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).

Early life

Karima attended City and Islington College. He trained at Identity School of Acting.[1]

Career

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.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Tag Deks Short Film
2015 Waterloo Road Abdul Bukhari Television
2015 Babylon - Television
2015 Gholam Arash Feature Film
2016 Tyrant Kasim Al-Yazbeck Television
2016 Moving On Safi Television
2017 iBoy Ant Feature Film
2017 Fearless Imran Television
2017 Black Mirror Farshad, Hotel Receptionist Episode: "Crocodile"
2019 Sex Education Malek Amir Netflix series

    References

    1. "Alumni". Identity School of Acting.
    1. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/waterloo-road/news/a627512/waterloo-roads-armin-karima-teases-abdul-shock-he-breaks-down/
    2. http://www.identityschoolofacting.com/portfolio/armin-karima-2/
    3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xngb2/p02g180l
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