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 A-Plus TV's Bezuban and Hum TV's Main Khwab Bunti Hon. His other appearances include Bisaat e Dil (2019), Ghalati (2019), Tamanna (2020), and Haqeeqat (2019). Before debuting as an actor, Khan worked for Silk Bank and a corporate company in 2011.[1][2]

Usama Khan
Born
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
EducationACCA from SKANS
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
Notable work
Sanwari (2018)
Bezuban (2019)
Main Khwab Bunti Hoon (2019)
AwardsHum Award for Best Soap Actor

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.[3] Since college days, he aspires to pursue a career in acting.[1] 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 appearance in Ustani Jee.[1]

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.[4] 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][2] 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.[2] Besides television, Khan appeared in brand TVC's including Silk Bank, Bold, Jazz and Nestle.[1]

Khan is currently appearing as Noriyan in Geo Entertainment's Uraan opposite Kinza Hashmi and Adeel Chaudhry. The show is produced by Abdullah Kadwani under 7th Sky Entertainment.[5] His upcoming projects include horror series Chhalawa produced by Momina Duraid of MD Productions.[2]

Television
Key
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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2017 Mujhay Jeenay Do [1]
2017 Rasmain [1]
2018 Ustani Jee Zara's fiancé Episode 7 [1]
2018 Gori Ki Dukaan [1]
2018 Sanwari Tabrez Farasat Ali Hum Award For Best Soap Actor [4]
2018 Bisaat e Dil Adil Mohini mention ki cindrelayein - Bol Entertainment [1]
2019 Main Khwab Bunti Hoon Rizwan Shah Lead Role
2019 Bezuban Sahir Lead Role [1]
2019 Haqeeqat Sarim Episode "Badnaam Mohabbat" [6]
2019 Ghalati Fahad [1]
2020 Dikhawa Episode "Alam Ara"
2020 Tamanna Umar [2]
2020 Uraan Noriyan [5]
2020 Chhalawa Zahud [2]
2020 Mere Dost Mere Yaar Haroon

TVC

References
  1. Khan, Asif. "Usama Khan". The News International. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Meet Pakistani cinema's stars of tomorrow". Gulf News. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "SKANS School of Accountancy organises charity carnival – Business Recorder". Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Afzal, Asfia (7 October 2019). "Here's everyone who won at 'Hum Awards 2019' this weekend". Business Recorder. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. "Kinza Hashmi, Adeel Chaudhry come together in 'Udaan'". The Nation. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. "Badnaam Mohabbat - Haqeeqat | Aplus | Anmol Baloch, Usama Khan, Salman Saeed". YouTube. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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