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WALEED AKHTAR by Brandon Bishop
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WALEED AKHTAR

Spotlight Actors 2011/2012

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NARROW ROAD - AMY IRESON
3rd Floor, 76 Neal Street, London WC2H 9PL
Phone: 020-7379 9598 / 020-7379 9586
Fax: 020-7379 9777
E-mail: amy@narrowroad.co.uk
WWW: www.narrowroad.co.uk
YAKETY YAK (VOICE OVERS)
7A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP
Phone: 020-7430 2600
Fax: 020-7404 6109
E-mail: info@yaketyyak.co.uk
WWW: www.yaketyyak.co.uk
Location:London
Height:5'8" (172cm)
Weight:10st. 7lb. (67kg)
Playing Age:16 - 30 years
Role Types:Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani
Eye Colour:Brown
Hair Colour:Black
Hair Length:Short
Facial Hair:Sideburns
Voice Quality:Gentle
Voice Character:Sincere
  
Equity

Credits:

Waleed can be seen as Essad in 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' (2011) directed by Lasse Halstrom, staring Ewan McGregor.

Stage Television Film Rehearsed Reading Further Credits
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Stage
2011, Stage, Abdul, Love Match, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, Louise Partridge
2011, Stage, Various, Under 11's, Soho Theatre , Chrissy Harmar Brown
2011, Stage, Amour, I Call My Brothers , Rehearsed Reading, Arcola Theatre, Farnaz Arbabi
2011, Stage, Various Roles, New Black Writing Showcase, Belgrade Theatre, Chris O'Connell, Ola Animashawun
2010, Stage, Laith , Betrayed, Tron Theatre Company, Leann O'Kasi
2010, Stage, Naz, Black i, Kali Theatre (Oval Theatre), Poonam Brah
2009, Stage, Abdullah, Rendition Monologues, Rehearsed Reading, Tricycle theatre, Christine Bacon
2009, Stage, Various , Masculine Law, Silver Lining Thetare (Big Chill Festival), Mara Lockowandt
2009, Stage, Hussan/ Asif, Hearts & Minds, Khayaal Theatre Company, Mo Sesay & Eleanor Martin
2008, Stage, Usman Brown, Screwface, Team Angelica, Rikki Beadle Blair
Stage, Zahid Mubarek/Imtiaz Amin, Gladiator Games, ETC, Germany, Kathrin Slevers
Television
2010, Television, Rajiv Mehta (Guest Lead), Doctors, BBC, Piotr Szkopiak
2009, Television, Imran Foster, Law and Order UK, Kudos, Omar Madha
2008, Television, Asif, Dustbin Baby (International Emmy), Kindle Entertainment for BBC1, Juliet May
Film
2011, Feature Film, Essad, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Kudos Film, Lasse Halstrom
2010, Feature Film, Raj, Lipstikka, Gal Films & Obelis Productions , Jonathan Sagall
2009, Film, Tariq (Lead), Diary of a Jihadi, Independent Image Limited, Justin Wickham
2008, Film, Ismat, Scratch, Breakthru Films, Jackob Rorvik
Film, Amish (Lead), Tonight (Short), UK Film Council, Mehul Desai
Rehearsed Reading
2011, Rehearsed Reading, Various, New Comedy Writing, Soho Theatre, Christopher Loscher
2011, Rehearsed Reading, Maurice/ Sontille, RIFT, LoNyLa, Rachel Parish
2010, Rehearsed Reading, Fareed, Haram Iran, Soho Theatre, Workshop, Akbar Kurtha
2010, Rehearsed Reading, Man, Flying/Falling, Tron Theatre Company, Leann O'Kasi
2010, Rehearsed Reading, Hassan, Abdul, Old Vic - New Voices, Stef O‘Driscoll
2009, Rehearsed Reading, Naz, Black i, Kali Theatre, Janet Steel
2009, Rehearsed Reading, Jamal, Moon and the Genie, Half Moon Theatre, Angela Micheals
2009, Rehearsed Reading, Amir, Generation Haram, Team Anglica, Rikki Beadle Blair
2009, Rehearsed Reading, Various, Palestine Monolgues/ Asylum Monologues, Ice and Fire, Christine Bacon
2008, Rehearsed Reading, Omar/Juggy, The Spare Room, (& Workshop), New Art Exchange, Jonathan Man
Further Credits
2011, Voice Over, Urban Youth, KISS FM - Knife Crime Campaign, EMAP, Matt Lomax
2010, Corporate, Nurse Jaimin, Spreading Bad Behaviours, & Fingerman, Living Projects, Matthew Murdoch
2010, Workshop, Naz, Black i, Kali Theatre, Poonam Brah
2009, Ident, Lead Footballer , BBC Promo, Red Bee
2009, Voice Over, Teenager, NSPCC Campaign
2009, Training Film, Terrorist cell member, Police Training Film, Lexis Nexis, William Hicklin
2008, Educational, Mosin, Amnesty International Film , Tartan Duck, Vaughan Dagnell

Skills:

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)
American-Southern States, American-Standard, Arab, Asian, Cockney, Essex, Indian, London*, Middle Eastern, Northern, Pakistani, RP
Languages:
(* = mother tongue)
English*, Hindi, Punjabi*, Urdu
Sports:
(* = highly skilled)
Ice Skating, Pool, RollerSkating, Running, Yoga
Vehicle Licences:Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:Computer Literate, Improvisation, Journalist