Akshay Khanna (British actor)

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Akshay Khanna
Alma mater University of Bristol
Years active2020–present

Akshay Khanna is a British actor. His films include Red, White & Royal Blue and Polite Society (both 2023). On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One series Chloe (2022) and the Paramount+ series The Doll Factory (2023).

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Early life

Khanna graduated from the University of Bristol in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management. He then completed a two-year Professional Acting Foundational course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. [1]

Career

Upon completing his drama school course, Khanna appeared in the Greenwich Theatre productions of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and The Secret Love Life of Ophelia. [2] Khanna made his television debut in 2021 with guest appearances in episodes of the ITV crime dramas Grace and Grantchester . [3] He also began working with Big Finish Productions on a number of Doctor Who audio dramas. [4]

In 2022, Khanna had his first prominent television role as Anish in the BBC One and Amazon Prime thriller miniseries Chloe . [5] [6] He starred alongside Harry Lloyd in The Narcissist at Chichester Festival Theatre. [7] The following year, Khanna made his feature film debut in the action comedy Polite Society as Salim [8] [9] and the Amazon Prime film adaptation of Red, White & Royal Blue . [10] Also in 2023, Khanna portrayed a fictionalised version of Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the Paramount+ gothic period drama The Doll Factory . [11]

The following year, Khanna starred as SC Zil Ahmed opposite Simone Kessell in the Stan crime drama Critical Incident , [12] for which he put on an Australian accent. He has upcoming roles in the film Row with Sophie Skelton and Bella Dayne [13] and the Apple TV+ series Murderbot . [14]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Polite Society Salim
Red, White & Royal Blue Shaan ShrivistavaAmazon film
TBARowDaniel
TBATouchPhillip

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Grace Josh SayedEpisode: "Dead Simple"
Grantchester Josh1 episode
2022 Chloe AnishMiniseries
2023 The Doll Factory Rossetti Main role
2024 Critical Incident Senior Constable Zilficar 'Zil' AhmedMain role
TBA Murderbot RatthiMain role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Unknown 9: AwakeningAzad
2023 Diablo IV Additional voices

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020The Wolves of Willoughby ChaseJames / Simon Greenwich Theatre
The Secret Love Life of Ophelia Hamlet
2022The NarcissistAide Chichester Festival Theatre

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Planet of the DeadSacristan Hinge Big Finish Productions
2022Doctor Who Unbound: Time KillersRiffort
2023The Eighth of March: A Ghost of AlchemyDoctor Rushton / Officer
Rose Tyler: The Good SamaritanRohan

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