Staz Nair (born 17 June, 1991) is a British actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Qhono in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2016–2019), William Dey in the CW superhero series Supergirl (2019–2021), the titular role of DCI Harry Virdee in the BBC One crime drama Virdee (2025), and Tarak in Netflix's Rebel Moon films.
Early life and education Staz Nair is of Indian and Russian descent and describes himself as "half Malayali".
He was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, a state grammar school for boys, in the market town of Amersham, in Buckinghamshire.
Career Music Nair was a member of the trio band Times Red. 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 stage, but did not advance to the live shows, despite being the wildcard for the Groups category and Times Red finished third in the wildcard public vote to be the thirteenth act in the live shows receiving 12.5% behind Amy Mottram and Christopher Maloney. The band released two singles, titled "Just No Good for Me", and "Not Listening" in 2013.
Acting Nair joined the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones beginning in its sixth season as Qhono, a Dothraki army chief. 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.
In 2019, Nair portrayed Dax-Baron, the man who would become the supervillain Doomsday, in the series Krypton. 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. Nair appeared in the space opera film Rebel Moon, directed by Zack Snyder.
Nair plays DCI Harry Virdee in the BBC One crime drama Virdee, which premiered in February 2025.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Bazodee Bharat Kumar 2020 Star Clint Orris Short film 2023 Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Tarak Decimus 2024 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Harvest Moon Staz Post-production And Then the Tide Came In Leon Short film. Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 The X Factor Himself - Contestant Series 9 - Nair was part of the band Times Red 2016 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again Rocky Television film 2016–2019 Game of Thrones Qhono Recurring role (seasons 6–8; 11 episodes) 2018 Humans Gordon Series 3; episodes 1–5 Lady Parts Ahsan Alkaaf Pilot for the series We Are Lady Parts 2019 Krypton Dax-Baron / Doomsday Episode: "Zods and Monsters" 2019–2021 Supergirl William Dey Seasons 5 & 6; 39 episodes 2024 The Faceless Lady Unknown role VR miniseries 2025 Virdee DCI Harry Virdee Main role (6 episodes)
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