Shazad Latif

About

Shazad Latif (né Iqbal; 8 July 1988) is a British actor. He has starred in the TV series Spooks as Tariq Masood, in Toast of London as Clem Fandango, in Penny Dreadful as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in Star Trek: Discovery as Chief of Security Ash Tyler, and in Nautilus as Captain Nemo.

Born in London with the surname Iqbal, Latif is of mixed Pakistani, English and Scottish descent. His father was Javed Iqbal and his paternal family is Pakistani, specifically Punjabi, from Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan, with one grandfather originally from Rajasthan. His mother is mixed English and Scottish. He grew up in Tufnell Park, North London. He studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and performed in many stage productions, including King Lear, playing Cornwall, and Richard Sheridan’s comedy School for Scandal, as Joseph Surface. He left the school a year early to take up his role in Spooks.

Spooks was his first major role on television, as the highly skilled technician and data analyst Tariq Masood. He appeared in all series of Toast of London as the recurring character Clem Fandango, one of the studio staff recording the voice of lead character Steven Toast…