Ahmed Ali Akbar () is a Pakistani actor who primarily works in

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television. He marked his television debut at the age of thirteen in PTV's drama ''Stop Watch''. He guest-starred in the 2013 drama film '' Siyaah'' and started his professional acting career in 2014, since then he has appeared in several television series. Akbar is best known for playing the

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Parizaad in

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's biggest hit ''

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'' in 2021 for which he won several awards including

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for Best Actor - Popular. His other notable works include ''

Yeh Raha Dil ''Yeh Raha Dil'' () is a Pakistani drama serial which aired on Hum TV on 13 February 2017, starring Ahmed Ali Akbar, Yumna Zaidi and Anum Ahmed as main leads. It was preceded by ''Sanam.'' The series was directed by Siraj-ul-Haque. The audi ...

'' (2017) and '' Ehd- e-Wafa'' (2019).

Early life

Ahmed was born into a

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family in

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to tennis coach Muhammad Ali Akbar. His brother Abid Ali Akbar is a tennis player. He played tennis on a national level before pursuing his film career. He also played cricket and football at club level. At one point, he wanted to pursue professional cricket but abandoned the option because of

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Career

Early work as child artist, musician and theater actor

He marked his television career at the age of thirteen on PTV's drama ''Stop Watch'', after which he was singing for a

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band, the

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-based ''Nafs'', for some ten years before returning to acting on some friend's advice, in a play written by

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. Ali made his stage debut in 2008 and received critical appraisal for his work.

Film debut and television success

He guest starred in his 2013 debut film '' Siyaah'' and started his professional television career in 2014, as a lead actor in the drama ''

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''. He then grabbed one of the leading roles in '' Parchi'', in 2018, which was well received at the box-office. He also directed the stunts for the film. In 2019, he starred in '' Laal Kabootar'', a crime-thriller movie set in

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, which is also music video director Kamal Khan's first feature film, sharing the screen with

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and Ali Kazmi, and which was well received by the critics. The same year he also worked in the hit drama serial ''

Ehd-e-Wafa ''Ehd-e-Wafa'' () is a Pakistani dramas, Pakistani television series created by Inter-Services Public Relations, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan Army and Momina Duraid under MD Productions. The series origina ...

'' which was ISPR's presentation and aired on

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and Hum TV. In 2021, he was the lead role in ''

,'' earning critical acclaim for his acting and winning several awards, including

for Best Actor - Popular.

Filmography

Films

Television series

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali Akbar, Ahmed Living people 1986 births Pakistani male stage actors Pakistani male film actors Pakistani male television actors Pakistani male singers Pakistani television hosts Male actors from Rawalpindi Male actors from Karachi Pakistani male tennis players Male actors in Urdu cinema Male actors in Urdu television 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen