Ayaz Samoo

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.{{cite web|title=Top 5 Pakistani comedians|url=http://www.ataaso.com/top-10-pakistani-comedians.html|publisher=Ataaso|accessdate=28 December 2013|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201182906/http://www.ataaso.com/top-10-pakistani-comedians.html|url-status=live}}

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).{{cite news|title=Pakistani comedians in India|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/737973/pakistani-comedians-in-india|accessdate=2 February 2014|newspaper=DAWN.com|date=29 July 2012|archive-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204012737/http://www.dawn.com/news/737973/pakistani-comedians-in-india|url-status=live}} 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'.{{cite web|title=Best Pakistani comedians|url=http://www.panishani.com/2013/09/best-pakistani-comedians/|publisher=PaniShani|accessdate=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215343/http://www.panishani.com/2013/09/best-pakistani-comedians/|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Ayaz Samoo - Biography |url=http://www.brodportal.com/ayaz-samoo/ |work=Brod Portal |accessdate=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301024936/http://www.brodportal.com/ayaz-samoo/ |archivedate=1 March 2014 |df=dmy }} Ayaz made his film debut with Jami's spy-thriller O21{{cite news|title=Operation 021, taking Pakistan cinema further|url=http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/24348/operation-021-is-nothing-like-waar/|accessdate=12 January 2015|work=The Express Tribune|publisher=Salman Junejo|archive-date=6 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306074517/http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/24348/operation-021-is-nothing-like-waar/|url-status=live}} followed by Moor.{{cite web|author=Mani|title="Moor" Upcoming Potential Blockbuster Movie of Pakistan|url=http://a.com.pk/moor-upcoming-potential-blockbuster-movie-of-pakistan/|publisher=Mr. A's Blog|accessdate=29 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042516/http://a.com.pk/moor-upcoming-potential-blockbuster-movie-of-pakistan/|archive-date=13 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Ayaz Samoo - filmography|url=http://www.tvduck.com/Ayaz-Samoo-celebrity-photos.html|work=tvduck.com|accessdate=2 February 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203050555/http://www.tvduck.com/Ayaz-Samoo-celebrity-photos.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|title=Ayaz Samoo talks about his upcoming film Maan Jao Naa|url=http://www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1151770/hip-exclusive-ayaz-samoo-talks-about-his-upcoming-film-maan-jao-naa|website=hip|publisher=Fatima Niazi|date=1 February 2017|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234234/http://www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1151770/hip-exclusive-ayaz-samoo-talks-about-his-upcoming-film-maan-jao-naa|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Ayaz Samoo gears up for rom-com Maan Jao Naa|url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1177027/|website=DAWN Images|publisher=Irfan ul Haq|date=1 February 2017|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203095906/http://images.dawn.com/news/1177027|url-status=live}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.ayazsamoo.com}}
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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Pakistani male television actors

Category:Sindhi male actors

Category:Pakistani stand-up comedians

Category:Pakistani television hosts

Category:Male actors from Karachi

Category:Sindhi comedians

Category:People from Karachi