Adil Khan (actor) explained

Adil Khan
Birth Name:Adil Khan
Birth Date:1983 2, df=yes
Occupation:Actor
Birth Place:Oslo
Nationality: Norwegian
Yearsactive:2006–present

Adil Khan (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|عادل خان pronounced as /ˈaːd̪ɪl xaːn/; born 3 February 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian dancer and actor. He won Dansefeber,[1] hosted by TVNorge in 2006.

Life

Early life

Adil Khan was born in Oslo, Norway. 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 province of Pakistan, and his mother is a Pashtun who has her roots in Afghanistan. Khan is the younger brother of film director and human rights activist Deeyah Khan.[2]

Music and dance

In 2009 Khan was invited to sing Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" for Auma Obama, the half-sister of President Barack Obama. The programme was arranged by NRK1 in connection with a fund-raising campaign for Africa.[3]

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 Malmö (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 Los Angeles where he joined Quest Crew (winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew).[4]

Actor

After winning Dansefeber, Khan started receiving offers from national Norwegian theaters for acting jobs. His acting debut came in 2006 at Oslo Nye Teater as Bernardo in West Side Story. He returned to Norway in 2007. The first play, after his arrival was The Nutcracker which followed by several other productions. Khan received critical acclaim for his performance in The Jungle Book as Mowgli, which got him the nomination for Hedda Award in the best male role category. Khan is the youngest actor in Norway to ever be nominated for the award.[5]

Miscellaneous

Acting career

Film/TV

YearTitleRoleNotesDirector
2014 Adils hemmelige dansere (Season Two) [8] Adil Norwegian Version of Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew
2013 Adils hemmelige dansere (Season One) [9] Adil Norwegian Version of Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew
2012 Johan Falk Pramit Charlotte Brändström
2011 Taxi JavarNomination for Norwegian TV Award Gullruten as the Best Male Actor [10] Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
2010 Heart to Heart Adil Marit Åslein

Theatre

Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotesDirector
2010 Spring Awakening[11] Moritz Kjersti Horn
The magic city (Nor:Trollbyen) Hans Catrine Telle
2009 The Jungle Book Mowgli Nomination for Hedda Award as the Best Male Actor [12] Erik Ulfsby
2008 @lice[13] Amo Kjersti Alveberg
2007 The Nutcracker The Nutcracker Steen Koerner
2006 West Side Story Bernardo Svein Sturla Hungnes

Honors and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asle Hansen. Adil ble dansekongen. Dagbladet.no. 20 March 2006 . 17 June 2010. no.
  2. Web site: Camilla Bjørn . Deepikas lillebror til dansefinale. vg.no. 31 January 2006 . 24 March 2012 . no.
  3. Web site: Adil Khan singing man in the mirror for Auma Obama. dailymotion.com. 10 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Adil Khan with Quest Crew, freestyle ii.flv. youtube.com. 10 July 2018.
  5. Web site: De nominerte til Heddaprisene 2008/2009. Idalou.no. 17 June 2010. no.
  6. Web site: Mina Knudsen. Gullruten 2014: Her er vinnerne. p3.no. 9 May 2014 . 25 October 2015. no .
  7. Web site: Anders Grønneberg. Adil til "Norske talenter". dagbladet.no. 19 November 2010 . 19 November 2010 . no.
  8. Web site: Adils hemmelige dansere= nrk.no. 3 February 2023. no .
  9. Web site: JØRN PETTERSEN. TV-anmeldelse: Litt for mye av det gode. vg.no. 24 October 2013. 14 November 2020. no .
  10. Web site: Catherine Gonsholt Ighanian and Atle Jorstad. Se hvem som kan vinne Gullruten-statuett . vg.no. 29 March 2012. 30 March 2012. no .
  11. Web site: Mona Levin . Skjønne, vonde ungdom . oslopuls.aftenposten.no . 2 January 2010 . 17 June 2010 . no . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100222052721/http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/kunst_scene/article339613.ece . 22 February 2010 .
  12. Web site: IdaLou Larsen . De nominerte til Heddaprisene 2008/2009. idalou.no. 17 June 2009 . 24 October 2015. no .
  13. Web site: Inger-Margrethe Lunde . Kjærlighet i cyberspace . https://archive.today/20130112030531/http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/kunst_scene/article1829.ece . dead . January 12, 2013 . oslopuls.aftenposten . 25 February 2008 . 2 July 2010 . no .
  14. Web site: Vinnere 2008. sceneweb.no. 9 July 2018 . no.
  15. Web site: Anders Fjellestad. Adil til kamp mot røyken. tvedestrandsposten.no. 31 October 2006. 25 June 2010. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023090528/http://www.tvedestrandsposten.no/Innenriks/article2381702.ece. 23 October 2012. dead.
  16. Web site: Guro Holmene. Adil er Norges røykfrie forbilde. Pub.tv2.no. 31 May 2007. 17 June 2010. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20080505015657/http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/helse/article1080918.ece. 5 May 2008. dead.

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