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| caption = Usman Peerzada in 2012
| caption = Usman Peerzada in 2012
| birth_name = Syed Mohammad Usman Shah Peerzada
| birth_name = Syed Mohammad Usman Shah Peerzada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|05|24}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|24}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| other_names = Usman Pirzada
| other_names = Usman Pirzada
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| 1976 || ''[[Beyond the Last Mountain]]''
| 1976 || ''[[Beyond the Last Mountain]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| English
||| English
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| 1976 || ''Sazish''
| 1976 || ''Sazish''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| rowspan="3" | Urdu
||| rowspan="3" | Urdu
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| 1977 || ''Goonj''
| 1977 || ''Goonj''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| rowspan="5" | 1978 || ''Parakh''
| rowspan="5" | 1978 || ''Parakh''
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
|-
| ''Aali Jah''
| ''Aali Jah''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| rowspan="2" | Punjabi
||| rowspan="2" | Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''Kall day Munday''
| ''Kall day Munday''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
| ''Accident''
| ''Accident''
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| Urdu
||| Urdu
|-
|-
| ''[[Shola (film)|Shola]]''
| ''[[Shola (film)|Shola]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| Punjabi
||| Punjabi
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1979 || ''Nei Tehzeeb''
| rowspan="5" | 1979 || ''Nei Tehzeeb''
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| rowspan="5" | Urdu
||| rowspan="5" | Urdu
|-
|-
| ''Nazr-e-Karm''
| ''Nazr-e-Karm''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Main Chup Rahun Gi''
| ''Main Chup Rahun Gi''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''[[Aurat Raj]]''
| ''[[Aurat Raj]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Miss Hong Kong''
| ''Miss Hong Kong''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| 1982 || ''[[Wehshi Daku]]''
| 1982 || ''[[Wehshi Daku]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}||Punjabi
|||Punjabi
|-
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| 1986 || ''Nazdeekian''
| 1986 || ''Nazdeekian''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{No}}|| Urdu
||| Urdu
|-
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| 1990 || ''Gori Dian Jhanjhran''
| 1990 || ''Gori Dian Jhanjhran''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{No}}|| rowspan="2" | Punjabi
||| rowspan="2" | Punjabi
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| 1991 || ''Chann Meray''
| 1991 || ''Chann Meray''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''Qarz''
| rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''Qarz''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}|| rowspan="3" | Urdu
||| rowspan="3" | Urdu
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|-
| ''[[Zar Gul]]''
| ''[[Zar Gul]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
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| 2003 || ''[[Shararat (2003 film)|Shararat]]''
| 2003 || ''[[Shararat (2003 film)|Shararat]]''
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''[[Teesra Kinara (TV series)|Teesra Kinara]]''
| ''[[Teesra Kinara (TV series)|Teesra Kinara]]''
| Raheel Obaid
| Raheel Obaid
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| rowspan="15" | [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
| rowspan="15" | [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
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| ''Chabi Aur Chabiyan''
| ''Chabi Aur Chabiyan''
| Ibrahim
| Ibrahim
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|1982
|1982
| ''Nishan-e-Haider''
| ''Nishan-e-Haider''
| Colonel Adam Khan
| Colonel Adam Khan
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| rowspan="4" |1983
| rowspan="4" |1983
| ''Darya''
| ''Darya''
| Shah Mureed
| Shah Mureed
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Nangay Paoon''
| ''Nangay Paoon''
| [[Jahangir|Prince Salim]]
| [[Jahangir|Prince Salim]]
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Picnic''
| ''Picnic''
| Amir
| Amir
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''[[Wadi-e-Purkhar]]''
| ''[[Wadi-e-Purkhar]]''
| Naseer Aldeen
| Naseer Aldeen
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|1984
|1984
| ''Status''
| ''Status''
| Ahsan Ali Khan
| Ahsan Ali Khan
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
|-
|1985
|1985
| ''Saahil''
| ''Saahil''
| Zaheer
| Zaheer
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
|1986
|1986
| ''[[Jungle (1986 TV series)|Jungle]]''
| ''[[Jungle (1986 TV series)|Jungle]]''
| Sarang
| Sarang
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
|1989
|1989
| ''Hisaar''
| ''Hisaar''
| Tariq Ahmed
| Tariq Ahmed
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|1991
|1991
| ''Karrobi''
| ''Karrobi''
| Asad
| Asad
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
|1992
|1992
| ''Sofia''
| ''Sofia''
| Umar
| Umar
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
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|-
|1995
|1995
| ''Dastak Aur Darwaza''
| ''Dastak Aur Darwaza''
| Ahmed Hasan
| Ahmed Hasan
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|2004
|2004
| ''Qurban Tere Ishq Pe''
| ''Qurban Tere Ishq Pe''
| Shaheen
| Shaheen
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
|2009
|2009
| ''[[Ishq Ki Inteha]]''
| ''[[Ishq Ki Inteha]]''
| Malik Jalal
| Malik Jalal
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| [[Geo TV]]
| [[Geo TV]]
|-
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|''Rangeel Pur''
|''Rangeel Pur''
| Shah Ji
| Shah Ji
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Ya}}
|PTV Home
|PTV Home
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| ''[[Nail Polish (TV serial)|Nail Polish]]''
| ''[[Nail Polish (TV serial)|Nail Polish]]''
| Bedaar Alam
| Bedaar Alam
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| [[A-Plus TV|A-Plus]]
| [[A-Plus TV|A-Plus]]
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| ''[[Kahi Unkahi]]''
| ''[[Kahi Unkahi]]''
| Kamal
| Kamal
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| Hum TV
| Hum TV
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| ''Majazi Khuda''
| ''Majazi Khuda''
| Minal's father
| Minal's father
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo TV
| Geo TV
|-
|-
| ''[[Numm]]''
| ''[[Numm]]''
| Sikander Bakht
| Sikander Bakht
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| [[Geo Entertainment]]
| [[Geo Entertainment]]
|-
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| ''[[Zid (TV series)|Zid]]''
| ''[[Zid (TV series)|Zid]]''
| Qasim
| Qasim
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| Hum TV
| Hum TV
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|-
| ''[[Ladoon Mein Pali]]''
| ''[[Ladoon Mein Pali]]''
| Farooq
| Farooq
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo TV
| Geo TV
|-
|-
| ''[[Goya (TV series)|Goya]]''
| ''[[Goya (TV series)|Goya]]''
| Rahat Hasmi
| Rahat Hasmi
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| rowspan="2" | ARY Digital
| rowspan="2" | ARY Digital
|-
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| ''Tum Milay''
| ''Tum Milay''
| Mirza
| Mirza
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
| ''[[Shaam Dhaley]]''
| ''[[Shaam Dhaley]]''
| Alina's father
| Alina's father
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| rowspan="2" | Geo TV
| rowspan="2" | Geo TV
|-
|-
| ''[[Khuda Aur Muhabbat (season 2)]]''
| ''[[Khuda Aur Muhabbat (season 2)]]''
| Amjad Raza
| Amjad Raza
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
| rowspan="3" |2017
| ''[[Tau Dil Ka Kia Hua]]''
| ''[[Tau Dil Ka Kia Hua]]''
| Maya's father
| Maya's father
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| rowspan="3" | Hum TV
| rowspan="3" | Hum TV
|-
|-
| ''[[Dil-e-Jaanam (2017 TV series)|Dil-e-Jaanam]]''
| ''[[Dil-e-Jaanam (2017 TV series)|Dil-e-Jaanam]]''
| Rehman
| Rehman
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
|-
| ''[[Alif Allah Aur Insaan]]''
| ''[[Alif Allah Aur Insaan]]''
| Hashmat Malik
| Hashmat Malik
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan="2" |2018
| ''Noor Bibi''
| ''Noor Bibi''
| Rabia's father
| Rabia's father
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo Entertainment
| Geo Entertainment
|-
|-
| ''[[Seep (TV series)|Seep]]''
| ''[[Seep (TV series)|Seep]]''
| Nawab Waqar Ahmed
| Nawab Waqar Ahmed
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| [[TV One Pakistan|TV One]]
| [[TV One Pakistan|TV One]]
|-
|-
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| ''Abba''
| ''Abba''
| Pehlwan Ji
| Pehlwan Ji
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| PTV
| PTV
|-
|-
| ''Muthi Bhar Chahat''
| ''Muthi Bhar Chahat''
| Chaudhry Sikandar Hayat
| Chaudhry Sikandar Hayat
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| [[Express Entertainment]]
| [[Express Entertainment]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Ruswai]]''
| ''[[Ruswai]]''
| Ariz Khan
| Ariz Khan
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|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| [[ARY Digital]]
| [[ARY Digital]]
|-
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| ''[[Khuda Aur Muhabbat (season 3)|Khuda Aur Muhabbat Season 3]]''
| Kazim Shah
| Kazim Shah
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo Entertainment
| Geo Entertainment
|-
|-
| ''[[Berukhi]]''
| ''[[Berukhi]]''
| Agha Jaan
| Agha Jaan
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| ARY Digital
| ARY Digital
|-
|-
| ''[[Ishq E Laa]]''
| ''[[Ishq E Laa]]''
| Ghiyas Ahmad
| Ghiyas Ahmad
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Hum TV
| Hum TV
|-
|-
| ''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]''
| ''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]''
| Mahjabeen's father
| Mahjabeen's father
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| ARY Digital
| ARY Digital
|-
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| ''[[Dikhawa|Dikhawa Season 3]]''
| ''[[Dikhawa|Dikhawa Season 3]]''
| Akmal
| Akmal
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo Entertainment
| Geo Entertainment
|-
|-
| ''[[Chaudhry and Sons]]''
| ''[[Chaudhry and Sons]]''
| Professor Bakht
| Professor Bakht
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo TV
| Geo TV
|-
|-
| rowspan="8" |2023
| rowspan="8" |2023
| ''Heer Da Hero''
| ''[[Heer Da Hero]]''
| Inayat Jatt
| Inayat Jatt
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo Entertainment
| Geo Entertainment
|-
|-
| ''Jhoom''
| ''Jhoom''
| Toqeer
| Toqeer
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| Geo TV
| Geo TV
|-
|-
| ''College Gate''
| ''College Gate''
| Qamar Zaman
| Qamar Zaman
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
| rowspan="3" | Green Entertainment
| rowspan="3" | Green Entertainment
|-
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| ''Honey Moon''
| ''Honey Moon''
| Shabir
| Shabir
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Gumn''
| ''Gumn''
| Shakir Hussain
| Shakir Hussain
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Mein''
| ''Mein''
| Jaffar
| Jaffar
|
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| rowspan="2" | [[ARY Digital]]
| rowspan="2" | [[ARY Digital]]
|-
|-
| ''Sukoon''
| ''Sukoon''
| Amjad
| Amjad
|
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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| ''Standup Girl''
| ''Standup Girl''
| Kabir's father
| Kabir's father
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| Green Entertainment
| Green Entertainment
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| ''Ghaata''
| Nihal
| Nihal
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Geo Entertainment]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Geo Entertainment]]
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| ''Kaffara''
| ''Kaffara''
| Tahir
| Tahir
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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Latest revision as of 09:33, 2 January 2025

Usman Peerzada
Usman Peerzada in 2012
Born
Syed Mohammad Usman Shah Peerzada

(1951-05-24) May 24, 1951 (age 73)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other namesUsman Pirzada
EducationGovernment College University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1974–present
Spouse
​
(m. 1975)​
Children2
ParentRafi Peerzada Shah (father)
RelativesFaizaan Peerzada (brother)
Zara Peerzada (niece)
AwardsPTV Award winner in 2023

Usman Peerzada (Urdu: عثمان پیرزادہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]

He has acted in many Punjabi and Urdu films and serials, including Beyond the Last Mountain and Kahi Un Kahi.

He is best known for portrayal of Prince Salim in drama Nangay Paoon.[3]

Early life and education

[edit]

Usman was born in Lahore in 1955 into a Punjabi Muslim family involved in the performing arts: His father Rafi Peerzada (1898–1974) was an actor and playwright who pioneered theatre in Pakistan, his legacy in theatre being continued by Usman's brother Saadaan Peerzada; his other brothers Salmaan Peerzada and Imran Peerzada are active in cinema and on television as actors and filmmakers, his sister Tasneem Peerzada is an Urdu journalist specialized in culture, while yet another brother, Faizaan Peerzada (1958–2012), was an artist and a puppeteer.[4]

He studied in St. Anthony's High School and then graduated in MA English in 1974 from Government College University (GCU).[5]

Career

[edit]

Actor

[edit]

Usman started his acting career from his college in 1974 in different plays and dramatic festivals. In 1976, he got an offer for the lead role in Pakistan's first English-language film, Beyond the Last Mountain.[1]

Director and producer

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Usman has directed, produced, written and acted in the Urdu-language movie Nazdeekiyan in 1986 and also directed, produced, written and acted in the Punjabi-language movie Gori Dyan Jhanjran in 1989, both receiving critical acclaim.[1]

In television he directed and wrote the PTV drama Sofia (1992), co-starring his wife Samina and which became popular.[1]

In 2010, he directed and wrote the drama Rangeel Pur for PTV Home, the cast including his niece Yamina Peerzada.

In 2016, he announced that he would adapt his father Rafi Peer's play Namoos into a movie that he would direct.[6]

Personal life

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Peerzada married actress and director Samina Peerzada in 1975.[7]

They have two children Anum and Amal Peerzada, Amal being a miniature artist.[7]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Director Writer Producer Language
1976 Beyond the Last Mountain English
1976 Sazish Urdu
1977 Goonj
1978 Parakh
Aali Jah Punjabi
Kall day Munday
Accident Urdu
Shola Punjabi
1979 Nei Tehzeeb Urdu
Nazr-e-Karm
Main Chup Rahun Gi
Aurat Raj
Miss Hong Kong
1982 Wehshi Daku Punjabi
1986 Nazdeekian Yes Yes Urdu
1990 Gori Dian Jhanjhran Yes Yes Punjabi
1991 Chann Meray
1997 Qarz Urdu
Zar Gul Yes
2003 Shararat

Television series

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Year Title Role Director Writer Network
1980 Teesra Kinara Raheel Obaid PTV
1981 Chabi Aur Chabiyan Ibrahim
1982 Nishan-e-Haider Colonel Adam Khan
1983 Darya Shah Mureed
Nangay Paoon Prince Salim
Picnic Amir
Wadi-e-Purkhar Naseer Aldeen
1984 Status Ahsan Ali Khan
1985 Saahil Zaheer
1986 Jungle Sarang
1989 Hisaar Tariq Ahmed
1991 Karrobi Asad
1992 Sofia Umar Yes Yes
1995 Dastak Aur Darwaza Ahmed Hasan
2004 Qurban Tere Ishq Pe Shaheen
2009 Ishq Ki Inteha Malik Jalal Geo TV
2010 Rangeel Pur Shah Ji Yes Yes PTV Home
2011 Nail Polish Bedaar Alam A-Plus
2012 Kahi Unkahi Kamal Hum TV
2013 Majazi Khuda Minal's father Geo TV
Numm Sikander Bakht Geo Entertainment
2014 Zid Qasim Hum TV
Ladoon Mein Pali Farooq Geo TV
Goya Rahat Hasmi ARY Digital
2016 Tum Milay Mirza
Shaam Dhaley Alina's father Geo TV
Khuda Aur Muhabbat (season 2) Amjad Raza
2017 Tau Dil Ka Kia Hua Maya's father Hum TV
Dil-e-Jaanam Rehman
Alif Allah Aur Insaan Hashmat Malik
2018 Noor Bibi Rabia's father Geo Entertainment
Seep Nawab Waqar Ahmed TV One
2019 Abba Pehlwan Ji PTV
Muthi Bhar Chahat Chaudhry Sikandar Hayat Express Entertainment
Ruswai Ariz Khan ARY Digital
2021 Khuda Aur Muhabbat Season 3 Kazim Shah Geo Entertainment
Berukhi Agha Jaan ARY Digital
Ishq E Laa Ghiyas Ahmad Hum TV
Sinf-e-Aahan Mahjabeen's father ARY Digital
2022 Dikhawa Season 3 Akmal Geo Entertainment
Chaudhry and Sons Professor Bakht Geo TV
2023 Heer Da Hero Inayat Jatt Geo Entertainment
Jhoom Toqeer Geo TV
College Gate Qamar Zaman Green Entertainment
Honey Moon Shabir
Gumn Shakir Hussain
Mein Jaffar ARY Digital
Sukoon Amjad
Standup Girl Kabir's father Green Entertainment
2024 Ghaata Nihal Geo Entertainment
Kaffara Tahir

Telefilms

[edit]
Year Title Role
2002 Chor Dou Manzoor
2013 Abhi Tou Main Jawan Hoon Zehra's father
2021 Teri Meri Kahani Jalal
2023 Yeh Tou 2 Much Hogaya Taimoor Malik

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
2018 CPACT Awards Best Iconic Couple Award Won — [8]
2023 PTV Icon Awards National Icon Awards Won Contribution to Cinema [9]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "Usman Peerzada Biography". TV.com website. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Usman Peerzada's biography". tv.com.pk website. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Usman says about film industry". Cineplot.com website. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ^ Khan, Sher (24 December 2013). "What the Peerzadas have in the works". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 January 2013. The Peerzada family is full of renowned individuals whose contribution to preserving culture and the film industry has been invaluable. Salmaan Peerzda recently made an acting debut in the Pakistani film Chambaili, Imran Peerzada has been actively involved in film-making, Tasneem Peerzada is known for culture reporting in Urdu media, and the late Faizaan Peerzada was an artist and a puppeteer.
  5. ^ "Profile of Peerzada". profilepk.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ^ Lodhi, Adnan (20 October 2016). "Building on his father's legacy". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Married celebrities". Jang.com.pk. 7 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Usman, Samina Peerzada Receive Best Iconic Couple Award In Canada". UrduPoint. 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Icon Awards 2023: All You Need to Know About the Government's Initiative". Galaxy Lollywood. 9 October 2023.
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