Ayub Khan-Din
| Ayub Khan Din | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ayub Khan Din 21 May 1961 Salford, England |
| Residence | Granada, Spain |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor, Playwright |
| Years active | 1987 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Buki Armstrong (m) 1999 |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Film, British Independent Film Award, London Film Critics Circle Award, John Whiting Award, Laurence Olivier Award |
Ayub Khan Din (born 1961) is a British Pakistani actor perhaps best known for his role of Sammy in Hanif Kureishi's film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid in (1987) and as the writer of the BAFTA, BIFA and London Film Critics Circle award winning film East Is East based on the original 1996 play that was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1998. In 2008 his new comedy play Rafta, Rafta... won the Olivier Award that year. He also wrote sequel film West Is West released in 2010.
Khan Din was born to a Pakistani father and English mother and lived in a Salford upon leaving school he studied drama first at the Salford College of Technology when he completed his course in 1982 he then left to study acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London graduating in 1984. He then went on to pursue a career in acting, initially in theatre.
Ayub Khan Din is married to British-Nigerian actress Buki Armstrong they have 2 daughters and currently reside in Granada, Spain. Khan Din's brothers are Lee Din and Rasshied Din. Lee is a make-up artist in the TV industry and tutor at the School of Make-up in Manchester, and Rassheid is, among other things, the designer of the Diana, Princess of Wales, memorial centre at Althorp.
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