Yasir Hussain

Hussain was born in Karachi^[4] into a Rajput family originally from Azad Kashmir that moved to Rawalpindi when he was five.^[5]

He's the youngest in a family of twelve siblings, including a sister who's a Dubai-based singer, Schumaila Hussain, and a brother who's a scriptwriter.^[6] In recent years, Schumaila has gained attention for singing the OSTs of dramas Muqabil (2016) and Khamoshi (2017-2018) while she has also done works for Lollywood and Bollywood.^[7][8]

Hussain remains associated with Kopycats Production as they produced some of the great plays for theatre which were written by Anwar Maqsood like Half Plate, Pawney 14 August, Sawa 14 August and Saichin and the most popular Aangan Terha in which Yasir Hussain played the role of Akbar which was originally played by Salim Nasir.^[5][9][10]

Hussain made his Lollywood debut as Moti in the film Karachi Se Lahore (2015) written by himself and directed by Wajahat Rauf.^[11][12] He reprised his role as Moti in Lahore Se Aagey (2016) was a spin-off to Karachi Se Lahore and was released on 11 November 2016.

Hussain has acted in television serials including sitcom Coke Kahani (2012) and drama serial Dareecha (2011-2012).^[13] He appeared in multiple telefilms and a drama serial Shaadi Mubarak Ho (2017), opposite Kubra Khan, directed by Wajahat Rauf and written by Yasir Hussain himself.^[14]

He has been noted for his role as an antagonist in drama serial Baandi (2018-2019).^[15]

He made his directorial debut with the drama serial Koyal (2021-2022).^[16]

Beginning in 2018, Hussain hosted two seasons of The After Moon Show.^[17]

Yasir Hussain publicly proposed to TV actress Iqra Aziz at the Lux Style Awards.^[18][19][20] They were married in Karachi on 28 December 2019.^[21][22]

Yasir Hussain has received criticism from Pathan community for mocking their language Pashto and trying to elicit racist responses from audiences toward Pathan jokes.^[23]

Yasir Hussain was also criticized for his unwelcoming attitude towards Turkish actors and actresses when they came to act in Pakistani ads. He got trolled on every post for his fights but some celebrities agreed he was being bullied and the trolling was getting too much.^[24]