Ayub Khan Din
Ayub Khan Din (born 1961) is a British writer and actor.
Ayub Khan Din (born 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).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Student as (Ayub Khan Din) | A Hanif Kureishi film directed by Stephen Frears |
1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Sammy | A Hanif Kureishi film directed by Stephen Frears |
1987 | My Family and Other Animals | BBC television series (1 episode) | |
1988 | Young Toscanini | Comparsa | An Italian-French English-language biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli |
1988 | The Bill | Rashid (as Ayub Khan Din) | ITV television series (1 episode "Tigers") |
1989 | Shalom Salaam | Hafiz Sattar | BBC TV (mini series) (5 episodes) |
1989 | Capital City | Luke | By Euston Films/Thames Television (1 episode) |
1989 | Boon | Foreign Student | By Central Independent Television ( 1 episode: "In it for the Monet") |
1990 | The Care of Time | Nahari | TV film |
1991 | Doctor at the Top | Dr. Anand | BBC television comedy series ( 1 episode "Bye Bye, Bickerstaff") |
1991 | Lebewohl, Fremde | Sehrat | German Film Tevfik Başer screened at the Cannes Film Festival |
1992 | Idiot | Myshkin | A Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Idiot was directed by Mani Kaul and starred Shah Rukh Khan and Ayub Khan-Din. |
1992 | KYTV | BBC TV Comedy series (1 episode, "God Alone Knows") | |
1992–93 | Coronation Street | Hanif Ruparell | ITV Soap opera (19 episodes) |
1993 | The Burning Season | Patwant (Pat) | A Canadian/Indian Film |
1994 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Horbury | Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1 episode) |
1994–95 | The Chief | Councillor Mani Shankar | An AngliaTelevision production ( 7 episodes) |
1995 | Backup | Ali | BBC TV series ( 1 episode "Toleration Zone") |
1995 | Dangerfield | Kevin Deehan | BBC TV series ( 1 episode "The Dead Businessman") |
1996 | London Bridge | Ravi Shah | Carlton Television series (19 episodes) |
2017 | Ackley Bridge | Channel 4 TV series (creator, writer, producer) |