Riz Ahmed’s Amazon Comedy Series Casts ‘Man Like Mobeen’ Star Guz Khan

Guz Khan has joined the cast of Riz Ahmed’s upcoming comedy series on Amazon Prime Video. Variety has learned.

The show was originally announced in June. Ahmed is the writer, executive producer, co-showrunner and star of the untitled half-hour series. According to the official logline, the show follows “Shah Latif (Ahmed), a struggling actor who is on the verge of landing the role of a lifetime, but is simultaneously thrust into a full-blown existential crisis and a trippy conspiracy thriller. ”

Khan will appear in a series regular role, but exact character details are being kept under wraps.

Khan is best known for the series ‘Man Like Mobeen’, which has aired for four seasons on BBC Three with a fifth on the way. Khan stars in the series and was also its co-creator and writer. His other TV credits include “Our Flag Means Death,” “The Gentlemen,” “Taskmaster,” “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” “Turn Up Charlie,” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” He appeared in films such as ‘Army of Thieves’, ‘The Bubble’ and ‘How to Date Billy Walsh’.

He is represented by Curtis Brown in the UK and UTA in the US

Ben Karlin is the other co-showrunner and executive producer of the Ahmed series. Ahmed executive produces with Allie Moore under their left-handed production banner. Jake Fuller is an executive producer for Jax Media, which produces the series with Amazon MGM Studios. Left Handed has a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios, which includes this show.