Arka Das | |
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Born | Bangladesh [1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009-present |
Notable work |
Arka Das is an Australian actor, director and screenwriter.
Das born in Bangladesh and emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. He grew up in Ashfield in Sydney’s western suburbs, where he attended school and university. His father was a writer, which meant he was introduced to the arts from a young age, partaking in community and school programs. [2]
Das has played roles in numerous television series, including Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home and Bali 2002 [3] He has also appeared in films UnIndian (2015), the multi-Academy Award-nominated film Lion (2016), the live-action remake of Mulan (2020), [4] and The Portable Door (2023). [5]
His stage credits include Beached at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and Animals Out of Paper at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre [6] , for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Das is also a writer & director, having made short films, web series and documentaries. In 2014, he co-created comedy web series The Casuals, which was streamed in the US. His short documentary film Phoenix was a finalist at Focus on Abilities Film Festival in 2016. He then wrote and directed short film Khana Khazana, which screened at several film festivals in Australia and overseas, and won several awards at Made in the West Film Festival 2020. It is being developed into a full length feature film. [7]
For his performance in 2021 anthology film Here Out West , Das was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. [8] One of eight writers, he wrote and starred in the Brotherhood segment of the film and featured in the next chapter, The Eternal Dance. [9] He also received a nomination for the 2021 AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Awards in the Original Feature Film category for the same project.
Off the back of the film, Das went on to host ABC's television series 8 Nights Out West in 2022, where he explored different cuisines across Sydney, based on the cultural backgrounds of each of the Here Out West writers. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2024 | Return to Paradise | Ken Sen-Jones | TV series, 1 episode | [11] |
Troppo | Khalid | TV series, 3 episodes | ||
Fake | Rohit | Miniseries, 1 episode | ||
Colin from Accounts | Justin Shelley | TV series, 2 episodes | ||
Prosper | Ravi | TV series, 1 episode | ||
2023 | Utopia | Ravi | TV series, 1 episode | |
Safe Home | David | Miniseries, 3 episodes | ||
We Interrupt This Broadcast | Various | TV series, 4 episodes | ||
2022 | Shantaram | Nishant Patel | TV series, 7 episodes | |
Bali 2002 | Dr Vij Vijayasekaran | Miniseries, 2 episodes | [12] [13] | |
2020 | Rosehaven | Thomas | TV series, season 4, 1 episode | |
2019 | Frayed | Sonny | TV series, 1 episode | |
2018 | Bite Club | Depak Chaudhary | TV series, 8 episodes | |
2017 | Pulse | Tabb Patel | TV series, 8 episodes | [14] |
Janet King | Ravi Hasan | TV series, season 3, 1 episode | ||
Top of the Lake: China Girl | Karnick | TV series, 2 episodes | ||
2016 | VODville | TV series, 1 episode | ||
2015 | Hiding | Clifford George | Miniseries, 1 episode | |
2014 | The Code | Farid | TV series, 3 episodes | |
The Casuals | Samir | Web series, 8 episodes | ||
2012 | Tricky Business | Bank Teller | TV series, 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | My Melbourne | Indraneel | |
Maidaan | Prashanto | ||
2023 | The Portable Door | Neville | Feature film [15] |
2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Sycophant God | Feature film |
Here Out West | Robi | Anthology feature film [16] [17] [18] | |
2020 | Mulan | Red Fez | Feature film |
2019 | Babyteeth | Shaun | Feature film |
2017 | BOYZ | Kerr | Short film |
2016 | Overtime | Sean | Short film |
Lion | Sami | Feature film | |
Joe Cinque's Consolation | Sanjeeva | Feature film | |
Down Under | Steve | Feature film | |
Spice Sisters | Sachin | Short film | |
2015 | Big Bad World | Rajesh | Short film |
Good Morning | Nathan | ||
Moose | Uber Driver | Short film | |
UNindian | TK | Feature film | |
The Annual Company Games VII | Kevin | Short film | |
2012 | Shoebox | Tarek | Short film |
2009 | Jagdish Ji | Jagdish | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023 | The Seagull | Simon | Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC [19] |
2013 | Beached | The Producer | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
2011 | Casanova | Rocco | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
2011 | Deep Suburbia | Various roles | STC / BYDS |
2010 | Animals Out of Paper | Suresh | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney (nominated for Best Newcomer at Sydney Theatre Awards) |
2010 | References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot | Martin | Griffin Theatre Company |
Fitting into Wageni | Byron | Apocalypse Theatre Company [20] | |
The Club | Gerry | Ashfield Youth Theatre [21] |
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