Tan France Joins Hulu Comedy of ‘Deli Boys’
Tan France has joined the cast of Hulu’s upcoming comedy series “Deli Boys” as a guest star.
In his first ever television role, he will play Zubair, a British-Pakistani gang leader from south London described as ‘smart, intimidating and dressed to kill’.
The logline for ‘Deli Boys’ reads: ‘When their supermarket tycoon father suddenly dies, a pair of spoiled Pakistani-American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they try to take over his mantle. to take. the underworld.” The cast is led by Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh as brothers Mir and Raj respectively, and also includes Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller and Brian George.
France is best known for his role as one of the ‘Fab Five’ in Netflix’s popular unscripted makeover series ‘Queer Eye’, in which he serves as a fashion expert. He also co-hosts Netflix’s design competition series ‘Next in Fashion’ with Gigi Hadid. Previously, France hosted the UK relaunch of ‘Say Yes to the Dress’, Netflix’s SAG Awards Pre-Show and more. He is represented by United Talent Agency and Nixon Peabody LLP.
“Deli Boys” was created by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions. Michelle Nader serves as showrunner, executive producing alongside Saeed, Konner and Silver. The pilot is directed by Nisha Ganatra and executive produced by Ganatra and Vali Chandrasekaran as the non-writing executive producer of the pilot. The series comes from Onyx Collective and is produced by 20th Television.
