NAZEEM HUSSAIN

BIOGRAPHY

Nazeem Hussain has become one of Australia’s most distinctive comedic voices, and a much loved television and radio personality.  

Nazeem rose to fame as the creator and star of ‘Legally Brown’. Airing for two seasons on SBS in 2013 & 2014, the show broke ground with its boundary- pushing content, received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for Most Outstanding Comedy at the 2015 Logie Awards. Nazeem went on to create and star in the comedy series ‘Orange Is The New Brown’ which aired on Channel 7 in 2018 to rave reviews. Online the sketches have been viewed tens of millions of times.  

Over the years, Nazeem has delighted audience on Salam Café, Balls of Steel Australia, The Project, I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! Australia and Celebrity Gogglebox amongst many others. He has co-hosted Australia Talks for ABC and Great Australian Road Trips for SBS and starred in Role of A Lifetime and URZILA on ABC. 

Stand-up comedy is Nazeem’s, first love. He won the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has twice been nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer. 

Nazeem was invited to perform at the prestigious Montreal ‘Just for Laughs Festival’ as a part of Kevin Hart’s LOL network.  

Nazeem’s Netflix special Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy, filmed in Montreal at the Just For Laughs Festival, started streaming globally in 2019, introducing Nazeem to a legion of new fans, and critical acclaim. Funny Or Die, and Chortle both listed Nazeem’s special amongst their favourites.  

Nazeem is a regular on international stages, including sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, London’s Soho Theatre, all across New Zealand, Paris, Belgium, China, Singapore, Malaysia, the US and a homecoming show of sorts in Sri Lanka to 2,500 people (yes, the Prime Minister and his wife sat on thrones in the front row). 

Furthermore, Nazeem is a published author, with the release of two uproariously funny children's books, Hy-larious Hyena and Get Lost! 

2026 will see the Nazeem release his first narrative comedy series, Separated at Birth, on ABC. Created by and starring Nazeem, the six part series sees him playing opposite Urzila Carlson.  Produced by Princess Pictures, the show follows happy-go-lucky paramedic Sameer (Hussain), whose world is thrown into a spiral when his wife asks for a divorce in the delivery room, moments after their first child is born. With the help of his “work wife”, the outspoken and fiercely independent Donna (Carlson), Sameer has to try and navigate co parenting, reinvent his sense of self, and manage the chaos of a big, complicated family. 

“A mixture of belly laughs and tension, the Australian comedian and actor artfully demands more from his audience - and the result is exceptional.”
- NZ Herald

“Reinventing Australian Comedy”
– Herald Sun (Australia) 

“And just when you think you have him pegged, he sneaks up on you again, showing society’s conventional wisdom to be little more than prejudice, yet somehow picking out something side-splittingly funny therein”
– The Times (UK)

“Hussain is a wonderful comedic artist who blends observation with comedy that crafts an intelligent and hilarious show”
– Edinburgh Festivals Magazine (UK)

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