Taqi Nazeer ( ;) is a

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born actor.

Early life

Nazeer was born in

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. He attended George Heriot's School and went on to study at

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, where he obtained a

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. Soon after, Nazeer was accepted on a one-year traineeship at

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where he was trained in TV and radio presenting. Nazeer attended The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Career

Nazeer received his first professional role whilst still in his final year at The

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...

. Nazeer was chosen to play overly confident boxer Ajay Chopra in the Fringe First production of ''Beautiful Burnout'', a co-production between The

National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...

and the theatre company Frantic Assembly. In preparation, Nazeer trained for eight months with championship boxers and MMA fighters.

Theatre credits

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The Deranged Marriage
', Rifco Arts (2015) – Mahesh *''Beautiful Burnout'' (2010/11) – Ajay Chopra *''Black Snow'', (2010) – Ivan Vasilyevich *''Words are Never Wasted'', Scottish Tour (2009) – Michael *''

Heer Ranjha ''Heer Ranjha'' (or ''Heer and Ranjha'') ( pnb, , ਹੀਰ ਰਾਂਝਾ ) is one of several popular tragic romances of Punjab, other important ones being "Sohni Mahiwal", "Mirza Sahiban" and " Sassi Punnhun". There are several poetic na ...

'', The Tramway Theatre (2008) – Ranjha *''Detainee A'', The Arches (2007) – Yusef

References

External links

Taqi Nazeer talks about Beautiful BurnoutTaqi Nazeer talks about his first time at the AcademyBlood and SweatA Journey from Finance to Romance
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazeer, Taqi Living people Alumni of Heriot-Watt University Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland British male actors of Asian descent Male actors from Edinburgh People educated at George Heriot's School Scottish male stage actors Scottish people of South Asian descent Year of birth missing (living people)