Jamie Zubairi

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Jamie Zubairi
Born1972
Aldershot, England
Nationality English-Malaysian
Education
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, artist
Years active1997–present
Website Official website

Jamie Zubairi (born 1972) is an English-Malaysian actor, writer and artist. He started his acting career working on the BBC television series Grange Hill [ citation needed ] and has appeared on numerous television shows since. Zubairi is best known for his work on television in Cucumber and Holby City ,[ citation needed ] on radio as Inspector Chen in Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen detective series, as well as being a prolific stage performer and writer. In 2021, Zubairi appeared as Dorje Lingpa in the seventh series of Doctor Who: The Early Adventures .

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Early life and education

Jamie Zubairi was born in Aldershot, England in 1972 to an English mother and a Malaysian father. From 1973, Zubairi was brought up in Klang, Malaysia, [1] but returned to England in his teenage years. Zubairi was educated at Rutland Sixth Form College and then studied Art Foundation at the De Montfort University in Leicester, England. Zubairi trained to be an actor at LAMDA, graduating in 1997.[ citation needed ]

Career

Zubairi has performed in many stage productions. In 2010, he wrote and starred in Skylarking at the North Devon Festival and appeared in Wolf at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[ citation needed ] The next year, Zubairi played the father in Yellow Earth's Why The Lion Danced and made his New York stage debut at the 59E59 Theaters in George Orwell's Burmese Days . [2] In 2012, he performed in You Me Bum Bum Train , Mozart's Abduction From The Seraglio , These Associations at Tate Modern by Tino Sehgal and performed his one-man mixed-media project Unbroken Line at the Oval House Theatre. [3] In 2014 Zubairi co-wrote, co-produced and performed in Expectations. He has appeared as Dr. Rank in A Doll's House and in Parliament Square at the Royal Exchange Theatre. [4]

In 2015, Zubairi appeared as Max in three episodes of Russell T Davies' Cucumber . In 2017, the feature film Tides was released. It stars Zubairi, but is notable for also being his first screenwriting credit. Tides had its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and released nationwide in 2018. [5] In 2018, Zubairi appeared in Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall, London. [6]

In March 2022, Zubairi starred as Kenneth Williams [7] in Diary of a Somebody, [8] [9] which was performed at the Seven Dials Playhouse, London. [10] In June 2022, Zubairi starred as Kuzinov in In The Weeds. The play, set on a Hebridean island, was performed at the Ustinov Studio in Bath and rated 3/5 stars by The Stage . [11] In November 2022, Zubairi appeared in the play Guy Fawkes as Kit Wright, [12] performing at the York Theatre Royal. Jessie Burchett, writing for The Yorker praised Zubairi, writing that he "inject[ed] a welcome dose of pantomime energy". [13]

Zubairi starred as Three and Petko in the BBC audiobook for Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Connections, due for release in December 2022. [14] Zubairi features alongside Nicola Walker and Paul McGann. [15]

Acting credits

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Grange Hill Steve Jones4 episodes in Series 24
Married/UnmarriedDance Recital Audience
2002Between the WarsVideo sellerShort film
2005Will & Grace commercial identsSponsored by Maltesers
2008Out of MilkNarratorShort film
How I Learned to Love Richard HereMax
2010 Holby City Harvey Posner3 episodes
2012 Cuckoo JohnEpisode: "The Wedding"
2015 Cucumber Max3 episodes
Starship GoldfishEmbyVoice only
2017TidesZoobyFeature film; Also co-writer
SleepSantiShort film
Silent Witness Jason Bradwell2 episodes
2018 EastEnders Dr. Daniel ZainuddinEpisode dated 8 November 2018
2019Strange Cities Are FamiliarTheoShort film
2020#SketchPackEpisode: "Light Bulb Moments"
2021Time FamilyWilliam / Damien / JesusShort film

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1997Hansel & GretelMontresorTheatre Royal Stratford East
2007The LetterWyndham's Theatre
2009SkylarkingArea 10, PeckhamAlso writer, director
2010North Devon Festival
WolfEdinburgh Festival Fringe
2011Why The Lion DancedThe Father
Burmese DaysJohn Flory/U Po Kyin59e59 Theaters, NYC
2012You Me Bum Bum TrainThe MC
Abduction From The SeraglioThe Pasha
These AssociationsAssociateTate Modern
Unbroken LineDolahOvalhouse Theatre
2016A Doll's HouseDr. Rank
2018Witness for the ProsecutionCounty Hall, London
2022Diary of a Somebody Kenneth Williams Seven Dials Playhouse
In The WeedsKazumi Fujimoto Ustinov Studio
Guy FawkesKit Wright York Theatre Royal

Audiobooks

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Inspector Chen MysteriesInspector ChenVoiceover
2021 Doctor Who: The Early Adventures Dorje LingpaVoiceover
2022Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: ConnectionsThree/Petko [14] Voiceover

Music videos

YearArtistTitleRole
2014 Chrissie Hynde "Adding the Blue"Painter

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 James Bond 007: Blood Stone Additional voicesVoiceover
Just Cause 2 Radio Announcer
2017 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Ryu / Additional Voices (English version)
2018 Vampyr Rakesh
2019 Total War: Three Kingdoms Cao Cao

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