Deli Boys Cast & Character Guide

Hulu and Disney+ crime comedy series Deli Boys is now available for streaming, with its 10-episode first season released following two and a half years of development. The series features some stellar names on its cast list, including two major sitcom stars of South-Asian heritage, Poorna Jagannathan and Brian George. It also sees relative Hollywood newcomes Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh in the lead roles.

Pakistani-American writer and actor Abdullah Saeed, who previously worked on HBO’s New York-based anthology show High Maintenance, is the creator of Deli Boys, which sees brothers Mir and Raj inherit their father’s convenience store business and uncover his dealings in organized crime. Alongside its two protagonists, the show includes an array of eccentric supporting characters, from Italian mobsters to shamanistic love interests. Deli Boys may have taken a while to get off the ground after its pilot was commissioned, following the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, but it’s finally here as 2025’s latest culture-clash comedy.

Asif Ali as Mir Dar

Born in 1988

Active Since: 2011

Actor: Asif Ali was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1988, and began his TV career with bit-part roles in sitcoms such as Modern Family and Arrested Development. His big break came in 2016 with the Shipley brothers’ Lost parody series Wrecked, in which he played main character Pack Hara. However, Deli Boys represents Ali’s first lead role since then.

Notable Movies/TV Shows

Movie/TV Show Title	Role
Wrecked	Pack Hara
WandaVision	Abilash Tandon / Norm
Devil May Care	Beans
Easter Sunday	Dev Deluxe
Agent Elvis	Doyle

Character: In Deli Boys, he plays the studious, father-pleasing elder brother of the Dar family, Mir Dar. Mir and his younger brother Raj are suddenly landed with their father Baba Dar's grocery business after his death, but there's more to the business than just selling household goods.

Saagar Shaikh as Raj Dar

Born On November 29, 1986

Raj (Saagar Shaikh) looking at something with delight and excitement in Deli Boys

Active Since: 2012

Actor: Saagar Shaikh was born on November 29, 1986, in Alief Texas. After a series of small comedic roles, he hit the big time playing Kamala Khan’s older brother Aamir in Marvel's 2022 miniseries Ms. Marvel, as well as its follow-up superhero movie The Marvels.

Notable Movies/TV Shows

Movie/TV Show Title	Role
Just Giggle It	Various Roles
Average Joe	Sound Guy
Unfair & Ugly	Haaris Shaikh
Ms. Marvel	Aamir Khan
The Marvels	Aamir Khan

Character:Shaikh plays Mir Dar’s layabout younger brother Raj in Deli Boys, and the pair’s opposing personalities provide the basis for much of the show’s humor. Raj is nowhere near prepared to inherit any kind of business, let alone his father's secret crime empire.

Alfie Fuller as Prairie

TV Debut in 2020

Alfie Fuller Prairie Asif Ali Mir Deli Boys

Active Since: 2012

Actor: Alfie Fuller began her career on the stage after attending New York’s New School for Drama, winning an Obie award in 2018 for playing the role of Anaia in the play Is God Is. She’s most famous for portraying Dinah Rutledge in the hit Prime Video comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Notable Movies/TV Shows

Movie/TV Show Title	Role
Little America	Lianna
While We Breathe	-
Platonic	Isabel
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Dinah Rutledge
Dreams in Nightmares	Trish

Character: Fuller’s Deli Boys role sees her playing Raj’s shamanistic girlfriend Prairie. While Raj isn't a hard worker, Prairie takes things to the next level, with her laid-back hippie lifestyle and crystal-based afrofuturistic spiritualism.

Poorna Jagannathan as Lucky

Born On December 22, 1972

Active Since: 2004

Actor: Poorna Jagannathan was born on December 22, 1972 in Tunis, Tunisia to Indian parents. She has been acting in movies and TV shows since 2004, and her CV includes brief appearances in Law & Order and House of Cards. However, by far her best-known and most celebrated role is playing central hero Devi Vishwakumar’s mother, Nalini, in Mindy Kaling’s Netflix family sitcom Never Have I Ever.

Notable Movies/TV Shows

Movie/TV Show Title	Role
The Night Of	Safar Khan
Gypsy	Larin Inamdar
Ramy	Salma
Big Little Lies	Katie Richmond
Never Have I Ever	Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar

Character: In Deli Boys, she stars as Lucky, Baba Dar’s right hand in his secret criminal organization. Lucky is tasked with guiding the sheltered and clueless Dar boys through their father's business, and showing them the ropes of organized crime.

Brian George as Ahmad

July 27, 1952

Active Since: 1984

Actor: Brian George was born on July 27, 1952 in Nahariya, Israel, to Indian and Iraqi parents, although he’s now a British citizen. He’s by far the most experienced cast member in Deli Boys, having been acting since 1984. His roles as Seinfeld’s likable Pakistani restauranteur character Babu and Raj Koothrappali’s father in The Big Bang Theory have won him widespread recognition.

Notable Movies/TV Shows

Movie/TV Show Title	Role
Seinfeld	Babu Bhatt
Keeping the Faith	Paulie Chopra
The Big Bang Theory	Dr. V.M. Koothrappali
Hotel Transylvania	Suit of Armor
DC's animated Batman movies	Alfred Pennyworth

Character: His part in Abdullah Saeed’s new series sees him playing DarCo convenience store worker Ahmad. Although Ahmed is just an employee of the Dar boys, he's an exceptionally hard worker and has his eye on the top job.