Raza Jaffrey
Raza Jaffrey was born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom on May 28th, 1975 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 49, Raza Jaffrey biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Raza Jaffrey (born 28 May 1973) is an English actor and singer who appeared on CBS' television medical drama Code Black as Dr. Neal Hudson.
He is best known for his role on BBC One's spy drama series Spooks, playing Zafar Younis.
In season 4 of the showtime series Homeland, he portrayed Pakistani Lieutenant Colonel Aasar Khan.
Early life
Jaffrey was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, the son of an Indian sea captain from Agra and an English mother from Liverpool. He grew up in London and was educated at Dulwich College (1986–1991), as with Spooks actor Rupert Penry-Jones. At Manchester University, he studied English and drama, as well as acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After graduating from Manchester University, he planned to join the Royal Air Force as a pilot.
He appeared in many plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including The London Vertigo by Brian Friel, and the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival, including Henry VIII and A Comedy of Errors, while studying at university. He spent his remaining year in Manchester with Royal Shakespeare Company chief associate director Gregory Doran, who has cited as one of the reasons that led him to enrolling in Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later on to become a professional actor. He performed as the lead singer of a jazz funk band during his time at Manchester. He appeared on America's Next Top Model.
Personal life
Miranda Raison, a fellow Spooks actor, married Jaffrey in September 2007, just after he left the show. They separated in November 2009.
Jaffrey began dating Lara Pulver, a fellow Spooks actress, in late 2011, and the pair wed on December 27, 2014. In February 2017, the couple had a boy.
Career
Jaffrey has appeared on stage (Megaymarket Theatre), Cyrano De Bergerac (Theatre Royal), East Is East (Oldham Coliseum), 14 Songs, 2 Marriages, and a Funeral (Lyric Hammersmith, Birmingham Repertory Theatre). In 2001, he was cast as Sky in Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd, the Prince Edward Theatre in London, is directed by Phyllida Lloyd. From this, he went on to land A. R. Rahman's Bombay Dreams at the Apollo Theatre, London, directed by Steven Pimlott. He received rave praise for his appearance, with the BBC lauding him as "the most innovative new leading man to emerge in a London musical since Hugh Jackman became an overnight star in Oklahoma's National Theatre performance."
He appeared in ITV1's M.I.T. after leaving Bombay Dreams. The FBI/BBC co-production Dirty War, and the three-part BBC drama Life Isn't All Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Hee Hee. He first appeared on BBC One's intelligence drama series Spooks as Agent Zafar Younis in 2005. He returned to the stage for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Albery Theatre, London, and was cast in David Cronenberg's film Eastern Promises.
Jaffrey left Spooks to co-star in Sharpe's Perpete Justice and Infinite Justice, for which he received the Best Supporting Actor award at the Kara Film Festival, The Crew, and Harry Brown. Gaurav appeared in Sex and the City 2 in 2010. In the BBC1 comedy Accidental Farmer, Mike went on to star as cheating boyfriend Mike.
He appeared on the NBC superhero drama The Cape in 2011 before being based on NBC's Steven Spielberg-produced drama Smash, which premiered in early 2012. He portrayed Dev, the English boyfriend of a rising Broadway star who works as a press officer in the New York Mayor's office in Smash. He did not return to the show for its second season.
Jaffrey continues to perform and has appeared in numerous concert performances, including at the London Palladium with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and with the BBC Concert Orchestra for BBC Radio 2. He was also the creator and co-producer of RED, a celebration of hundreds of styles of movement and dance brought together by their influences from India and Afghanistan. He brought the performance to Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg. Billy Flynn appeared at the Garrick Theatre in London in Chicago.