Tan France has joined the Cast van Hulu’s upcoming comedy series “Deli Boys” as a guest star.
In his very first screened television role, he plays Zubair, a British Pakistani gang leader in South London who is described as “smart, intimidating and dressed to kill.”
The logline for “Deli Boys” is: “When their supermarket-paved father suddenly dies, a few spoiled Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to take the underworld into account.” The cast is led by ASIF Ali and Saagar Shaikh respectively as brothers Mir and Raj, and also includes Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller and Brian George.
France is best known for the leading role as one of the “Fab Five” in Netflix’s popular unwritten makeover series “Queer Eye”, in which he serves as a fashion expert. He also cohosts the design competition series “Next in Fashion” by Netflix with Gigi Hadid. Previously, France has organized the British relaunching of “Say Yes to the Dress”, Netflix’s Sag Awards Pre-Show and more. He is being reputed by United Talent Agency and Nixon Peabody LLP.
“Deli Boys” was made by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions. Michelle serves as a Showrunner, who produces executive in addition to Saeed, Konner and Silver. The pilot is directed by Nisha Ganatra and Executive produced by Ganatra and Vali Chandrasekaran as a non-writing executive producer on the pilot. The series comes from the Onyx collective and is produced by the 20th television.