Shazad Latif Biography
Shazad Latif is a British actor who starred as Tariq Masood in the BBC Tv series Spooks. He also acted as Clem Fandango on Tost of London and as Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Penny Dreadful.
Recently, he was a cast as Chief of Security Ash Tyler in the CBS All Access television series Star Trek: Discovery.
Shazad Latif Age
Shazad was born on 8 July 1988 in London, United Kingdom. As of 2019, he is 31 years old.
Shazad Latif Height|Shazad Latif How Tall
The Spooks actor has a standing height of 6 feet 2 inches which is equivalent to 1.86 meters tall.
Shazad Latif Mother|Family|Shazad Latif Parents
Shazad possesses mixed ethnicity; Pakistani, English and Scottish descent. His father was Javid Iqbal; a native black car driver from Pakistan. Not much about her mother is understood apart knowing about her cleaning jobs.
He went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Within a year, he left the school to play Tariq Masood in the 2002 British TV sitcom, Spooks. With great physique and personality, Shazad stands 6 feet 1 inch tall in height.
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Shazad Latif Wife|Shazad Latif Partner
There is no provided information about his wife nor children. It is also not clear if he has been in previous relationships as he maintains a low profile when it comes to his personal life. This information will soon be updated.
Shazad Latif Penny Dreadful
Many people are familiar with classic literary characters like Dr. Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. “Penny Dreadful” brings those and other characters into a new light by exploring their origin stories in this psychological thriller that takes place in the dark corners of Victorian London.
Sir Malcolm is an explorer who has lost his daughter to the city’s creatures, and he will do whatever is needed to get her back and to right past wrongs.
His accomplice, seductive clairvoyant Vanessa Ives, recruits charming American Ethan Chandler to help locate Sir Malcolm’s daughter and slay some monsters. Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”) is one of the series’ executive producers.
Shazad Latif Movies
Between 2009 and 2011, he was featured in the television series Spooks. He played the role of Tariq Masood. He played for 17 episodes.
In 2010 he was featured as Yousef in the series The Silence. He played The Silence for three episodes. He made several appearances in 2011.
He was featured in Fresh Meat as Miz, also he was featured in Comedy Lab as Bobby. Still, in 2011 he was featured in Black Mirror as Mehdi Raboud.
In 2012 he was a character of Silk or one episode as Ibrahim Ali. As of 2013, his career kept growing over the years. He was featured in My Mad Fat Diary for 5 episodes as Dr. Nick Kassar.
He was also featured inJo as Nasser for one episode and Love Matters as Satpal in one episode. He did 19 episodes of Toast of London from 2013 to 2015 performing as Clem Fandango.
In 2014, performing the character of Jez Nichols, he was featured in Salting The BattleField. He had a great deal in 2015 doing different characters.
He was featured in Ordinary Lies as Rick O’Connor for 4 episodes. He was also featured as Chandra Mahalanobis in The Man Who Knew Infinity and in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Kushal.
In 2016, he performed the role of Dr. Henry Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde in Penny Dreadful for 8 episodes. He has been the main character in Star Trek: Discovery performing as Lieutenant Ash Tyler/Voq since 2017-2019.
In 2018, he was featured as Vince in The Commuter and in Profile as Bilel.
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He has been the main character in Star Trek: Discovery performing as Lieutenant Ash Tyler/Voq since 2017-2019.
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Star Trek: Discovery cast on what it’s really like to work with Klingons
The Klingons are going through a few changes in Star Trek: Discovery, as showrunner Aaron Harberts, already explained. While we’ll see how fans react to the updated design, Sonequa Martin-Green told EW, “I love working with the Klingons. They have such a reverence. It makes for really amazing moments.”
Green and her fellow cast members discussed the classic Trek aliens for our cover story on the CBS All Access drama, which takes place during a Federation-Klingon Cold War that predates the original television series. “When they emerge out, it’s quite menacing,” Michelle Yeoh, playing Captain Georgiou, said. “You take a few steps back and go, ‘Okay, I don’t wanna mess with that.’”
According to Doug Jones, playing prosthetic-heavy character Lt. Saru, the Klingon makeup is “a bit heavier, a bit thicker, and a bit more cumbersome.” So much so, in fact, that Shazad Latif (Lt. Tyler) recalls how the actors are forced to sip shakes through straws.
Source: EW
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Star Trek: Discovery Renewed For Season 3 With New Co-Showrunner
CBS All Access renewed Star Trek: Discovery for season 3 and brought on a new co-showrunner. Fans can rest easy that they will see the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery for at least one more season before the show’s sophomore journey even finishes streaming.
Beyond Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access also includes a group of scripted shows like The Good Fight, Strange Angel, Tell Me a Story and Jordan Peele’s upcoming Twilight Zone series.
Star Trek: Discovery season 2 currently stars Sonequa Martin-Green as Cmdr. Michael Burnham, Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou, and the former Abe Sapien, Doug Jones as Saru.
Anson Mount joined the second season as the iconic franchise character Captain Christopher Pike. Mount joins others like Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Mary Chieffo, Shazad Latif, and new Spock Ethan Peck.
For its second season, the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery joined forces with Captain Pike to investigate seven red signals and the mysterious entity called the Red Angel.
Michael Burnham has been forced to face her past with the return of her estranged brother, Spock. Now, THR is reporting the season 3 renewal and new co-showrunner.
Season 3 hasn’t been given a return date but the renewal arrives just after the show’s sophomore season, which began on Jan. 17. Current showrunner, Alex Kurtzman has been course correcting the new Star Trek: Discovery season after it’s initial first season following multiple delays in trying to get the sci-fi series off the ground before its series premiere a year and a half ago.
Additionally, Star Trek: Discovery writer Michelle Paradise will now serve as co-showrunner for season 3. Paradise joined the writer’s room for season 2 and will continue to work alongside Kurtzman.
Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg took over for original co-creator, Bryan Fuller, who was let go before Discovery even premiered. However, the duo was later dismissed early in the production of the show’s second season, wherein original co-creator, Alex Kurtzman, stepped in.
Paradise now becomes the third new showrunner to take over Star Trek: Discovery in just as many seasons. Kurtzman said of her hiring:
“Michelle joined us midway through season two and energized the room with her ferocious knowledge of Trek. Her grasp of character and story detail, her drive and her focus have already become essential in ensuring the Trek legacy, and her fresh perspective always keeps us looking forward. I’m proud to say Michelle and I are officially running Star Trek: Discovery together.”
Star Trek: Discovery has been having trouble getting fully off the ground with both critics and fans alike. Subscription fees and longtime Trek fans are finding it hard to get fully on board with the new series, but things might start looking up.
It was announced that Patrick Stewart would return to reprise his iconic Star Trek: The Next Generation character, Captain Jean-Luc Picard for CBS All Access.
Additionally, Kurtzman is looking to expand the Star Trek universe even more with an animated Nickelodeon series from the Emmy-winning duo behind Trollhunters and Ninjago, Kevin and Dan Hageman.
Adding Paradise as a new co-showrunner is likely to imbibe the show with some fresh blood and ideas. She’s already part of the writing crew, so taking on bigger, overall themes of the show’s narrative and style as a showrunner feels perfectly apt.
Star Trek: Discovery’s first six episodes are available to stream over on CBS All Access. New episodes are made available every Thursday at 8:30 PM/ET on CBS All Access.
As for international viewers, CBS Studios distributes episodes via Netflix in 188 countries and airs in Canada on Space and Crave.
Source: Screen Rant
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Shazad Latif Explains Tyler’s Loneliness—And His Beard—In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2
In “Perpetual Infinity,” Ash Tyler’s divided loyalties were put to the test, and he finally decided to turn against Leland. In a new interview, actor Shazad Latif talks about the episode and the choices Tyler has been making, as well as giving some hints as to where Ash is headed. We also have some behind-the-scenes details on “Perpetual Infinity” and a minor spoiler (revealed by Shazad) for the next episode. (Scroll to the bottom of the article for that one.)
Tyler soldiering on for the greater good
As this week’s guest on The Ready Room, Shazad Tyler explained Ash Tyler’s motivations in season two, and why he joined Section 31:
In episode 10 he said he doesn’t believe in their tactics, but he does believe in their cause. And I think that’s the main point. He is trying to do things for the greater good and trying not to hurt people. And if they have to do something maybe a bit dodgy, it is worth it for the greater good…He doesn’t want to be the bad guy again.
However, in “Perpetual Infinity” Tyler ends up confronting Leland who had been taken over by Control, leading him to question some of his choices:
I think he is like: “Oh come on, I thought this was a good organization.” He wants to bleed that goodness into that place, but that is very hard if Control is there. I think he is in shock. I think in that last moment he was trying to save everyone.
Ash is a lonely guy, not expecting romance
Shazad went on to explain how his history has given him a new focus, but it results in a solitary life:
The main thing is damage limitation for him. He has built up such collateral damage hurting people along the way. In life, we just try to hurt people less…I think he is saying, “I am trying to not hurt Michael anymore, I don’t want to hurt L’Rell anymore. I want to do good as a soldier.” He just wants to do it less and hope. Because he spends a lot of time now on his own sitting in the mess hall. He is just sort of standing in corners on his own. He is quite lonely.
In “The Red Angel” there was a moment when Michael and Ash put aside their differences with a kiss, but Latif points out this wasn’t a real rekindling of their relationship. He explains why Michael did it saying:
“I need to say goodbye in case you die,” that is the special thing, they find time for it and they always will. But as he has broken that trust, I don’t think he can come back from certain things. Especially what they have gone through.
Latif went on to say he now sees Tyler more as a guardian for Burnham than a boyfriend:
I think they are always going to have a place in each other’s hearts. There is a love there, but since that trust has been broken, I think it is hard to come back from. But I think they are always going to find time…She is going through so much—her mum’s come back from the dead—she is going through so many emotional things. I think it is too much for someone to take. But he will always try to protect her, now. He is more like a guardian now. He will always make sure he doesn’t hurt her anymore…But if they get drunk together, who knows what will happen?
Latif pushed for shaggy Tyler
One of the big changes in season two was Tyler’s beard and hair, which started out quite long in “Point of Light.” The actor revealed that the hair was his idea, and something he wanted to do in the first season:
I arrived with long hair with the first season read-through. I was “take this in,” because when I shave and my hair’s short, I look about nine. I said, “This is a better look.” We ended up shaving and it made sense as Ash Tyler was sort of growing up, but I asked to grow my hair long because if he is with the Klingons and there for six months, he doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser. He’s focusing. And also the Klingons in peacetime grow their hair. He wanted to assimilate. He wanted to say: “Look, I am a Klingon.” He was trying to be an ambassador there saying “I am one of you, I don’t look like you anymore, but I’ll grow my hair.” When he goes back to Starfleet, he goes back to the barber, gets a little trim.
Watch it
You can watch the full Ready Room, which has much more from Latif. He explains why he thinks shooting on the Section 31 ship is better and tells stories about life on the set, which include drinking and getting fight training with Michelle Yeoh.
Behind the scenes on “Perpetual Infinity”
Sonequa Martin-Green’s husband Kenric Green made his Discovery debut this week playing Michael Burnham’s father in a flashback. The actor shared a slideshow of images from the set with the whole Burnham family.
The Star Trek writers’ room Twitter account shared a fun image of some of the books on the shelf of the Burnham household.
Pike actor Anson Mount posted one of the publicity images for “Perpetual Infinity,” with a backside jab to his co-stars Shazad Latif and Doug Jones.
Editor Scott Gamzon got personal sharing how the story of Spock’s Vulcan dyslexia in “Perpetual Infinity” impacted him personally.
Control takes over @startrekcbs
On the night “Perpetual Infinity” aired, the official Discovery Twitter account appeared to have been taken over by Control and the new Leland, and wanted everyone to know they are the real heroes of this season.
Shazad reveals minor SPOILER for the next episode
On The Ready Room, Shazad Latif dropped a spoiler for next week’s episode “Through the Valley of Shadows.” When asked to say something about it, he revealed:
You might be seeing Kenneth Mitchell soon. That’s all I am going to say.
Kenneth Mitchell played the Klingon Kol, who was killed off halfway through the first season. He returned earlier in season two (in “Point of Light”) playing Kol-Sha, father of Kol, and then HE was killed. The preview for the next episode shows that it will involve Klingons, so perhaps there are more relatives of Kol for Ken to play. (Of course, in future episodes and seasons, he could play anyone, since his face is so hidden in Klingon makeup.)
Source: Trek Movie