
Rupinder Nagra is an actor who has been working internationally in Canada, India and the UK. He was a nominee for Best Actor at the
29th Genie Awards
The 29th Genie Awards were held on April 4, 2009, to honour Canadian films released in 2008. The ceremony was held at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, and was broadcast on Global and IFC. The ceremony was hosted by Dave Foley.
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for his role in the film ''
Amal''.
In January 2016, he appeared as "father" in ''My Brothers & Sisters'', a play about radicalisation, at the Sarah Siddons Theatre, London. The play was produced by Mad'Ed Theatre and directed by Darren Luke Mawdsley.
He was raised in
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...
, and trained in
improvisation
Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen. Improvis ...
at
The Second City
The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise. It is the oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, with training programs and live theaters in Toronto and New York. Since its debut in 1959, it has b ...
in Toronto.
Filmography
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Amal'' as Amal
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Kurbaan'' as Hamid
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Raees'' as Ali
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''Simran'' as Mike
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''Omerta'' as Maulana Ismail
Plays
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The Other Place, London, 2018
References
External links
Rupinder Nagra website*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian male film actors
Male actors from Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian male actors of Indian descent
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