Adil Khan ( ur, , ; born 3 February 1983 in

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) is a

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dancer and actor of mixed Punjabi and

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descent. He won '' Dansefeber'', hosted by

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in 2006.

Life

Early life

Adil Khan was born in

. In his early childhood, he lived at Munkelia. Later, his family moved to Grønland and then to an area close to Ullevål Stadion. Khan's father is from the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

province of

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, and his mother is a

who has her roots in

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. Khan is the younger brother of film director and human rights activist

Deeyah Khan Deeyah Khan ( ur, , , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the ...

Music and dance

In 2009 Khan was invited to sing

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's "

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" for

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, the half-sister of President

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. The programme was arranged by

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in connection with a fund-raising campaign for Africa. In 1999, Khan, together with his friends, founded the dance group Floor Knights. Khan has also lived in Copenhagen where he was a member of the breakdance group Natural Effects. He has won several dance competitions in Norway and abroad, such as B-boy Rumble 1999 (Norwegian championship), Scandinavian Battle of the Year 2001, and Time 2 Battle in

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(Scandinavian championship). His breakthrough came in 2006 when he won the Norwegian national dance competition Dansefeber in its inaugural season. After winning season 1 of Dansefeber, he left for

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where he joined

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(winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew).

Actor

After winning Dansefeber, Khan started receiving offers from national Norwegian theaters for acting jobs. His acting debut came in 2006 at

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as Bernardo in

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...

. He returned to Norway in 2007. The first play, after his arrival was ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...

'' which followed by several other productions. Khan received critical acclaim for his performance in ''

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'' as Mowgli, which got him the nomination for

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in the best male role category. Khan is the youngest actor in Norway to ever be nominated for the award.

Miscellaneous

*Khan was a presenter for entertainment program named ''Adils hemmelige dansere''( Adil's secret dancers). This was a two series program presented at

in 2013 and 2014. Adils hemmelige dansere was a Norwegian version of Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew. Both series were nominated for

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award as a best reality program. *Khan served as a judge on ''

Norske Talenter ''Norske Talenter'' (English: ''Norway’s Got Talent'', ''Norwegian Talents'') is a Norwegian talent show with a similar format to ''Britain's Got Talent,'' making it one of the ''Got Talent'' franchise programmes. The 16-year-old singer Erl ...

'' (series 4) during 2011 and (Series 5) 2012. ''

'' (Norwegian Talents) is a Norwegian version of

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series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the specified prize. The programme is being presented by TV 2 since 2008.

Acting career

Film/TV

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Theatre

Honors and awards

* In 2010, he was assigned as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF Norway. * In 2008, Adil received Oslo City art award at Oslo City Hall by Oslo Municipality for his contributions in Oslo's artistic life. * In 2006-2007, Adil Khan became the first goodwill ambassador for FRI (an anti smoking and anti drugs campaign initiated by Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs). * On 31 May 2006, Adil was awarded by Norwegian Cancer Society for his work among the youth.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Adil 1983 births Living people Norwegian male dancers Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian people of Punjabi descent Norwegian people of Pashtun descent Norwegian people of Pakistani descent Dansefeber contestants So You Think You Can Dance winners