Akbar Kurtha

Akbar Kurtha is an actor born in India and living in England.

Since 1993 Kurtha has played several roles in his native England and in the United States. He first appeared in the 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach in the role of Majit, and then played the lead role of “Farid” in the film My Son the Fanatic, with Rachel Griffiths. He also played Prince Meshal in the Oscar-award winning film, Syriana, with George Clooney, and Kanel Hanna in the hit HBO mini-series House of Saddam. He played Farhad Hassan in the eighth season of 24

Kurtha has appeared in leading roles in British soap operas, dramas and situation comedies, including Mr. White Goes to Westminster, The Bill, Heat of the Sun, Second Sight, Command Approved, Esther Kahn, Lloyd & Hill, Doctors, Casualty, Front Line,Keen Eddie, Eastenders, Waking the Dead, Holby City, Beneath the Skin, Syriana, The Last Detective, Forgiven, Bonekickers, and That’s for Me!

Kurtha also produced the plays Baghdad Wedding and This isn't Romance at Soho Theatre in London's West End.

Kurtha's parents were both born in India but left at a very young age. His mother's family went to South Africa, and his father's family trekked across Europe after the partition of India, eventually settling in England. Akbar Kurtha is the only child of Zubeida and Yusuf Kurtha; they separated in 1988. Akbar was his mother's primary caretaker as she struggled all her life with bipolar disorder that was never stabilised; she died in November 2010.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

• Akbar Kurtha at the Internet Movie Database