Director

Rehan Sheikh

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1819009

Known for: Acting

Born: January 13, 1969

Age: 57

Place of birth: London, England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2003 - 2026

Years active: 24

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Rehan

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Biography

Rehan Sheikh (born January 13, 1969) is a British-Pakistani filmmaker, actor, director, writer, playwright, producer, and former television host. He is best known for The Castle: Aik Umeed (2001), Inkaar (2019), for which he was nominated for Best Actor at Lux Style Awards, and Sanjha (2011-2012), which earned him a Hum Awards nomination. Sheikh started his career on stage in South London, notably working in Tamasha Theatre Company's Women of the Dust in 1992. While visiting Pakistan during holidays the next year, he wrote, directed, and acted in a play in Rawalpindi, where he was spotted by renowned playwright and theatre director Sarmad Sehbai. Sehbai got him his first television role in Aaghosh (1993). Sheikh remained in Pakistan and went on do a number of popular drama serials and also hosted the short-lived travel show Travel Guide of Pakistan.