director, he is famous for his light rom-com television serials such as Chupke Chupke (2021) and Hum Tum (2022).

Career He began his career in 2001 with a cameo in the Indus Vision serial Sab Set Hai, while he was studying engineering at university. Later, he completed his Mechanical Engineering degree from the Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Pakistan.

In an interview with The Express Tribune, when asked how it feels to bound yourself with one genre, Nawaz said "I present myself as a comedy actor and I have no issues with doing comedy roles only. I'd rather do something that I'm really good at than do something so many other people are doing."

Filmography Television serials

Television shows

Telefilms

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations Ceremony Category Project Result 2013 1st Hum AwardsBest Comic Actor Extras (The Mango People) Best Comic Sitcom 2014 2nd Hum Awards20153rd Hum AwardsDramay Baziyan 2016 2nd ARY Film Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role Wrong No.