---
name: "Tez Ilyas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tez-ilyas"
fi1m_id: "tez-ilyas"
imdb_id: "nm6382703"
tmdb_id: 2216468
wikidata_id: "Q23772269"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 April 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:02:50.050381+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tez Ilyas

## Identity

Tez Ilyas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tez-ilyas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tez-ilyas
- **IMDb ID:** nm6382703
- **TMDB ID:** 2216468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23772269
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tez_Ilyas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23772269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6382703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2216468

Actor. Born 8 April 1983 in Blackburn.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 April 1983, Blackburn
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tez_Ilyas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23772269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6382703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2216468

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Man Like Mobeen*](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tez Ilyas is a British stand-up comedian and actor. Born Mohammed Tehzeeb Ilyas on 8 April 1983 in Blackburn, Lancashire, he studied biochemistry at Lancaster University before working in the civil service. He began performing comedy around 2010.

Ilyas is best known for playing Arslan 'Eight' Mughal in the BBC Three series *Man Like Mobeen* (2017–2020). He has presented the satirical sketch series *The Tez O'Clock Show* on Channel 4 and appeared on panel shows including *Mock the Week*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Eight — [page](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire* (2026), series, as Gamal Abdel Nasser
- *Bounty* (2018), as Terry · Writer
- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), series, as Eight — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md)
- *BBC Comedy Feeds* (2012), series, as Wax

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tez-ilyas