Akbar Kurtha

Actor

August 30, 1970 (55 years)

St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Biography

Mohamed Akbar Kurtha (born 30 August 1970) is a British actor and producer, known for his role as Dr. Rana Mistry in the BBC soap opera Doctors (2000–2001). In a career spanning over thirty years, he has also appeared in various films including Bhaji on the Beach (1993), My Son the Fanatic (1997), Esther Kahn (2000), Syriana (2005) and Košnice (2012).

Filmography

7.0

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Wealth Management Exec

Jack Ryan is reluctantly pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy. Racing against time, he joins CIA allies Mike November & James Greer and sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe to battle a rogue black-ops unit in a high-stakes, deeply personal fight.

7.8

24

Farhad Hassan

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

5.8

Holby City

Jonathan Latif

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

7.2

Waking the Dead

Nick Foster

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

7.6

The Diplomat

Ambassador Desai

Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.

6.5

Departure

Ariel Levitan

Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.

7.4

Victoria

Ambassador for the King of Oudh

The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.

6.5

Liar

Birav

A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date.

7.1

Mars

Dr. Jay Johar

The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.

7.0

Paris Has Fallen

Asif

A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack. They suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy threatening Paris.

6.9

Small Axe

Dr. Chadee

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

6.7

Playing Nice

DS Chopra

Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

6.9

House of Saddam

Kamel Hanna

The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.

6.0

Maniac

Pharmacist

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

6.4

Syriana

Prince Meshal Al-Subaai

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

7.9

A Street Cat Named Bob

Pharmacist

James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.

6.4

Sebastian

Samir

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.

8.7

Daylight Robbery

Doctor

Daylight Robbery is a British television drama mini-series that aired on ITV from 9 September 1999 to 18 December 2000. Focusing on four Essex women struggling with personal and domestic problems, decide to turn to crime to make ends meet.

6.0

Esther Kahn

Samuel Kahn

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

5.3

Bhaji on the Beach

Manjit

A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort.