Assad Zaman is a British actor. He is known for his stage work and his roles in the BBC thriller ''

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'' (2017), the period drama '' Hotel Portofino'' (2022–) and the

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series ''

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'' (2022–).

Early life

Zaman grew up in the west end of

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. His parents had arrived in England from

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in the 1980s. Zaman trained at the

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, graduating in 2013 with a

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in Acting.

Career

Zaman made his London stage debut in the 2014 National Theatre production of ''Behind the Beautiful Forevers''. This was followed by his onscreen debut in an episode

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' ''

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'' on

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. He went on tour with

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's play '' East is East'' that same year. In 2017, Zaman played Sathnam in the

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adaptation of ''

''. He had in the stage adaptation of

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's ''

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'' at the

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in 2018, ''The Funeral Director'' on tour and ''

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'' at the Lyric in Hammersmith in 2019, and ''

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'' in 2020. He appeared in the '' Red, White and Blue'' installment of

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's '' Small Axe'' anthology. He returned to ''East is East'' in 2021 at the

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. As of 2022, Zaman stars as Dr Anish Sengupta in the period drama '' Hotel Portofino'' and

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in the

series ''

''.

Filmography

Stage

References

External links

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Assad Zaman
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