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词条 Abdullah Afzal
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

     Film  Television  Radio 

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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Abdullah Afzal ({{lang-ur|عبداللہ افضل}}; born 1989) is an English actor and stand-up comedian.

Early life

Afzal is of Pakistani British descent from Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. He has three older brothers, two older sisters and a younger half-brother.[1] He attended Abraham Moss High School in North Manchester.

Afzal trained for three years to be a hafiz.[2][3]

Career

In 2007, Afzal had his first acting role as a young student[4] in a short film called Raamis (originally called Extraordinary Rendition).[5] Between 2008 and 2011, he starred as Asif in two seasons of BBC Three sitcom Lunch Monkeys.[1] Since 2012, he has portrayed the character of Amjad Malik in BBC One's Citizen Khan.[5]

In February 2014, Afzal presented the Christmas comedy specials on BBC Asian Network.[5] In July 2015, he performed stand-up at the Eid Special Comedy Night at The Comedy Store in London.[6][7]

In July 2014, Afzal played two roles in BBC Radio 4's By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier.[8]

In 2017, he appeared as Jahid in the romantic comedy film Finding Fatimah.[9]

Personal life

Afzal lives in Manchester. He also works at Manchester Airport to supplement his acting career. [2][3] In 2015, he got married.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Raamis Raamis Short film
2017 Finding Fatimah Jahid Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2011 Lunch Monkeys Asif Khan 13 episodes
2012– Citizen Khan Amjad Malik 27 episodes
2017 Celebrity MasterChef Himself eliminated

Radio

Year Title Role Station
2012 By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier Railway Clerk / Sikh Soldier BBC Radio 4

See also

  • Islamic humour
  • British Pakistani
  • List of British Pakistanis

References

1. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/19/lunch_monkeys5.shtml|title=Lunch Monkeys: Abdullah Afzal|work= |location= |publisher=BBC|date=19 August 2009|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news |last=Ali|first=Umbreen|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10712007.Citizen_Khan___People_call_me_Amjad_in_the_street_/|title=Citizen Khan: 'People call me Amjad in the street'|work= |location=Lancashire|publisher=Lancashire Telegraph|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Ali|first=Umbreen|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/leisure/tv/10712007.Citizen_Khan___People_call_me_Amjad_in_the_street_/|title=Citizen Khan: 'People call me Amjad in the street'|work= |location= |publisher=Asian News|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/01_january/10/lunch_monkeys7.shtml|title=Lunch Monkeys: Abdullah Afzal plays Asif Khan|work= |location= |publisher=BBC|date=10 January 2011|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ec82fx/acts/armdgw|title=BBC – Asian Network's Big Comedy Night – Performances – Abdullah Afzal|publisher=BBC Asian Network|date=7 February 2014|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
6. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/halol-can-uk-have-laugh-about-islam|title=HaLOL: can the UK have a laugh about Islam?|work= |location= |publisher=New Statesman|date=10 March 2015|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news |last=Rahim|first=Sameer|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-reviews/11750616/HaLOL-Comedy-Night-Comedy-Store-review-challenging.html|title=HaLOL Comedy Night, Comedy Store, review: 'challenging'|work= |location= |publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=21 July 2011|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b049xtjw|title=By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier|publisher=BBC Radio 4|date=26 July 2014|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Finding Fatimah official website|url=http://www.findingfatimah.com/|accessdate=3 Feb 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news |last=Heward|first=Emily|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/citizen-khan-star-abdullah-afzal-8274564|title=Citizen Khan star Abdullah Afzal spills the beans on the long-awaited wedding episode|work= |location= |publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=11 December 2014|accessdate=1 April 2016}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=3321370|name=Abdullah Azfal}}
  • {{Twitter|name=Abdullah Azfal}}
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