Adnan Jaffar ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor and former anchor from

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. He is known for his work in theatre, film and television industry of

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for which he is extensively appreciated.

Career

Adnan began his career after attending

National Academy of Performing Arts The National Academy of Performing Arts ( ur, ; abbreviated as NAPA) is a performing arts school located at Hindu Gymkhana in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. NAPA was established in 2005 as an institution to conserve and teach performing arts and ...

and Arizona State University. A mass communication graduate, before taking on acting, he was for some time a broadcast journalist for ''

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''. He made his film debut in 2015 in

Jalaibee ''Jalaibee'' ( ur, ; meaning ''twist'') is a 2015 Pakistani caper action thriller film directed and written by Yasir Jaswal, produced by Eman Syed. Jalaibee is a joint production of ARY Films & Redrum Films in association with Sermad Films and ...

followed by

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(2015), Moor (2015) and

Jeewan Hathi ''Jeewan Hathi'' ( ur, , en, The Elephant in the Room, italic=yes) is a 2016 Pakistani dark comedy film directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi and written by Fasih Bari Khan. Shailja Kejriwal and Mazhar Zaidi have produced the film. The Fil ...

(2016). Apart from films, he has also appeared in

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such as

Coke Kahani ''Coke Kahani'' ( ur, کوک کہانی) is a 2012 Pakistani comedy drama sitcom directed by Mehreen Jabbar broadcasting on Broadcast syndication including PTV Home, Hum TV, Geo TV and other networks. Sitcom is written by Syed Mohammad Ahmed a ...

, Jackson Heights and

Behadd ''Behadd'' ( ur, ; English: ''Boundless'') is a 2013 Pakistani drama film directed by Asim Raza, produced by Momina Duraid, and written by Umera Ahmad. The telefilm stars Fawad Khan, Nadia Jamil, Sajjal Ali, Nadia Afgan, Adnan Siddiqui, A ...

. Adnan also appeared in

Chupan Chupai ''Chupan Chupai'' is a 2017 Pakistani comedy thriller film, directed by Mohsin Ali. The film stars Ahsan Khan, Neelam Muneer and Ali Rizvi in the lead cast. It released on 29 December 2017 under the banner of Huzu Productions, and was distribu ...

(2017),

Parwaaz Hay Junoon ''Parwaaz Hai Junoon'' ( ur, ; lit: ''Soaring is Passion'') is a 2018 Pakistani aerial combat-war romantic film, directed by Haseeb Hassan, produced by Momina Duraid and written by Farhat Ishtiaq. The film features an ensemble cast of Hamza ...

(2017) and Project Ghazi (2018).

Filmography

* ''

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2016) * ''Orphic'' (2016) * ''

'' (2017) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Project Ghazi'' (2018) *'' Chotay Shah'' (2018) *'' Altered Skin'' (2018) *''

Pinky Memsaab ''Pinky Memsaab'' () is a 2018 Urdu-language Pakistani drama film. The film stars Hajra Yamin, Kiran Malik, Adnan Jaffar, Sunny Hinduja, Khalid Ahmed and Shamim Hilaly. It was distributed by Eveready Pictures on 7 December 2018. Plot summary ...

'' (2019) *'' Intezar'' (2020)

Television

References

External links

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Adnan Jaffar
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