Ayub Khan-Din

Born: 1961-05-21

Ayub Khan Din (born 11 July 1961) is a British writer and actor. He wrote the BAFTA, BIFA and London Film Critics Circle award-winning film East Is East (1999), adapted from his 1996 Olivier-nominated play of the same name. His 2008 comedy play Rafta, Rafta... won the Olivier Award. He went on to write the film sequel West Is West (2010). On television, he created the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley Bridge (2017–2022). As an actor, Khan Din's roles include Sammy in 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 the ITV series London Bridge (1996).


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Magic Mike's Last Dance

as Victor
Released: 2023-02-09

Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went...

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My Beautiful Laundrette

as Student
Released: 1985-11-16

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama...

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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

as Sammy
Released: 1987-10-30

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst...

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Lebewohl, Fremde

as uncredited
Released: 1991-08-22

Set on the deserted North Sea island of Langeness, a lonely woman begins an affair with a...

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The Care of Time

as uncredited
Released: 1990-08-26

A thriller directed by John Davies.

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Shalom Salaam

as Hafiz Sattar
Released: 1989-04-26

Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Horbury
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Backup

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-07

Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.

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Idiot

as Prince Miskin
First aired: 1991-01-01

An epileptic man returns from medical treatment abroad and finds himself in love with a woman...

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