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Armin Karima is a British-Iranian actor. He is known for his roles as Abdul Bukhari in the BBC series Waterloo Road (2015), Ant in the film iBoy (2017), Kasim Al-Yazbek in the FOX series Tyrant (2016), and Malek Amir in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019).
Karima attended City and Islington College. He trained at Identity School of Acting. [1]
While training, Karima booked his first role in the short film TAG for BBC IPlayer. Just before his last college performance, Karima landed a regular role in the tenth and final series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road as Abdul Bukhari. Karima was then cast alongside Shahab Hosseini in the feature film Gholem in 2015.
In 2016, Karima appeared in the second season of the Fox series Tyrant as Kasim Al-Yazbek and landed a role in the BBC series Moving on . In 2017, Karima played Ant in the Netflix film iBoy. Shortly after he landed a role in Fearless for ITV.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tag | Deks | Short film |
| 2017 | iBoy | Ant | |
| Gholam | Arash | ||
| 2020 | Home from Home | Samir | Short film |
| 2022 | Bahar | Navid | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Babylon | Youth | Episode: "Victoria Park" |
| 2015 | Waterloo Road | Abdul Bukhari | Recurring role; 9 episodes |
| Tyrant | Kasim Al-Yazbek | Recurring role; 7 episodes | |
| 2016 | Moving On | Safi | Episode: "Eighteen" |
| 2017 | Fearless | Imran | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| The State | Abu Muharib | Miniseries; 1 episode | |
| Black Mirror | Farshad | Episode: "Crocodile" | |
| 2018 | Doctors | Michael Leonard | Episode: "Helpless" |
| Press | Adnan Homsi | Episode: "Two Worlds" | |
| 2020–2021 | Sex Education | Malek Amir | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Intergalactic | Evan Vikri | Episode: "Episode 1" |
| The Girlfriend Experience | Hiram | Recurring role; 8 episodes | |
| 2023 | Vigil | Nader Waheed | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3" |
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