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Tez Ilyas

Tez Ilyas

  • 41 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian
Tez Ilyas

Tez Ilyas is an English actor, writer, and stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent. He has performed a number of critically acclaimed stand-up shows and written his own scripted shorts for BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and Sky Arts. He appears regularly on satirical comedy programmes.

Year Production Role
2024 Harrogate Comedy Festival Self
2024 Tez Ilyas: After Eight Self
2024 Tez Ilyas: Talk to Tez Self
2024 Tez Ilyas: Before Eight Self
2024 Last Stop To Edinburgh Comedy Festival (Stockton) Self
2024 Oxford Comedy Festival Self
2024 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2024 Nikhil & Jay Mr Awan (Voice)
2023 Sorry, I Didn't Know - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2023 Fighting Talk - Series 21
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E14 - Episode Fourteen
  3. E29 - Episode Twenty-Nine
Guest
2023 Ulverston Comedy Festival Self
2023 Live At The Apollo - Series 17
  1. E7 - Tez Ilyas, Spring Day, Ignacio Lopez
Host / Presenter
2022 Fighting Talk - Series 20
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. E21 - Episode Twenty-One
  3. E26 - Episode Twenty-Six
  4. E34 - Episode Thirty-Four
Guest
2022 Latitude Self
2022 Asian Network Comedy - 2022 Special
  1. 2022 Special
Self
2021 Man Like Mobeen - Series 4 Eight
2021 Comedians Giving Lectures - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2021 Fighting Talk - Series 19
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E17 - Episode Seventeen
  3. E26 - Episode Twenty Six
Guest
2021 Leamington Spa Comedy Festival Self
2021 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2021 Aberdeen Comedy Festival Self
2021 Tez Ilyas: The Vicked Tour Self
2021 Tez Ilyas: The Vicked Tour Writer
2021 Fighting Talk - Series 19
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E17 - Episode Seventeen
  3. E26 - Episode Twenty Six
Guest
2021 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 6
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2021 Ventnor Fringe Self
2021 Leeds Comedy Festival Self
2021 Chester Comedy Festival Self
2021 Hastings Comedy Festival Self
2020 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2020 Leamington Spa Comedy Festival Self
2020 Fighting Talk - Series 18
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
  2. E19 - Episode Nineteen
  3. E28 - Episode Twenty Eight
Guest
2020 Tez Ilyas: Populist Self
2020 Kendal Calling Self
2020 Comedians: Home Alone
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2020 WhatsApp'ening
  1. E2 - Road Badminton
Guest
2020 West Didsbury Comedy Festival Self
2020 Who Said That? - Series 1
  1. E16 - Episode Sixteen
Guest
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2020 Man Like Mobeen - Series 3
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Eight
2019 The Rob Rinder Verdict
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2019 The Tez O'Clock Show
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Associate Producer
2019 The Tez O'Clock Show
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Writer
2019 The Tez O'Clock Show
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Host / Presenter
2019 Comedy Central Live
  1. E7 - Tez Ilyas
Writer
2019 Utterly Outrageous Comedy
  1. E2 - Celebrity & Politics
  2. E3 - Religion & Death
Self
2019 CelebAbility - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2019 Comedy Central Live
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  1. E7 - Tez Ilyas
Self
2019 Blackpool Comedy Festival Self
2019 Man Like Mobeen - Series 2
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Eight
2018 The Rob Rinder Verdict
  1. Rob Rinder's Good Year, Bad Year
Self
2018 Bounty Associate Producer
2018 Bounty Terry
2018 TEZ Talks - Series 3 Writer
2018 TEZ Talks - Series 3 Host / Presenter
2018 Live At The Apollo - Series 14
  1. E1 - Ellie Taylor, Fin Taylor, Tez Ilyas
Guest
2018 Comedy Central Live Self
2018 The Big Asian Stand-Up
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2018 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 5
  1. E3 - Tom Allen At The Comedy Store
  2. E12 - Jayde Adams At The Comedy Store
Guest
2018 BBC New Comedy Award - 2018
  1. E3 - Heat 3 - London
Host / Presenter
2018 Newsjack Unplugged - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2018 Mock The Week - Series 17
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2018 Tez Ilyas: Teztify Self
2018 The Dog Ate My Homework - Series 5
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2018 TEZ Talks - Series 2
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Writer
2018 TEZ Talks - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2018 Roast Battle - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2018 Sam Delaney's News Thing
  1. E1 - War On Plastic
Guest
2017 Man Like Mobeen - Series 1
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Eight
2017 The Now Show - Series 51
  1. E1 - Episode One
Writer
2017 The Now Show - Series 51
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2017 Stand Up Central - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2017 Comedians Solve World Problems - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Sexism
  2. E6 - Middle East
Self
2017 Tez Ilyas: Teztify Self
2017 The Last Leg - Series 11
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 The Last Leg: Correspondents
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Host / Presenter
2017 Mock The Week - Series 16
  1. Special - Election Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2017 Unspun With Matt Forde - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2017 Tez Ilyas: Made In Britain Self
2017 Dave Green's Street View Show
  1. E15 - Tez Ilyas
Guest
2017 Rashid Goes To Hollywood Rashid
2017 The Chris Ramsey Show - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2017 Sam Delaney's News Thing
  1. E18 - Let's Ave It!
Guest
2016 The Now Show - Series 49
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Writer
2016 The Now Show - Series 49
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2016 Man Like Mobeen - Pilot
  1. Pilot
Wax
2016 TEZ Talks - Series 1
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Writer
2016 TEZ Talks - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2016 Tez Ilyas: Made in Britain Self
2016 The Go Home Office Creator
2016 The Go Home Office Writer
2016 The Go Home Office Immigration Officer
2016 The Funny Thing About...
  1. E1 - Kids
  2. E4 - Christmas
  3. E6 - Growing Up
Guest
2016 Safeword - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2016 Breaking The News - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2016 @elevenish
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
  3. Special - The Bestish Bits
Writer
2016 @elevenish
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
  3. Special - The Bestish Bits
Ensemble Actor
2016 Virtually Famous - Series 3
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2016 Live From The BBC - Series 1
  1. E2 - Alex Edelman & Tez Ilyas
Self
2015 Tez Ilyas's Christmas Writer
2015 Tez Ilyas's Christmas Actor
2015 The Now Show - Series 47
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Writer
2015 The Now Show - Series 47
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2015 Fresh From The Fringe - 2015
  1. E1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2015
Guest
2015 Tez Ilyas: TEZ Talks Self
2015 The Now Show - Series 45
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Writer
2015 The Now Show - Series 45
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Self
2014 Asian Network Comedy
  1. E1 - Live in London 2014
  2. E3 - Big Comedy Night Edinburgh 2015
  3. E6 - Live in Watford 2017
  4. E13 - 2022 London
Self
2014 Street Laughter II Turbo Self
2013 The Comedy Reserve Self
2011 Gags, Songs and Bombs - Free! Self
2011 BBC New Comedy Award - 2011
  1. E2 - Semi Final 2
  2. Special - Grand Final
Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Tez Ilyas on IMDb

Born
Friday 8th April 1983 (41 years-old)
Nationality
English

Tez Ilyas is an English comedian of Pakistani descent, born and raised in Blackburn.

Ilyas came to comedy almost by accident, completing a week-long open mic workshop and turning professional in 2010. In his first three years as a stand-up, he reached eight competition finals. In June 2015 he made a short film The Fast And The Fool as part of the British Muslim Comedy series, and also performed at BBC Asian Network's special comedy night in Birmingham.

In that same year his debut stand-up hour Tez Talks, a comedic take on the popular conference lecture series TED Talks, sold out at the Soho Theatre and he was awarded his own BBC Radio 4 series Tez Talks, with a second series in 2018 and a third already commissioned. The show draws inspiration from Ilyas's life as a British Muslim, staged as though the audience were potential new recruits to conversion to Islam. This allows him to reflect critically and amusingly on the role and influence of 'British values' in contemporary society, unpicking Islamophobia, bigotry, ignorance, and misunderstanding.

In 2016, Ilyas's highly anticipated stand-up show Made In Britain was a sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe, leading to a nationwide tour in 2017, and his third show, Teztify, showcased his provocative, engaging comedy further, probing questions of national identity, race, and empathy in modern British culture.

In 2019 Ilyas debuted his own late-night, fast-paced satirical sketch show on Channel 4, entitled The Tez O'Clock Show. Here he invites a range of high-profile comedians to offer updates and reflections on political events, all with a sharp comedic edge.

Chortle Awards 2020
Best Club Comic (Nominee)
North West Comedy Awards 2020
Best TV Act (Winner)
JOE Comedy Awards 2019
Television (Winner)
Podcast (Winner (Quotas Full))
North West Comedy Awards 2019
Best TV Act (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2017
Breakthrough Act (Nominee)
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2013
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (Nominee)
BBC New Comedy Award 2011
Main Prize (Finalist)
Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year 2010
Main Award (Nominee)

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