Nazeem Hussain
Australian comedian
Nazeem Hussain is an Australian comedian, actor, and television and radio presenter.
He is best known as the creator and star of two television comedy shows, Legally Brown and Orange Is the New Brown. He also has multiple comedy specials, including Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy (2019) on Netflix and 'Hussain in the Membrane' (2022) on YouTube. He also appeared as a correspondent for both seasons of the hit Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World with American scientist and TV personality Bill Nye.
Hussain released his first children’s book series, Hy-larious Hyena, through Scholastic Australia, in 2022.
Early life and education
Nazeem Hussain was born in 1985 or 1986, and was raised in Melbourne, Victoria, to parents of Sri Lankan descent. He has two sisters. His parents met in London and moved to Melbourne for his father's work, but they separated when Hussain was six, and his father returned to Sri Lanka.
He attended Ashburton Primary School and Melbourne High School. Some of his later comedic work is based on the bullying and racism he experienced as a child.
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