Ghulam Dustgir Khan, known as Guz Khan, is a British comedian and actor.
23 Facts About Guz Khan
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Guz Khan has two sisters who are ten and eleven years older than him.
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Guz Khan grew up on a housing estate in Hillfields, Coventry, and attended Stoke Park School.
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Guz Khan graduated from Coventry University, and went on to teach Humanities at Grace Academy.
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Guz Khan uploaded his first video to Facebook in 2014; in June of that year, he first performed on stage, opening for Aamer Rahman at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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In June 2015, whilst performing as his character Mobeen, a Muslim living in Small Heath, Guz Khan made a video called "Pakisaurus", expressing mock outrage at the lead character in the film Jurassic World shouting the line "the Pachys are out of containment", observing it to be a homophone of Paki, a racial slur for people of South Asian descent.
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In December 2015, Guz Khan performed at BBC Asian Network's Big Comedy Night in Birmingham, a special comedy night celebrating 50 years of Asian programmes on the BBC.
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Guz Khan has performed on the BBC2 stand-up show Live at the Apollo, in an episode aired on 31 December 2017, hosted by the comedian Henning Wehn.
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In June 2015, Guz Khan made a short film Roadman Ramadan as part of the British Muslim Comedy series, five short films by Muslim comedians commissioned by the BBC to be released on BBC iPlayer.
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Guz Khan's sketch was a guide to Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting during daylight hours, which sees Guz Khan's character Mobeen guide his newly converted friend Trev through his first Ramadan.
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In July 2015, Guz Khan gave up his job as a school teacher to pursue a career in comedy after his YouTube clips went viral.
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In March 2019, Guz Khan appeared as a guest on Hypothetical.
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In September 2021, Guz Khan appeared on the twelfth series of Taskmaster.
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In December 2021, Guz Khan appeared as Bonzo in Beauty and the Beast: A Pantomime for Comic Relief, originally broadcast on BBC Two on Sunday 21 December.
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In February 2022, Guz Khan narrated the Peaky Blinders Ultimate Recap on BBC One.
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In March 2022, Guz Khan appeared in the HBO Max comedy pirate series Our Flag Means Death, where he played Ivan, a member of Blackbeard's crew.
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Guz Khan was the only main actor dropped ahead of the second season of the show.
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In March 2024, Guz Khan appeared in the Netflix show The Gentlemen, where he played Chucky "The Cobra" Kubra, an experienced money launderer.
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In June 2019, Guz Khan appeared in an advert for Walkers crisps alongside the Spice Girls, playing Dev, the group's biggest fan.
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In February 2017, Guz Khan appeared as Rocky in the romantic comedy film Finding Fatimah.
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In 2019, Guz Khan appeared alongside Idris Elba in the Netflix comedy show Turn Up Charlie, which premiered on 15 March 2019.
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In 2024, Guz Khan played the voice of Santa Claus's sidekick reindeer Dasher in the Netflix and Locksmith Animation film That Christmas.
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Guz Khan supported Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2019 UK General Election, encouraging people to vote Labour.