Abdullah Afzal

Abdullah Afzal
Born	Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England
Medium	Television, film, radio, stand-up
Nationality	British
Years active	2007–present
Genres	Observational humour
Subject(s)	Islamic humour, racism
Notable works and roles	2012-present Citizen Khan as Amjad Malik

Abdullah Afzal (Urdu: عبداللہ افضل‎) is an English actor and stand-up comedian.

Afzal is of Pakistani descent from Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. He has three older brothers, two older sisters and a younger half-brothers.

Afzal trained for three years to be a hafiz.

In 2007, Afzal had his first acting role as a young student in a short film called Raamis (originally called Extraordinary Rendition). Between 2008 and 2011, he starred as Asif in two seasons of BBC Three sitcom Lunch Monkeys. Since 2012, he has portrayed the character of Amjad Malik in BBC One's Citizen Khan.

In February 2014, Afzal presented the Christmas comedy specials on BBC Asian Network. In July 2015, he performed stand-up at the Eid Special Comedy Night at The Comedy Store in London.

In July 2014, Afzal played two roles in BBC Radio 4's By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier.

In 2017, he will appear as Jahid in the romantic comedy film Finding Fatimah.

Afzal lives in Manchester and married in 2015.

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