Allan Mustafa

Allan "Seapa" Mustafa[1] (born 29 September 1985) is a BAFTA-winning actor and writer who is best known for playing Anthony "MC Grindah" Zografos in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created with Asim Chaudhry amongst others.[2][3]

Early life

Mustafa worked at Chessington World of Adventures in his teenage years. He was arrested in London at 14 for graffiti.[4]

Career

At university, Mustafa met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp and Asim Chaudhry, with whom he created YouTube mockumentary videos about a fictional pirate radio station. This led to the group being commissioned for People Just Do Nothing, a BBC mockumentary about West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM. The pilot aired on BBC iPlayer in July 2012. The show ran for five series, winning a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society Award.

The show satirised the urban UK garage scene in Brentford and the Isleworth area of West London, where several of the cast members grew up.[5] In 2019, production began on a feature length adaptation of the series called People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan. The film was positively received by both fans and critics.[6]

Mustafa appeared in the 2020 Netflix film Love Wedding Repeat as Chaz, the boyfriend of Freida Pinto’s character Amanda.[7][8]

Mustafa starred for two series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Ability as the "useless carer" Bob, for the character played by comedian Lee Ridley, who also wrote the series.[9]

In 2022, he starred in the Channel 4 series The Curse.[10]

In April 2022 he starred in the BBC Three series Peacock.[11]

References
  1. Wollaston, Sam (27 October 2018). "'The joke is always on us': how People Just Do Nothing struck comedy gold". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Allan Mustafa". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "One of the funniest TV shows of recent years has been renewed for a final season". Shortlist. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Kurupt FM On Their First Dates, Jobs and Drug Experiences – VICE". www.vice.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "People Just Do Nothing creator hits out at 'actually offensive' Lee Nelson". 25 August 2016.
  6. "'People Just Do Nothing' Movie Adaptation Shooting In Japan & UK For Focus Features & BBC Films". Deadline. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. "Love Wedding Repeat: Netflix rom com's multiple timelines explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. Guide, British Comedy. "Ability – Radio 4 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
  10. Seale, Jack (6 February 2022). "The Curse review – a sublime crime caper with an unfeasibly brilliant cast". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. Day, Harvey (25 April 2022). "Peacock's Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa: 'People are being more open about body image issues'". BBC Three. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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