Arka Das Explained

Arka Das
Birth Place:Bangladesh
Occupation:Actor

Arka Das is an Australian actor, director and screenwriter. For his performance in Here Out West, he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. He wrote and starred in the Brotherhood segment of the film and featured in the next chapter, The Eternal Dance. He also received a nomination for the 2021 AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Awards in the Original Feature Film category for the same project.

Other roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home and Bali 2002, films Lion, Mulan, The Portable Door and UnIndian and on stage in Beached at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and Animals Out of Paper at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards.

Filmography

Television

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2024Troppo
2023Utopia (Australian TV series)Ravi1 episode
Safe Home (TV series)David3 episodes
We Interrupt This Broadcast (TV series)Various4 episodes
2022Shantaram (TV series)Nishant Patel7 episodes
Bali 2002[1] [2] Dr Vij Vijayasekaran2 episodes
2020RosehavenThomas1 episode
2019Frayed (TV series)Sonny1 episode
2018Bite Club (TV series)Depak8 episodes
2017Pulse [3] Tabb Patel8 episodes
Janet King (TV series)Ravi Hasan1 episode
Top of the LakeKarnick2 episodes
2016VODville1 episode
2015HidingClifford George1 episode
2014The CodeFarid3 episodes
The CasualsSamir8 episodes
2012Tricky BusinessBank Teller1 episode

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2023The Portable Door[4] Neville
2022Sycophant God
2022Here Out West[5] [6] [7] Robi
2020Mulan (2020 film)Red Fez
2019Babyteeth (film)Shaun
2017BOYZKerrShort
2016OvertimeSeanShort
LionSami
Joe Cinque's ConsolationSanjeeva
Down UnderSteve
Spice SistersSachinShort
2015Big Bad WorldRajeshShort
Good MorningNathan
MooseUber DriverShort
UNindianTK
The Annual Company Games VIIKevinShort
2012ShoeboxTarekShort
2009Jagdish JiJagdishShort

Notes and References

  1. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/airdate-bali-2002.html
  2. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/stan-announces-bali-2002-drama-series.html
  3. https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/03/cameras-roll-on-abcs-pulse.html
  4. https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/filming-underway-on-the-portable-door-for-stan.html
  5. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/here-out-west.html
  6. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/07/airdate-here-out-west.html
  7. https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/filming-begins-on-new-feature-drama-for-abc.html