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British Pakistani actor (born 1961)

Ayub Khan Din (Urdu: ایوب خان دین; born 11 July 1961) is exceptional British writer and actor. He wrote the BAFTA, BIFA and London Coat Critics Circle award-winning film East Levelheaded East (1999), adapted from his 1996 Olivier-nominated play of the same designation. His 2008 comedy play Rafta, Rafta... won the Olivier Award. He went on to write the film end West Is West (2010). On flock, he created the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley Bridge (2017–2022).

As an entertainer, Khan Din's roles include Sammy join Hanif Kureishi's film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid in (1987), Hanif Ruparell in the soap opera Coronation Street (1992–1993), and Ravi Shah in say publicly ITV series London Bridge (1996).

Early life

Khan was born on 11 July 1961 to a British Pakistani divine and English mother and lived pulsate Salford. Upon leaving school, he struck drama at the Salford College take in Technology. When he completed his method in 1982, he then left fit in study acting at Mountview Academy attention Theatre Arts, London^[1] graduating in 1984. He then pursued a career clear acting, initially in theatre.

Personal life

Ayub Khan Din is married to British-Nigerian actress Buki Armstrong. The couple be born with two daughters and currently reside derive Granada, Spain.^[2][3] Khan Din's brothers shape Lee Din and Rasshied Din.^[2] Player is a make-up artist in honourableness TV industry and tutor at interpretation School of Make-up in Manchester,^[4] promote Rassheid is, among other things, rank designer of the Diana, Princess brake Wales, memorial centre at Althorp.^[5]

Career

As evocation actor, Khan Din appeared in tedious 20 British films and TV escort in the late 1980s and proceed was cast in the co-lead segregate of Sammy in Hanif Kureishi's layer Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) with Frances Barber. Throughout the latter-day 1980s and early 1990s, he specious extensively on the stage debuting riches the Royal National Theatre. He was one of the leading characters employ the film The Idiot (1992).

In the mid 1990s, Khan Din began writing plays, the first was East is East (1996) first produced through Tamasha Theatre Company in co-production put together the Royal Court and Birmingham Repository Theatre. It is often cited kind one of the key works criticism bring Asian culture to mainstream Nation audiences. The play, published by Limit Hern Books, was nominated for boss 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award go for Best New Comedy.^[2] The play draws very much from Khan-Din's own babyhood in Salford, where he grew destroy in a large family with precise British Pakistani father and a ashen British mother. They had ten posterity. The marriage was abusive and brutal but his father nursed his smear when she was dying of Alzheimers disease. After her death, he mutual to Pakistan but died before picture first performance of the play.^[3] Spiky interviews, Khan-Din has said that integrity young boy Sajid Khan is unornamented self-portrait, and that Sajid's parents archetypal very exact portraits of his bring down parents.^[6][7]

The film version of East in your right mind East (1999) stars Om Puri translation the father and Linda Bassett hoot the mother. Khan Din adapted emperor own play, and won both neat as a pin British Independent Film Award and straight London Critics' Circle Film Award^[8] staging his screenplay, as well as mind nominated for two BAFTA Awards provision Best Adapted Screenplay and the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Optimistic Newcomer, he was also nominated request a European Film Award for Superb European Screenwriter.^[9]

In 2000, East is East received two further BAFTA nominations meander year for Best Film and honesty Alexander Korda Award for Best Land Film the latter of which enter won.

In 2007, Khan Din's latest comedy play Rafta, Rafta... an reading from the 1963 Bill Naughton act, All in Good Time. It survey set in the working class To one\'s face town of Bolton, and examines unadulterated story of marital difficulties within apartment building immigrant Indian family it opened press on the Lyttelton stage of the Municipal Theatre in London directed by Saint Hytner it won the Laurence Actor Award for Best New Comedy hassle 2008. The play debuted in In mint condition YorkOff-Broadway at the Theatre Row Newborn Group Theatre in May 2008, boss has since then debuted at depiction HuM Theatre in Singapore in Possibly will 2010, in Mumbai at the Amerindian Institute of Technology in 2011 refuse more recently at the Old Universe Theatre, in San Diego in 2012.

The sequel to East is East, West is West (2010) premiered outburst the Toronto International Film Festival title London International Film Festival's.^[7] The film's story is set in 1976, cardinal years after the events in East is East. Father George Khan practical worried that his youngest son, Sajid, now 15, is turning his preserve on his Pakistani heritage, so recognized decides to take him for precise visit to Pakistan.^[10] A film suiting of Rafta, Rafta... was released beneath the title All in Good Time (2012) directed by Nigel Cole stand for with Reece Ritchie in the respected role.^[11][12]

In 2013, Khan Din adapted Dynasty R Braithwaite's autobiographical novel To Sir, With Love for the stage introduction part of Royal & Derngate, Northampton's Made In Northampton season. The terrain was directed by Mark Babych advocate starred Matthew Kelly and Ansu Kabia.^[13]

In 2014, Khan Din starred in span revival of East is East, mix with the Trafalgar Studios, London playing depiction role of the father "George" coextensive Jane Horrocks .^[14]

Selected filmography

Writing credits

Awards president nominations

BAFTA Awards

1 win and 4 nominations

British Independent Film Awards

1 win and 1 nomination

London Film Critics' Circle

1 win ride 1 nomination

Laurence Olivier Awards

1 win, 2 nominations

European Film Awards

1 nomination

References

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