Staz Nair

Staz Nair is a British actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2016–2019), the CW series Supergirl (2019–2021), and the titular lead in the BBC One series Virdee.

Staz Nair
Nair in 2018
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2012–present

Early life and education

Staz Nair is of Indian and Russian descent^[1] and describes himself as "half Malayali".^[2]

He was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, a state grammar school for boys, in the market town of Amersham, in Buckinghamshire.^[3]

Career

Music

Nair was a member of the band Times Red.^[4] The band were contestants in the ninth series of the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2012. They advanced to the judges' houses round, but did not make it to the finals.^[5][6] The band released their debut single, titled "Just No Good for Me", in March 2013.^[7]

Acting

Nair joined the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones beginning in its sixth season as Qhono, a Dothraki army chief.^[8][9] He portrayed the titular Rocky in the television film The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, which premiered on Fox in October 2016.^[1][10]

In 2019, Nair portrayed Dax-Baron, the man who would become the supervillain Doomsday, in the series Krypton.^[11] He became a main cast member of the superhero television series Supergirl during its fifth and sixth seasons in 2019, portraying a character created for the series: "hardened reporter" William Dey.^[12] Nair appeared in the space opera film Rebel Moon, directed by Zack Snyder.^[13]

Nair plays DCI Harry Virdee in the BBC One crime drama Virdee, which premiered in February 2025.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Bazodee	Bharat Kumar		[15]
2020	Star	Clint Orris	Short film	[16]
2023	Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire[N 1]	Tarak		[18]
2024	Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver[N 2]			[20]
TBA	Harvest Moon	Staz	Post-production
	And Then the Tide Came In	Leon	Short film. Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	The X Factor	Himself - Contestant	Series 9 - Nair was part of the band Times Red	[5]
2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Rocky	Television film	[10]
2016–2019	Game of Thrones	Qhono	Recurring role (seasons 6–8; 11 episodes)	[9]
2018	Humans	Gordon	Series 3; episodes 1–5	[21]
	Lady Parts	Ahsan Alkaaf	Pilot for the series We Are Lady Parts	[citation needed]
2019	Krypton	Dax-Baron / Doomsday	Episode: "Zods and Monsters"	[11]
2019–2021	Supergirl	William Dey	Seasons 5 & 6; 39 episodes	[12]
2024	The Faceless Lady	Unknown role	VR miniseries
2025	Virdee	DCI Harry Virdee	Main role (6 episodes)	[22]

Notes

1. The R-rated director's cut is retitled Rebel Moon – Chapter One: Chalice of Blood^[17]
2. The R-rated director's cut is retitled Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness^[19]