Naz Osmanoglu
Naz Osmanoglu
Biography
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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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
10
Gender
Male
Birthday
1985-09-24 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
Pembury, Kent, England, UK
Acting

2021

Bamous as BBC Diversity Development Team Leader

2020

The Duchess as Leo

2018

Trauma as Sam Baxter

2018

Roast Battle as Self

2017

Absolutely Fine as Hugo

2017

Back as Seb

2016

Flat TV as Naz

2015

Bull as Toby

2013

Plebs as Fabianus

2009

Horrible Histories as Not available