Charles Alexander De Melo (born 26 September 1989) is an English actor. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed the role of

Imran Habeeb ''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Kate Oates. The first nota ...

on the ITV soap opera ''

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'', for which he was nominated for the

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Life and career

De Melo was born on 26 September 1989 in

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, and later moved to

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, where he attended the

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. He graduated from

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in 2012, and appeared in the 2012 short films ''Rewind'' and ''Innocence''. In 2013, he appeared as Tamir Niaz in an episode of the

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soap opera ''

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''. In 2014, he portrayed Josh Ware in an episode of ''

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'', and in 2015, De Melo was cast in the

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drama series ''

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'' as Martin, a former

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agent and a member of the UNIT team. In 2016, he appeared in the direct-to-video sequel '' Jarhead 3: The Siege''. In 2017, De Melo appeared in ''

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'' as PC Jaz Jones on a recurring basis, appearing in five episodes. Later that year, he provided additional voices for the video game ''

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''. In November 2017, De Melo joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''

'' as

. The character was introduced as the brother of established character Rana Habeeb (

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) and arrives to attend Rana's wedding. The character returned in January 2018, after being promoted to a regular character, with storylines including his relationship with

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(

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), a one-night stand with

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(

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which results in Abi getting pregnant and a custody battle for their son. In March 2022, it was announced that De Melo had decided to leave the soap, and Imran was

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after sustaining injuries in a car accident and ultimately dying of cardiac arrest in scenes broadcast in June 2022. Following his exit from the soap, De Melo starred in a theatre adaption of ''The Clothes They Stood Up In'', based on the 2001 book by Alan Bennett, and in 2023, he appeared as Borachio in the play ''

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''.

Filmography

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Melo, Charlie 1989 births 21st-century British male actors British male soap opera actors English male soap opera actors British male stage actors Living people People from Barnstaple English people of Italian descent