Naz Osmanoglu

Born: 1985-09-24

Şehzade Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu (born 24 September 1985), known professionally as Naz Osmanoglu, is an Anglo-Turkish comedian and member of the Imperial House of Osman, former ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire Osmanoglu studied English literature at Durham University (Van Mildert College), graduating in 2008. He was a member of The Durham Revue alongside Nish Kumar. Osmanoglu was the winner of the 2009 "Amused Moose Laugh Off", runner-up in "So You Think You're Funny" in 2009, and member of sketch trio "WitTank", which featured on the BBC Three stand up and sketch series Live at the Electric. He also made an appearance in Russell Howard's Good News. He appeared in "Flat TV", a short online comedy series for BBC Three, with flatmate Tom Rosenthal. Recently, he has done stand-up shows, titled "1000% Awesome" and "Ottoman Without an Empire", appearing at the Edinburgh Festival with both, as well as many gigs throughout the UK & Europe, and also in California. In 2015, he visited Turkey, the home of his ancestors, for the first time. During his stay he visited the Dolmabahçe Palace where his grandfather Şehzade Cengiz Nazim was born. He also held three different standup shows that were well received by the Turkish audience.


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Inside No. 9

as Young Dennis Fulcher
First aired: 2014-02-05

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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Plebs

as Fabianus
First aired: 2013-03-25

Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and...

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Roast Battle

as Self
First aired: 2018-01-15

It's comedy’s closed thing to a sport – comedians battle it out with the most brutal jokes...

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Absolutely Fine

as Hugo
First aired: 2017-04-06

A series of short comedies for Comedy Central written by and starring Tom Rosenthal. Short...

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Back

as Seb
First aired: 2017-09-06

Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the...

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The Duchess

as Leo
First aired: 2020-09-11

Katherine's a single mom juggling her career, her tween daughter, her relationship with her...

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Trauma

as Sam Baxter
First aired: 2018-02-12

A three-part drama set in the trauma unit of a London hospital, a grieving father blames a...

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Flat TV

as Naz
First aired: 2016-03-24

Two manchildren - Tom is an emotionally arrested control freak and his flatmate Naz the intrepid...

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Bull

as Toby
First aired: 2015-10-21

Bull is a brand new comedy with a unique and quirky sense of humour, featuring the eponymous...

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Bamous

as BBC Diversity Development Team Leader
First aired: 2021-01-12

Comedy show centered on the NASBLAQ - a mythical stock index for black and famous talent. Award...

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